2015

Call for applications – Climbing Invisible Structures

Call for applications – Climbing Invisible Structures

Climbing Invisible Structures is a curated visual arts residency exchange and exhibition programme organised by the Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) (Lithuania), in collaboration with the Office for Contemporary Art Norway, the Nordic Artists Centre Dale (Norway), Skaftfell Center for Visual Art (Iceland), and the Ars Communis Residency Centre YO-YO (Lithuania). Curators are Eglė Mikalajūnė and Samir Mkadmi. Visual artists based in or being nationals of Norway, Iceland or Lithuania are welcome to apply. Deadline May 24, 2015. CONCEPT According to the French philosopher Michel Foucault, disciplinary practices can be both symbolic and instrumental in shaping, […]

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Breaking the frame

As a part of Sequences VII Skaftfell will screen a new documentary about the festivals honary artist Carolee Schneemann (1939). Breaking the Frame is a feature length profile of the radical New York artist Carolee Schneemann. A pioneer of performance and body art as well as avant-garde cinema, Schneemann has been breaking the frames of the art world for over five decades. The film will be screened in Herðubreið, entrance fee 1.000 ISK. Time: 100 min Director: Marielle Nitoslawska