Residency events and activities

Jarð • vegur

Jarð•vegur — Cristina Mariani and Moa Gustafsson SöndergaardMay 24 – June 27, West Wall gallery, Skaftfell bistroOpen Tuesdays – Saturdays 15:00-23:00 Welcome to the opening of a new exhibition on the West Wall gallery of the Skaftfell bistro, Friday, May 24 at 16.00. The exhibition jarð•vegur brings together works by Skaftfell artists in residence Cristina Mariani and Moa Gustafsson Söndergaard who have for the past two months been working on their respective projects that both draw from the local environment in Seyðisfjörður. The works have been created at @prentverkseydisfjordur Moa Gustafsson Söndergaard’s work ‘What flows through my hand that which […]

Veronika Geiger and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir

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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 […]