Reykjavík Grapevine - 20.04.2018, Page 2

First
12:Whaling
Resumes
10: Smiting News
14: The Viking Choir
16: Weird-Ass Election
Videos
24: Melkorka's
Pop Opera
32: Ateria Win
Músíktilraunir
34: DJ Dominatricks Are
Here To Slave
40: The World Of
Natural Wines
42: Kristín Svava's
Stormwarning
46: Viking Sushi & Aurora
In Snæfellsnes
ON THE COVER:
Birgitta Jónsdóttir
COVER PHOTO
Timotheé Lambrecq
ASSISTANT
Alexander Jean
INFO
Guy Fawkes mask and
megaphone, model's own.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Tim caught Birgitta on
the way to the airport,
and shot her in and
around her house. No
word on if she's getting
him anything from the
Duty-Free. If you're
reading this Birgitta,
Tim wants a carton of
Gauloise Blondes and
a bottle of CK One.
Alice Demurtas is
from Sardinia, but
moved to Iceland in
2012. She worked in
fashion journalism
for four years before
moving on to culture
and news.
An avid reader of
anything by Zadie
Smith, Alice can’t
function without
coffee. She also loves
to fall asleep to the
sound of crinkly
paper.
An international
man of mystery, Art
Bicnick moves like
a shadow through
the subcultures and
soireés of Reykjavík,
never still, ghosting
the scene in a puff
of blue smoke—the
exhaust fumes of the
elusive, well-travelled
Bicnick Mini. He
takes photographs
and oversees
photography in
the magazine.
John Rogers an
Englishman who
first joined us as
a music writer,
later graduating to
Managing Editor. A
constant traveller, a
lover of art, culture,
food and nightlife,
he edits our Best of
Reykjavík, Best of
Iceland and Iceland
Airwaves sister
publications. His first
book, “Real Life,” was
published in 2014.
Hannah Jane is based
out of Iceland by way
of NYC. An alumni of
Columbia University,
Hannah has lived
on five continents
and speaks three
languages fluently,
which is very
impressive. Her
visionary work is
known for expanding
the definitions
of emotion,
introspection, and
above all else, taste.
Kinga Kozlowska, an
intern at Grapevine,
spent her whole life
in big cities (Warsaw
and Berlin), but a
year ago decided
that it’s time for a
change, packed her
things and moved to
Iceland. She is still
figuring out what
brought her here
and what is going to
come out of it. She’s
into words, sounds
and food.
Sveinbjörn Pálsson
is our Art Director.
He's responsible for
the design of the
magazine and the
cover photography.
When he's not
working here, he DJs
as Terrordisco, hosts
the Funkþátturinn
radio show, or sits at
a table in a Reykjavik
café, drinking
copious amounts of
coffee and thinking
about fonts.
Phil Uwe Widiger,
Intern Phil has
already lived in three
different countries
at the age of 24, He
is currently studying
his master’s degree
in journalism. He
loves everything
connected to music,
spirituality and
culture in general.
Say “hi” next time you
see him meditating
at some black-metal
concert.
Alexander Jean
Edvard Le Sage De
Fontenay has such
a long name we had
serious misgivings if
we'd have space to
fit in a bio.
When he's not
keeping our readers
informed about the
latest rumblings in
underground music,
he's making huge
waves DJing under
his Bervik moniker.
Lóa Hlín
Hjálmtýsdóttir is a
national treasure.
One of Iceland's
leading illustrators,
when she's not
drawing she's the
front-woman of
Icelandic Electro-
Pop supergroup
FM Belfast. The's
days her comic
Lóabratorium, which
appears every issue
on page 8, is a daily
strip on her Twitter.
Is The Plunder Over?
It’s hard to start a
new political move-
ment. And it’s really
hard to try and
change the system.
But we always
salute those who try.
The Pirate Party
arrived like a storm in Iceland’s political
scene in the year 2012, after the collapse
of the financial system four years earlier.
Birgitta Jónsdóttir was one of the found-
ers, and went on to attract the attention
of the world—firstly, because of her role
as a former Wikileaks operative, working
personally with Julian Assange (before
he was camped out in London’s Ecua-
dorian embassy hiding from rape allega-
tions), then for the Pirates’ incredibly high
poll numbers throughout the year 2016.
The Pirates’ popularity didn’t translate
into a landslide election victory in quite
the dramatic fashion the polls suggested.
Nevertheless, the 2016 election saw the
Prime Minister ousted, as Iceland-
ers protest-voted the ruling parties
because of their involvement in the
Panama Papers scandal. The Pirate Party
did still win ten seats in parliament—
a remarkable achievement in itself.
However, it didn’t last for long. Only
a year later, the next scandal hit the
Icelandic nation, and yet another elec-
tion took place in 2017. This time the
Pirates lost four seats, with Iceland-
ers starting to feel that something had
changed in the grassroots of the party.
The next big shock came in the
beginning of April, when Birgitta
announced that she had quit the very
party that she founded. Now, the public
is asking the obvious question: Is the
Pirate ship sinking? And, even worse—
could this attempt to reform our little
corrupted paradise be lost for good?
Birgitta says the movement she
founded has transitioned into a main-
stream political party, with all the
baggage that entails. Read the full
about all this and more on page 19.
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