OPENING EVENT AND RELEASE OF PUBLICATION AT HÃLL, AUGUST 28 AT 16.00 The project SECRET GARDEN VERÃND was initiated in 2012 by visual artist Suzanna Asp in collaboration with Skaftfell, and starts off from the actual site of the house and garden at Hóll in Seyðisfjörður. The project builds on queer feminist and post-colonial theory and asks questions about relationships between text, body and place. Who is given a place, where is place given and how can a place be altered. Hóll, built in the early 20th century, is the former studio house of the Icelandic artist Birgir Andrésson and […]
Past exhibitions
Performances and the Mountain Lady´s garden party
Welcome on Sunday to events that are a part of RÓ RÓ, the Skaftfell summer exhibition. The program begins in the Harbour community garden and then relocates to Skaftfell’s backyard. Program starts at 15.00 Artists Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir re-performs “Census” in the Harbour community garden. The work, that now contains approx. 500 names, has been revised since it was previously performed at the opening of RÓ RÓ June 17. Electronic musician Auxpan, aka Elvar Már Kjartansson, will perform in the Skaftfell backyard. Elvar has been composing electronic music for over 10 years and has been very active in that field. Artists […]