Reykjavík Grapevine - 04.05.2007, Side 19

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Borghildur Óskarsdóttir exhibition.
Stories from bygone days told through
photography.
Auga fyrir Auga
Hverfisgata 35
Open Thu.-Fri. 15-19, Sat.-Sun. 14-17
April 21 – May 13
Me, You and other problems
Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir photo
exhibition
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Eiríksgata
Tue.-Sun. 14-17
www.skulptur.is
Permanent exhibition:
The work of sculptor Einar Jónsson
The Culture House
Hverfisgata 15
Open daily 11-17
www.thjodmenning.is
Permanent Exhibitions:
Medieval Manuscripts; The National
Museum – as it was; The Library
Room; The Road to Zion; Berlin
Excursion
Dwarf Gallery
Grundarstígur 21
Opening Hours: Fri. and Sat. 18-20
www.this.is/birta
Gallery 100 Degrees
Bæjarháls 1
Mon.-Fri. 8:30-16
www.or.is/Forsida/Gallery100
Artwork owned by Reykjavík Energy
Gallery Fold
Rauðarárstígur 14-16
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 11-16
Sun. 14-16
www.myndlist.is
Selling a large selection of Icelandic
and international art and hosting
exhibitions on a regular basis.
Gallery Sævar Karl
Bankastræti 7
Mon.-Fri. 10-18
Sat. 10-16
www.saevarkarl.is/gsm/
Current Exhibition:
Traits Trés Mode
Design exhibition, giving an overview
of French fashion illustration.
(Pourquoi Pas? Festival)
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
www.turpentine.is
Gel Gallerí
Hverfisgata 37
Mon.-Fri. 10-19
Sat. 10-17
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Gerðuberg 3-5
Mon.-Thu. 11-17
Wed. 11-21
Thu.-Fri. 11-17
Sat-Sun. 13-16
www.gerduberg.is
May 5 – Sep 9
Paintings by Ágúst Jónsson
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue.-Fri. 11-17
Sat. and by appointment 13-17
www.i8.is
From May 16
Spencer Tunick photographic
exhibition
Kling & Bang Gallery
Laugavegur 23
Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed., Fri.-Sun. 13-17
Thu. 13-22
www.nylo.is/
Current Exhibition:
Fata Morgana
Installations by Sirra Sigrún
Sigurðardóttir and Guðrún
Benónýsdóttir
The National Gallery of Iceland
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue.-Sun. 11-17
Free Entrance
listasafn.is
May 10 – July 8
Cobra Reykjavík
A retrospective presenting the
international abstract artist group
Cobra
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10-17
natmus.is/
Temporary Exhibition:
Why Not Africa?
Dominique Darbois photo exhibit.
Photos of sculptures from the African
artistic heritage will also be on display
as well as original artwork. (Pourquoi
Pas? Festival)
Temporary Exhibition:
Sporlaust / Without A Trace
Katrín Elvarsdóttir photo exhibition.
Temporary Exhibition:
With a Silverneedle
Elsa E. Guðjónsson textile designer
Permanent Exhibitions
The Making of a Nation
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue.-Sun. 12-17
www.nordice.is/
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10-17
Ongoing:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture
Museum
Sigtún
Open daily 10-16
Admission ticket is valid for three days
in all three museums.
Free entrance every Thursday.
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
March 31 – December 31
Folk Tales
An exhibition of works by Icelandic
draughtsmen who took on the task
of illustrating folk tales from the oral
tradition.
April 2 – December 31
The Shape of Life
A new retrospective of the works by
Ásmundur Sveinsson. The exhibition
focuses on abstract works from 1945
onwards.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10-17
From May 11
My Oz
Roni Horn retrospective
May 10 – Jun 17
Works by Sigurður Guðjónsson at the
D Gallery. The exhibition will include a
new film and sound installation.
May 10 – Aug 17
The Erró Collection
Works from the museum’s Erró
collection. A further examination of
the diverse subjects and stages of
Erró’s artistic oeuvre.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata
Open Daily 10-17
February 10 – September 2
K-Þátturinn / The K-Factor
Jóhannes S. Kjarval retrospective.
Reykjavík Museum
Kistuhylur 4
www.arbaejarsafn.is
The Reykjavík Museum
of Photography
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor
Weekdays 12-19
Sat.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Until May 26
Swim and Steam
Damien Peyret exhibit displaying
polaroids of people relaxing in
Kópavogur swimming pool and
screening his short film A Taxi for
Reykjavík, made in 2001. (Pourquoi
Pas? Festival)
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Reykjavík Rite of Spring Music
Festival will take place from May
17 to May 19. The festival, focusing
on Folk, Jazz and World Music, was
first held in 2006, and was a well-
appreciated event among musicians
and followers of this music genre.
