Reykjavík, We Need To Talk…
Comedienne DeAnne Smith has some straight talking to share with RVK*Turns head, looks the other way.* … … Oh, hey. Sorry. I didn’t see you there, Reykjavík. I me
Propelling Forward
Snoop-Around visits Helga Lilja, fashion designer and founder of Helicopter clothingIn the last six years, fashion designer Helga Lilja Magnúsdóttir has gone from making street h
Essentially Powerful
Dance duets from graduates of P.A.R.T.S. in BrusselsThree students who graduated from the prestigious Performing Arts Research & Training Studio in Belgium this year are the fi
Teacher And Student
A visit to Mary Ellen Mark's photo workshop“My father was a photographer,” Alaskan photographer Patrice Helmar tells me while we look at the photos she took at Mary Ellen M
Get #Gibberese!
Reykjavík artist hits Queensland this monthEver wondered how languages relate to the environments in which they’re uttered? Do you tweet? Interested in donating your twitter
Gerður Kristný
Icelandic writer competes in the Poetry OlympicsIt is not only the handballers and the swimmers who are repping RVK in London this year. The British capital also played host to [&h
A Breath Of Fresh Art
In our nth annual LungA article, we find the event is still a pretty great oneRounding out their twelfth year of attracting art enthusiasts and novices alike, LungA still remains [
Learning To Photograph Iceland
The fabled Mary Ellen Mark keeps returning“People think Iceland is just landscape; they don’t think it’s exotic. But it’s very exotic. And for photographing
The Feast After The Famine
Best place on a rainy dayTwo years ago Reykjavík filmgoers were famished. ‘Inception’ was just about the only half-decent Hollywood blockbuster around and the cinema owners of
Horsing Around
If you like watching documentaries about horses in Iceland, ‘Herd In Iceland’ might just be the documentary for you!Filmmakers Lindsay Blatt and Paul Taggart are currently comp
HOLSTER: THE SWISS ARMY KNIFE OF CLOTHING
In a swanky office at ad agency Jónsson & Le’macks, we sit down with Sigurður Oddsson. We’re there to talk to him about Holster, a joint venture between three you
Monsters On The Streets Downtown
Mural lights up forgotten city square Look out, there’s a monster coming! Well, quite a few of them if you happen to be anywhere near Óðinstorg in downtown Reykjavík, where [&
LungA Has Arrived!
Björt Sigfinnsdóttir is a busy woman. Between releasing her first solo album, creating an adult colouring book and managing a unique festival in Iceland, the girl ‘ain’t no s
THE BLACK CONE
What this monument means about the Pots and Pans ProtestSpanish artist Santiago Sierra premiered a giant piece of rock called ‘The Black Cone, Monument To Civil Disobedience’ i
The Decisive Moment
Ari Sigvaldason is a doting admirer of ugly duckling ReykjavíkAri Sigvaldason has the relaxed, unhurried sense about him of someone who decides his own working hours. As the owner
Fashion Inspired By Art Brut And ’60s New Wave Films
Snoop-Around visits fashion newcomer Sævar Markús Óskarsson at his studioSævar Markús Óskarsson’s first line, a small collection of silk accessories inspired by Romanian fo
Bastard Love
Vesturport performs ‘Bastard—A Family Saga’ at Reykjavík City Theatre on June 2.We are not entirely lost to ourselves. Our gaping wounds and ghastly inadequacies do not esca
Unique Sustainable Fashion
Snoop-Around talks to designer Jet KorineWhen you walk up Skólavörðustígur you might notice a little shop at 17a. It bears the name of its owner, designer Jet Korine, who makes
Icelandic Comedy Gets Existential
'How To Become Icelandic In 60 Minutes'The Icelandic self-image has changed dramatically since the crash. Before October 2008, Icelanders could attribute their keen business acumen
The Political Becomes Personal
Grapevine attends Patreksfjörður’s Skjaldborg Documentary Film FestivalAn unspoken rule of the Skjaldborg Documentary Film Festival in Patreksfjörður is: What happens at Skja
THE LIMITED PLEASURE OF MALE BEAUTY
The International Conference On Art And Translation, held from the May 24 to 26 at the Nordic House, turned out to contain a fine selection of carefully picked topics and […