Tuesday January 19 at 16:30 Skaftfell, Austurvegur 43, 3rd floor. Meet and hear the current Artists-in-Residence at Skaftfell in January, Nora Mertes (DE) & Rashanna Rashied-Walker (USA), on Tuesday when they will present their practice and selected works. Local artists Ingirafn Steinarsson will also give a short presentation about his work and resent stay at Slakthusateljerna in December last year, a residency exchange through Skaftfell. The talk will take place in English. About the artists: Ingirafn Steinarsson educated at a. o. Malm Art Academy, is an Icelandic artist based in Seyisfjrur. Steinarsson returns in his work to the ability of art to communicate […]
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By the rivers in the wetlands up in the mountains
In her book by the rivers in the wetlands up in the mountains, atlas of icelands plant life with a pinhole camera, published for the time being as an artist multiple/book and currently on display at the store at Skaftfell, Halina Kliem explores Icelands plant life without a lens. By time exposure and its variations the pinhole hails climate and weather conditions of the arctic ecosystem to sprout the image. All plants printed in the book were photographed in East Iceland in May and June 2015. Although new images from the Dawn spacecraft provide more clues, the unusual bright spots on […]