Mr. Destiny, the company that is best
known for organising and promoting
the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival,
produces the festival.
Among this year’s headliners are
the female singer Oumou Sangaré
from Mali, Scottish salsa band Salsa
Celtica and Bosnian musician Goran
Bregovic.
Along with his Wedding
and Funeral Band and some
local musicians, Bregovic will be
performing the concert Tales and
Songs for Weddings and Funerals
at Laugardalshöll on May 19. The
group is described as a gypsy brass
band with traditional Bulgarian
polyphonies, electric guitar and
traditional percussion with a curious
rock accent mixed with string
orchestra and a male choir creating
music that is irresistible to dance to.
Oumou Sangare will play at Rite
of Spring’s opening show at NASA
on May 17. She is renowned for
her fabulous stage presence and
incredible voice and her rhythmical
music based on the song and dance
traditions of Wasulu, the southern
region of Mali. Also performing
at NASA that night is Tómas R.
Einarsson, one of Iceland’s most
beloved jazzists. The local lineup
also includes Samúel J. Samúelsson
along with his Big Band. Samúelsson
is currently celebrating the release of
his new solo-project, which he will
premiere to the public at NASA on
May 18. Every night the venue opens
at 20.00 and the concert starts at
21.00.
For a full programme see www.
riteofspring.is
Cream of the Crop in World Music
NASA and Laugardalshöll – May 17-19
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Music
Barinn
Laugavegur 22
Vibrant late-night party place and a nice
roomy bistro during the day.
Fri 04.05 Ghozt & Brunhein / DJ Inpulse
Sat 05.05 Maggi Legó and Hólmar /
DJ Bjarki
Wed 09.05 US band Iron Lung in
concert. Opening acts: I Adapt and
Celestine. Starts at 21:00.
Fri 11.05 DJ Óli Hjörtur / Fúsi and
Friends
Sat 12.05 Barcode / DJ Míó
Wed 16.05 Peter Parker
Fri 18.05 DJ MAggi Legó / Heineken
music and Artic Wave present: Keith,
the owner of Baroque Records
Sat 19.05 DJ Yamaho / DJ Inpulse
Café Amsterdam
Hafnarstræti 5
Fri 04.05 DJ Sesar
Sat 05.05 Live Music
Fri 11.05 Lister, Perfect Disorder and
Wreckless in concert. Starts at 23:00.
Sat 12.05 DJ Fúsi
Café Cultura
Hverfisgata 18
Music from the world’s four corners
Fri 04.05 DJ Lupin
Sat 05.05 DJ Kristín
Café Hljómalind
Laugavegur 21
Tue 08.05 US band Iron Lung in
concert. Opening acts: Death Metal
Supersquad and Plastic Gods. Starts at
19:00.
Dillon
Laugavegur 30
Legendary rock pub featuring live con-
certs every Wednesday night and rock
DJs every weekend.
Fri 04.05 DJ Mikkólfur
Sat 05.05 DJ Andrea Jónsdóttir
Wed 09.05 Dikta
Thu. 10.05 Sverrir Bergman with band
Fri 11.05 DJs Rod & Stewart
Sat 12.05 DJ Andrea Jónsdóttir
Wed 16.05 Johnny and the Rest
Fri 18.05 DJ Andrea Jónsdóttir
Grand Rokk
Smiðjustígur 6
Fri 04.05 Severed Crotch release con-
cert. Also performing are Svartidauði,
Helshare and Voreastral
Gaukurinn
Tryggvagata 22
19.05 Party Zone Night: Trentemöller
Háskólabíó
Hagatorg
Fri 04.05 The Iceland Symphony Or-
chestra: Brahms / Beethoven IV
Fri 11.05 Hélène Grimaud and the
Iceland Symphony Orchestra
Tue 15.05 Josh Groban in concert
Hellirinn
Hólmaslóð 2
Sat 05.05 Severed Crotch, Diabolus,
Blood Feud and Celestine in concert
Hressó
Austurstræti 20
Here, troubadours play sing-alongs un-
til midnight, followed by DJs playing
whatever the crowd is aching for at the
time.
Fri 04.05 Gotti and Eisi followed by DJ
Maggi
Sat 05.05 Flat Five in concert followed
by DJ Maggi
Thu 10.05 Grapevine presents: Take Me
Down To Reykjavík City concert series:
Singapore Sling and Evil Madness.
