Reykjavík Grapevine - 01.06.2018, Page 27

The Art Of Food
Reykjavík gets its very own SOE Kitchen
Ólafur Elíasson’s famous SOE Kitch-
en is making its way to Iceland as a 3
month pop-up project.
Known for its colourful and playful
dishes, communal seating arrange-
ments, and organic and vegetarian
cuisine, the SOE Kitchen in Berlin at
Ólafur Elíasson’s studio has gained
quite the reputation for being an in-
novative experiment on communal eat-
ing. Now, Ólafur Elíasson, known for
designing the beautiful lightshow and
facade of Harpa, and his sister, Victoria
Elíasdóttir are venturing out of their
home base of Berlin to experiment with
their love of cuisine, community, and
art in Reykjavík.
This experimental culinary space
will be hosted by the Marshall House
Restaurant and Bar, and will open its
doors on August 11th. The project will
run for almost three months, and will
be led in a joint effort by the estab-
lished chef Victoria Elíasdóttir, and
her brother, artist Ólafur Elíasson.
Both lunch and dinner will be served
at this temporary pop-up, which is be-
ing called SOE Kitchen 101.
The space will also feature works of
art by Ólafur Elíasson himself, with the
intention of creating a ‘unique atmo-
sphere.’ There will be the characteristi-
cally long tables that the SOE Kitchen
has in Berlin, and will of course fea-
ture a menu focusing on fresh seafood
and fish, conveniently chosen due to
the harbourside locale where it will
be hosted. There will be a single meal
option for lunch and a more extensive
dinner menu for dinner.
To add to the food, the atmosphere,
and the art, on chosen evenings, there
will be a series of events following din-
ner, varying from experimental jazz
performances, poetry readings, and
talks with everyone from local intel-
lectuals, to local artists. There will also
be activities for children. The space
is meant to create a family-friendly,
communal, collaborative environment.
Feel like eating at a nice restaurant
but can’t because of your annoyingly
loud kids? Need a place to take a date
that you’ve already caught feelings
for, but not to the usual restaurants
in town? This could be just the place
for your perfect night out. If you’re
intrigued, reservations are open now.

Words:
Juliana
Iluminata
Wilczynski
Photo:
Timothée
Lambrecq
Words:
John Rogers
Photo:
Art Bicnick
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Dream Team Party Kids
Sin Fang, Sóley & Örvar Smárason
June 1 - 21:00 - Iðnó - 2,900 ISK
After warming up with tours of
Germany and China, Iceland’s
premier indie supergroup bring
their three-way collaboration home.
In the dreamy lakeside Iðnó concert
hall, you’ll be treated to a twenty-
minute solo set from each of the
musicians before they join together
to play songs from their 2017 ‘Team
Dreams’ LP. Entry is 2,900 ISK, and
gets you four concerts for the price
of one; take some friends to realise
your squad goals and team dreams
all at once. JR
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Maritime Museum Re-Opening
June 8th - 9:00 - The Museum...duh...
The Reykjavík Maritime Museum is
reopening with an oceanic bang
and two new exhibitions. The first,
‘Fish & Folk: 150 Years Of Fisheries’,
serves up all the info you’ve
dreamed of knowing on the history
of Icelandic fisheries told from the
perspective of yours truly, Reykjavík
itself. The second, ‘Milkmaid 1659’ is
a fascinating underwater
archaeological survey about a
Dutch merchant ship that sank near
Flatey in 1659. Bathing suit not
included. HJC
Ooky Spooky Books
Dark Deeds In Reykjavík: A Literary
Walking Tour
Thursdays - 15:00-16:30 - Reykjavík
City Library - Free!
If you are missing some spice in
your life, a heavy load of ghost tales
and crime stories might be just
what you need. This tour unveils
the darkest, creepiest, most sordid
corners of Reykjavík for a total of 90
long, scary minutes. Afterwards—if
you’re still conscious—there’s a
screening of ‘Spirits of Iceland:
Living With Elves, Trolls, and Ghosts’
to complete your horror. For once, if
you get goosebumps in Iceland, the
culprit won't be the weather. HJC
The Elíasson siblings, shredding
Iceland Play Norway
and Ghana
Heimir Hallgrímsson is relaxed and focused
ahead of Russia World Cup
Ahead of their first ever foray into a
World Cup tournament, the Icelan-
dic men’s national team held an open
training session last week, allowing
a press gaggle that included local me-
dia, Time magazine and Argentina’s
national broadcasting service a look
at their preparations.
The players and coaching staff
seemed relaxed, focussed and in
good spirits as they worked on ma-
noeuvres and fitness at the Laugar-
dalsvöllur stadium.
Heimir Hallgrímsson, the team’s
manager and head coach, is satis-
fied with the opposition research
and preparation. “We have scouts
for every opponent who’ve been both
analysing former games, and seeing
their games live since the draw,“ he
said. “They’ve put a lot of effort into
analysing the opponents as we nor-
Info:
Iceland play
Norway on June
2nd and Ghana
on June 7th. Both
games are at the
Laugardalsvöllur
National Stadium
Info:
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opens at The
Marshall House
Bar + Restaurant in
August
mally do. We’ve had meetings about
them, and we’ve done whatever we
can. We look at how our strengths
and weaknesses mix into what the
opponent is doing. We look at where
our strengths can benefit from
their weaknesses, and the oppo-
site—where we can minimise their
strengths against us.”
Heimir looks forward to taking
his team into the tournament, and
hopes the training will pay off with
impressive defensive performances.
“Our strength is in collective ef-
fort,” he said. “It’s the strength of
an organised squad. I hope we can
show a really good defending style.
We will hopefully bring to the world
stage good strength in set pieces,
and the identity that we’re proud of:
a massively hard working team who
are disciplined, focused and organ-
ised.”
Before their voyage to the World
Cup, Iceland have two “unfriendly”
games, both at the national stadium
of Laugardalsvöllur. First, they’ll
warm up by casually destroying
Norway on June 2nd; then they’ll
try to get a feeling for African-style
football ahead of the group-stage
Nigeria game by smiting Ghana on
June 7th. After trying out alternate
squad members during their recent
US tour with some shaky results,
perhaps these games will be our
first real glimpse at the form Ice-
land’s World Cup side.