Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.09.2016, Blaðsíða 2

Reykjavík Grapevine - 09.09.2016, Blaðsíða 2
ICELAND DENMARK P: 12 The complicated relationship with our former colonizer + Volcanoes! + Kurds! + Afghanis! + More volcanoes! LIFE As you can see from our cover, this issue we’re partying like it’s 1982. ‘Blade Runner’ is coming back—and so, it seems, is virtual reality. First up, Björk exploded both the awareness of where VR technology is at these days, and what it’s being used for with her ‘Björk: Digital’ exhibit in London. The accompanying press conference, in which she appeared to a room full of journalists as a live motion capture VR apparition, was beamed from the Reykjavík School of Technology, and saw VR move into a new sector of pop culture. Secondly: heard about ‘EVE: Valkyrie’? It’s a multiplayer VR sci-fi dogfighting game, set within the EVE universe. It might not be quite the VR Death Star attack run that an entire generation would like to see, but can we get a “Rogue Two, standing by” anyway? Thirdly, Reykjavík VR startup Sólfar recently released ‘Everest VR,’ now available for download on Steam, in which you can experience what it’s like to climb Mount Everest in five im- mersive scenes. Forget the damn hov- erboards, people: they’re way too IRL. VR is where it’s at. JR Hafnarstræti 15, 101 Reykjavík www.grapevine.is grapevine@grapevine.is Published by Fröken ehf. Member of the Icelandic Travel Industry Association www.saf.is Printed by Landsprent ehf. in 25,000 copies. publisher Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson hilmar@grapevine.is +354 540 3601 publisher@grapevine.is production managers Sveinbjörn Pálsson sveinbjorn@grapevine.is John Rogers <3 john@grapevine.is art director Sveinbjörn Pálsson sveinbjorn@grapevine.is news editor Paul Fontaine paul@grapevine.is travel editor John Rogers john@grapevine.is culture editor Parker Yamasaki parker@grapevine.is food editor York Underwood york@grapevine.is photo editor Art Bicnick art@grapevine.is copy editor Mark Asch listings Johanna Pétursdóttir johanna@grapevine.is illustrations Inga María Brynjarsdóttir Lóa Hlín Hjálmtýsdóttir editorial +354 540 3600 editor@grapevine.is advertising +354 540 3605 ads@grapevine.is contributing writers Nanna Dís Árnardóttir Mark Asch Hannah Jane Cohen Ciarán Daly Grayson Del Faro Óli Dóri Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir Magnús Sveinn Helgason Eunsan Huh Lói Mags Johanna Pétursdóttir Davið Roach María Thelma York Underwood editorial interns Arta Balode arta@grapevine.is contributing photographers Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir -Timothée Lambrecq Steffi Meisl Brynja Sveinsdóttir Ómar Sverrisson sales director Aðalsteinn Jörundsson adalsteinn@grapevine.is Helgi Þór Harðarson helgi@grapevine.is distribution distribution@grapevine.is press releases listings@grapevine.is submission inquiries editor@grapevine.is subscription inquiries +354 540 3604 subscribe@grapevine.is general inquiries grapevine@grapevine.is founders Hilmar Steinn Grétarsson, Hörður Kristbjörnsson, Jón Trausti Sigurðarson, Oddur Óskar Kjartansson, Valur Gunnarsson The Reykjavík Grapevine is published 18 times a year by Fröken ltd. Monthly from November through April, and fortnightly from May til October. Nothing in this magazine may be reproduced in whole or in part without the written permission of the publishers. The Reykjavík Grapevine is distributed around Reykjavík, Akureyri, Egilsstaðir, Seyðisfjörður, Borgarnes, Keflavík, Ísafjörður and at key locations along road #1, and all major tourist attractions and tourist informa- tion centres in the country. You may not like it, but at least it 's not sponsored (no articles in the Reykjavík Grapevine are pay-for articles. The opinions expressed are the writers’ own, not the advertisers’). cover image by Arna Beth Thanks to Tim Lambrecq & Warner Bros. On our 2-day south coast tour you‘ll travel through a magnificient variety of landscapes. Explore waterfalls, lava fields, Reynisfjara -black sand beach, Jökulsárlón -glacier lagoon, and hike on Skaftafell glacier! BOOK YOUR TOUR AT www. adventures.is © N or be rt v on N im an | @ no rb ob or bo DISCOVER THE PEARLS OF THE SOUTH COAST The Reykjavik Grapevine Apps In This Issue The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 14 — 2016 2 APPY HOUR Happy Hours CRAVING Food & Dining APPENING Event Listings Available on the App Store and the Google Play Store. The hot button issue this issue is bankers’ bonuses. This issue has had Ice- landers tearing their hair out ever since Kaupthing bank’s care- takers last month awarded their “key employees” bonuses totalling some 1.5 billion ISK, with some receiving payouts of 100 million ISK or more—a decision that was made behind closed doors, where not even the press was allowed to attend. The outrageousness of the move is underlined by the fact that most of the bankers we did jail hailed from Kaupthing, and during their tenure there they engaged in bra- zen market manipulation and fraud. On top of all this, these jailed bankers gave an interview a couple months ago in which they complained about their unfair depiction in the media. The bo- nuses have sparked multipartisan op- position; even some members of the bank-friendly Progressive Party have called for these bonuses to be heav- ily taxed, and for legislative changes be made to ensure that such bonuses will be limited or culled for state rev- enue. The Kaupthing bonuses case underlines how the banks continue to operate with relative impunity, bring- ing back painful memories of the 2008 financial crash, and it’s for this reason they’re this issue’s hot button. SHARE: gpv.is/hot14 Bonus HOT TOPIC FRESH! Virtual Reality From left: Character from EVE Valkyrie, A national leader looking slightly ridiculous with a VR headset, Björk from her VR press conference THE FILM COMPOSER P: 20 From garage bands to scoring Hollywood block- busters, Jóhann Jóhannsson's path and process PREGNANT KATLA P: 52 Standing atop a rumbling volcano + Keflavík's silent dreams + Inside the Rock 'N' Roll Museum TRAVEL AIRWAVES STARTS HERE P: 36 + Inside an arts factory+ Pascal Pinon + Ýr's sweater story FEATURE CULTURE
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