We are thrilled to welcome Moa Gustafson Söndergarrd, artist in residence for the month of May. Her work is situated around materials and places we surround ourselves with. She is interested in the memories these places and objects carry with them and how they shape us and our society. Her practice is a combination of studio and field work. Where she collects materials, images and objects from different places and uses them as a starting point in her work. She is exploring her surroundings through theories connected to geology and anthropology and examines walking as an artistic method. Both the […]
Artists-in-Residence
Veronika Geiger and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir
Skaftfell warmly welcomes Veronika Geiger and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir artists in residence for the month of April. The Danish/Swiss and Icelandic visual artists Veronika Geiger and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir both studied their BA in Fine Art Photography at Glasgow School of Art and their paths crossed again when Veronika started coming to Iceland. When they were hired to teach photography to young creatives they found they were equally infatuated with the medium. They employ the light sensitivity of silver to make images of Seyðisfjörður using a site specific room sized camera obscura. Thus revisiting the foundational elements of photography as well as taking time […]