Residency events and activities

Artist Talk: Eva Beierheimer & Samuel Brzeski

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Tuesday, October 12, 16:30 – 17:30 in Herðubreið Our next artist talk is on Tuesday Oct 12, from 16:30-17:30 in Herðubreið, and everyone is welcome. Skaftfell’s current residency artists Eva Beierheimer (AT/SE) and Samuel Brzeski (UK/NO) will present their artistic practices and talk about their work in Seyðisfjörður. The event is free, and we have coffee and biscuits. Eva Beierheimer is an Austrian artist living and working in Sweden since 2007. She studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna and at Kungl. Konsthögskolan in Stockholm. In 2004 she was an exchange student at Listaháskóli Íslands. Eva works in […]

Translation is Dialogue – a workshop by Arlene Tucker for students of Egilsstaðir High School

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Translation is dialog is a project developed by the artist Arlene Tucker (TW/USA) who lives and works in Joutsa, Finland. Arlene was artist in residence at Skaftfell in September 2021 and March 2022, supported by the Nordic Baltic Mobility Programme (Nordic Culture Point). Arlene’s socially engaged work utilizes translation studies, semiotics, and feminist practices. As part of BRAS, a cultural festival for children and young people in East Iceland, Arlene was teaching an introductory workshop to the project for students at Egilsstaðir High School under the guidance of teachers Ólafur Bjarkar (Lóa) Bragadóttir and Heiðdís Halla Bjarnadóttir. Translation is dialog encourages and facilitates […]