Starts at 21:30
Fri 11.05 Tryggvi Vilmundar followed by
DJ Maggi
Sat 12.05 Gotti and Eisi followed by DJ
Maggi
Wed 16.05 Touch followed by DJ
Johnny
Thu 17.05 Pub-lic
Kaffibarinn
Bergstaðastræti 1
With a mixture of techno, reggae, hip-
hop and classic dance hits, the DJs are
usually capable of crowding this frisky
bar every single night of the week.
Fri 04.05 Don Balli Funk
Sat 05.05 DJ Magic
Fri 11.05 DJ Tommi White
Sat 12.05 DJ Andrés and Helgi Már
Thu 17.05 DJ Nuno
Fri 18.05 Special Guests
Sat 19.05 DJ CasaNova
Nasa
Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Sat 12.05 Eurovision Party with DJ Páll
Óskar
Wed 16.05 Global Underground release
party: DJ Deep Dish, Ghozt & Brunhein
and Danni Big-Room
Thu 17.05 Rite of Spring: Oumou San-
gare from Mali and Tómas R. Einarsson
Fri 18.05 Rite of Spring: Salsa Celtica
and Samúel J. Samúelsson Big Band
National Theatre of Iceland
Hverfisgata 19
Sun 13.05 Music minutes: works by Atli
Heimir Sveinsson. Starts at 15:00
National Gallery of Iceland
Fríkirkjuvegur 7
Thu 17.05 The Reykjavik Chamber
Orchestra plays Jón Leifs’s quartets.
Starts at 20:00
Reykjavik Art Museum
– Hafnarhúsið
Tryggvagata 17
Thu 10.05 Reykjavík Art Festival open-
ing event: Hamrahlíðakórinn choir,
Ghostigital and Konono N°1
Fri 11.05 Konono N°1 in concert
Q-bar
Ingólfsstræti 3
Stylish and vibrant gay / straight-friendly
bar and party venue. Cosy on weekdays
and full of surprises on weekends.
Fri 04.05 DJ Shaft
Sat 05.05 Beauty And The Beast
Thu 10.05 DJ Yamaho
Fri 11.05 DJ Þórir
Sat 12.05 DJ Kitty
Wed 16.05 DJ Yamaho and Gísli Galdur
Thu 17.05 DJ Óli Hjörtur
Fri 18.05 Dj Shaft / Tommi White
Seltjarnarneskirkja Church
Kirkjubraut 2
Sun 06.05 Art Academy’s Graduating
Concerts: Bjarni Þórisson and Kjartan
Sveinsson perform two original com-
positions.
Sirkus
Klapparstígur 30
Playing reggae, country and occasionally
hosting live gigs on weekdays, Sirkus’s
veteran DJs keep the party going till late
on weekends.
Fri 04.05 DJ Maggi Legó
Sat 05.05 Sirkus DJ
Fri 11.05 DJ Tommi White
Sat 12.05 DJ Jón Atli
Wed 16.05 Sirkus DJ
Museums & Galleries
101 Gallery
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.-Sat. 14-17 and by appointment
www.101hotel.is/101hotel/101gallery/
April 27 – May 13
La Grande Colline
Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir exhibition. The
show includes portraits of suburban
baronesses, small dukes and various
aristocrats.
Anima Gallery
Ingólfsstræti 8 / Lækjargata 2
Tue.-Sat. 13-17
www.animagalleri.is
April 21 – May 19
Kristinn G. Harðarson exhibition at
Ingólfsstræti 8
Artótek
Tryggvagata 15
Mon. 10-21, Tue.-Thu. 10-19, Fri. 11-
19, Sat. and Sun. 13-17
www.sim.is/Index/Islenska/Artotek
ASÍ Art Museum
Freyjugata 41
Tue.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
Current Exhibition:
Opnur / Spreads
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You don’t have to be a fan of
world-music to love the Congole-
se music group Konono N°1. After
the album Congotronics was re-
leased in 2005 the group’s traditio-
nal African trance music and their
experimental electro dance mix has
made the band a world hit, recei-
ving stunning reviews by top mu-
sic critics followed by tours in both
Europe and North America. Kono-
no N°1 received the BBC award in
world music in 2006 and collabo-
rated with Björk on her newest al-
bum Volta. Much to the member’s
surprise, Konono N°1 had swiftly
become universally acclaimed.
