Angeli Novi’s Ticking Time Bomb In The Continuum Of History
You Can’t Stand In The Way Of ProgressThere is a photograph by Richard Peter of a statue of an angel overlooking the card-house-like ruins of Dresden. During three days in [&hell
Progress Smells Like One Thousand Dead Birds
Kárahnjúkar gets exploded via artistic licenceA white infant-sized coffin sits atop a mound of sullen black sand guarded by two cardboard heads holding an impasse ribbon in their
Lampooned Austerity and Mythological Madness
New choreographies premiered at the Iceland Dance Company season openerI have long held the view that here, as in many other places, dance is regarded as some niche misunderstood f
Reality TV That’s Actually Real
Four young Icelanders film short, candid videos about their lives for Doxwise IcelandAhh, the diary—considered by many to be the holy grail of journals. More than just a place fo
Proceed With Caution
‘Varúð’ exhibit channels the airy non-gravity of the ‘Valtari’ cover artThe cover of Sigur Rós’ ‘Valtari’ album features a photo of a large ship floating over a gr
Fashion, Music And Moving House
Snoop-Around talks to Bára Hólmgeirsdóttir, fashion designer and owner of AfturFounded in 1999 by sisters Bára and Hrafnhildur Hólmgeirsdóttir, Aftur is a fashion label made
The Less You Know About Iceland, The More Powerful The Experience Is
An interview with photographer Sigurgeir SigurjónssonSigurgeir Sigurjónsson is one of Iceland’s best photographers, acclaimed for his unique pictures of Iceland and Icelanders.
Surrendering To Time
"The Power of Passage" at the Reykjavík Art MuseumUnfurled at majestic full length across the middle of the gallery, stained with oily pockmarks and rusty striations, “Cloth Col
Good Vibrations
Dísa Björnsdóttir covers Documenta 13 from GermanyYou walk in a dark room, I mean pitch dark, and you are not sure what awaits you in the space. You take your […]
Modernist Art Leads To Obvious Entertainment
Interview with Cameron Corbett about his new choreographyAs the month of October rolls around, the Iceland Dance Company prepares to kick off their annual season with two brand new
Two Shorts About Love You Don’t Want To Miss
After checking out the 20 short films that will be featured at RIFF this year, I can testify that there are many fine films competing. Two of them stood out […]
Talents In The RIFF Laboratory
The new generation of rising filmmakers learning the trade in ReykjavíkGlobal icons like Dario Argento and Marjane Satrapi may be leading the billing at RIFF 2012, but a cohort of
Pick Five
RIFF Capsule Reviews1. ¡Vivan las antipodas! (Dir. Victor Kossakovsky, Germany) Victor Kossakovsky, acting as his own cameraman and editor, has the whole world in his hands, as th
The Knitted Worlds Of Sonja Bent
We met with Sonja Bent, a fashion and knitwear designer for LazyTown, a wildly popular children television program in America that’s produced both in Iceland and overseas. In the
Three Men And Their Penises
Filmmakers document the Icelandic Phallological Museum’s search for a human specimenOnly a minute into ‘The Final Member’ and there’s already a dismembered set of genitalia
Drawing On The Walls
Dan Perjovschi presents his satirical cartoons on the walls of the world’s museumsIt was 2007 and Dan Perjovschi had just finished drawing on a wall in the lobby of the […
Toward An Icelandic Product Design
“If I had to say,” Harpa Þórsdóttir says, “the identity of Icelandic product design is in the materials: fish bone, fish skin, knitted wool. And it’s in the handicrafts
As We Grow
A new Icelandic fashion label for our great-great-grandchildrenSnoop-Around meets fashion designers Guðrún and María and lawyer Gréta. They are the co-founders of AS WE GROW, a
Ten Reasons To Go To RIFF
Ten reasons why you should be excited about the 2012 Reykjavík Internation Film FestivalIt’s back! The Reykjavík International Film Festival storms into town later this month f
The Bus That Yarn Built
Catching up with Reykjavík’s wool-and-needle wielding hooligansA couple of weeks ago, I got on the bus at Lækjartorg and was greeted by what resembled my grandmother’s handiw
Mothers, Lovers, and CEOs: Modern Icelandic Women
Reykjavík photographer Berglind Björnsdóttir captures the hopes and dreams of Icelandic womanhoodHalla Linker Aguirre and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir may have little in common, o