Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.09.2019, Page 19

19 The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 16— 2019
Words:
Andie
Fontaine
Photos:
Magnús
Andersen
The Magic
Happens
When You’re
Playing
The rise of Ágústa Eva, from amateur
theatre to Eurovision to HBO
"As I'm getting older, with more expe-
rience from life, I'm also getting more
passionate about changing the world
for the better,” Ágústa reflects as we sit
in the empty dining room of Fjörukráin,
the Viking hall in Hafnarfjörður that
her father helped build. “But how to
do it and in what way, I don't know. I'm
just open to the inner voice and intu-
ition. I've never been a planner, but you
get scared as you get older, with all the
issues that we have, and need to change
and be brave. I so hope and pray that I
can be a part of some kind of change. I
think I'm just getting ready for what-
ever form that presents itself to be."
This is a running theme with
Ágústa—she is a firm believer in having
an open heart and an open mind to the
changes that life might throw her way,
in having fun being the guiding light.
It’s this attitude that has informed
every creative decision she has made
throughout her career, reflected in the
broad range of projects and roles she
has taken on. Now that she has landed
a major role in HBO Europe’s Befor-
eigners, once again attracting inter-
national attention, we were curious
to know what shaped Ágústa into the
artist she is today.