Dancers In The Dark
No Lights No Lycra starts up at KEXA funky bassline is bumping out of KEX Hostel as I walk up to its patio. As I pass the window, I hear […]
Breathing Life Into Arts Education
LungA School seeks to empower students with a creative, bilateral learning processWith university becoming more expensive in many parts of the world, mainstream education tends to
Pop Vomit
Mojoko and Shang Liang bring their Reactive Wall to ReykjavíkOn the wall of a dark room in Reykjavík’s Hafnarhusið art museum, a stream of brightly coloured icons is fizzi
Banksy In Iceland?
As In: A Polar Bear? Pushing A Shopping Cart? That Must Be …Banksy may have been to Iceland. A while ago. And he may have left a mark or two. […]
Urbanization On Paper: A European Narrative
Spark Design Space has a clean minimalist facade, a welcome place to rest your eyes next to the garishly painted corrugated tin front of its neighbour Kiki. The large glass [&helli
Tying A Ribbon On Biophilia
Sitting upstairs at Iðnó, pouring out a cup of coffee in a fetching fluorescent yellow ensemble, an animated Björk is expressing how pleased and surprised she is that people sti
Come Fly With me
Aerial photographer Elvar Örn on his project Over IcelandElvar Örn is a professional photographer and filmmaker with a passion for aerial photography. He’s traveled the world,
Go PONG Harpa Now!
Ever wanted to play arcade classic ‘Pong’ on the massive Harpa facade? Great, because until August 31st you can–so long as you have a smartphone. PONG is an interacti
When Dreams Become Realities
Brogan Davison, Pétur Ármannsson and Ármann Einarsson talk creative collaboration, artistic growth and family tiesIn early 2012, 49-year-old Ármann Einarsson, a music school pr
Everything Under The Little Sun
Ólafur Elíasson's new project makes us think about power, in many senses of the wordInternationally renowned artist Ólafur Elíasson has always been a fan of a spectacle. Whethe
A Steady Heartbeat
Reykjavík Dance Festival is moving to a new, faster beatThe Reykjavík Dance Festival is no stranger to flexibility and experimentation. Founded in 2002, the festival has provided
The Creator Of Hangman’s Darker Relatives
The Creator Of Hangman’s Darker RelativesHugleikur Dagsson, the controversial cartoonist famous for his satirical comic strips which often depict stick figures in violent situati
Poet Tattoos Demand That Minister Resigns
Bragi Páll Dedicated His Right Thigh To: 'Hanna Birna, Resign'Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Poet Bragi Páll Sigurðarson just disclosed his new tattoo. It is situated on his right th
Land Of The Sodium Sun
Stuart Richardson captures Iceland’s streetlightsThe Icelandic winter is supposed to be dark and fierce with a view of the stars and sometimes the Aurora Borealis stretching over
Creativity For All
Music and art intersect in the EastfjordsSet in the glacial crevasse town of Seyðisfjörður, the music and arts festival LungA is a buzzing hive of creativity and pure, weird art
Short-Circuit to Idiocy
On Snorri Ásmundsson's HatikvahIcelandic artist Snorri Ásmundsson recently distributed a video on YouTube, that has since been publicized through most Icelandic-speaking news med
A Constant Chorus Of Little Fuck Yous
It’s fairly safe to assume that C-O-N-T-I-N-U-A-T-I-O-N, Peter Liversidge’s exhibition at i8, will only be comprised of a portion of what the artist originally intended to show
Blue Sky Thinking
Ragnheiður Harpa Leifsdóttir Ushers Her Dreams Into ExistenceDeciding on a finale for a festival whose theme is ‘art as a living process’ must have been something of
A Bunch Of Great People Doing Great Stuff
Q&A's With Artists At The Reykjavík Art Festival Guðrún Lilja Gunnlaugsdóttir In Your Hands: three-dimensional creation and technique The theme of this year’s Reykjav
Not Finished
Nestled between two fancy restaurants on Lækjargata is an impressive white house that overlooks the town pond, with a castellated tower called “Gimli.” It´s oddly discreet fo
Not For The Faint-Hearted
Jónborg `Jonna' Sigurðardóttir takes unconventional to another levelWhile conformity isn’t what typically comes to mind when thinking of contemporary Icelandic designers,