Iceland review - 2015, Side 16

14 ICELAND REVIEW
CROSSING GENRES
1. Where does your subject matter come from, or what gives
you inspiration for your creations?
Salka Sól Eyfeld: I have often wondered about that. It’s com-
plicated. I think it’s mostly my own memories—we are our
memories. Also, without realizing it, I’m probably under the
influence of my surroundings: friends, family, books, nature, and
the weather.
Ólafur Egill Egilsson: People. People close to me, people far
away. People coming and people going. What we do and don’t do.
Both as an actor and as a writer, that’s what inspires me.
Hulda Hákon: The community I live in. I try to surround myself
with people who do something completely different than art.
That’s inspirational to me. … Running my café Grái kötturinn
has proven useful. All sorts of people come there with whom I
enjoy talking, fishing for interesting stories.
Sigurður Pálsson: It’s impossible to mention something specific,
and to say “everything” isn’t particularly precise. Just life in all its
versatility, to see the poetic and magnificent in everyday life—
that’s inspiration. To present a new perspective.
Salka Sól Eyfeld (born 1988) appeared like a ray of sunshine
in the Icelandic music scene as co-founder of female rap col-
lective Reykjavíkurdætur in 2013. Later joining reggae outfit
AmabAdamA, Salka was named Female Vocalist of the Year at
the 2014 Icelandic Music Awards; she’s also been on radio and
television and has written music for theater.
Ólafur Egill Egilsson (born 1977) is a multitalented actor, theat-
er director and writer of plays and screenplays, well known to
Icelandic theatergoers and viewers of Icelandic films. Ólafur has
received a Gríma (the Icelandic Performing Arts Award) for many
of his on-stage roles and as a playwright, in addition to having
been recognized for his efforts on the big screen.