The band was founded by Ma-
wangu Mingiedi some 27 years
ago. Minigiedi, who is now in his
seventies comes from an area loca-
ted on the boarder between Congo
and Angola but soon settled in the
country’s capital Kinshasa, where
Konono N°1 started developing its
unusual sound. The line-up inclu-
des singers, dancers, percussionists
and three electric likembés (tradi-
tional African thumb pianos) equip-
ped with hand-made microphones
built from magnets salvaged from
old car parts, and plugged into am-
plifiers. Even a unique home-made
sound system featuring the famous
megaphones blasting the band’s
rhythmical beats so everyone
now gathered around the dancing
group can’t help but start shakin’
their hips.
Konono N°1 will perform twice
during the Reykjavík Art Festival.
First at the opening event on May
10 and in the courtyard at the Rey-
kjavik Art Museum, on May 11. The
concert starts at 22:00.
Reykjavík Art Museum, Tryggvaga-
ta 17.
Konono N°1 in Concert
Reykjavík Art Museum – May 11
Reykjavík will turn into a play-
ground for a giant puppet when
the world-renowned French street
theatre company Royal de Luxe ar-
rives in the capital. The group was
founded in 1979 and has visited
countries all over Europe and Africa
as well as Korea, China, Vietnam
and Chile. It has earned enormous
respect wherever it goes for unique
performances featuring extraordi-
nary creatures getting into all sorts
of adventures. Downtown pedestri-
ans can expect to witness a remark-
able performance by the lake, the
harbour and at various other pub-
lic spaces when the giant puppet
or animal wanders around the city
and interacts with local spectators
while doing day-to-day activities
such as eating and sleeping. As the
giant figure is usually more than
10 metres high it needs numerous
puppet-masters, who use strings
to control its every movement.
Royal de Luxe has created a unique
show especially for Icelanders. You
don’t have to worry about missing
the show, you will stumble upon it
when least expected.
Giant Puppet Invasion
Streets and squares in the city centre – May 10 - 12
Nordic Textile Exhibiton
ASÍ Art Museum – May 5 - 27
On May 5, an exhibition featur-
ing five Nordic textile artists and
one composer opens at the ASÍ
Art Museum. Entitled From One
to Infinity, this is a touring exhibit
originally starting at Forum Box in
Helsinki. The artists’s creations and
uses of fabrics are very distinct,
ranging from using metal threads
and 3D illustrations to draw atten-
tion to the way we humans asso-
ciate with the nature to art-works
presenting classic gobelin-tapestry
and Icelandic wool.
Paola Livorsi from Finnland
composed the music for the ex-
hibition, which she based on the
artist’s creations and the four
prime elements, earth, air, fire and
water. The five artists will attend
the opening ceremony, starting at
15:00. The exhibition will be on
display until May 27.
ASÍ Art Museum, Freyjugata 41,
www.asi.is.
Students graduating from the Ice-
land Academy of the Arts will dis-
play the result of their three years
of study in Jarðhús, an old potato
storage house at Ártúnsholt, on
May 12. This is the first time this
unusual setting is used for such
a grand scale exhibition and the
lodging has been converted into
a showroom where the public will
get the chance to view the works
of 63 young contemporary artists,
and experience innovations in art,
design and architecture.
The opening will take place on
May 12 at 14:00 and those inter-
ested can sit down with the stu-
dents and learn more about their
creations. The show will be open
until May 27.
Jarðhús at Ártúnsholt.
Art Graduates’ Degree Show
Jarðhús – May 12 - 27
Specialising in indie movies from all
around the globe, film distributor
Green Light Films has transformed
the movie selection in the city. In-
stead of the endless Hollywood ac-
tion or disaster flicks, the company
has brought us Little Miss Sun-
shine, Little Children, The Science
of Sleep and The Illusionist, in the
past few months, and all without
the annoying breaks in the middle
of the movie.
Now screening in Regnboginn
movie theatre is David Lynch’s
newest surreal masterpiece, Inland
Empire and May 4 will see the Ger-
man award-winning movie Das
Leben Der Anderen, a film dealing
with the system of observation in
the former East Germany in the
1980s. Forthcoming are dozens of
interesting films that have excelled
at festivals around the globe, in-
cluding The Painted Veil starring
Edward Norton and Naomi Watts,
the French recreation of Edith
Piaf’s life, La Vie En Rose and the
comedy For Your Consideration.
For a full list of feature premieres
see www.graenaljosid.is.
Regnboginn Movie Theatre, Hver-
fisgata 54.
Quality Indie Films
Regnboginn – Ongoing
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