Danish artists group A Kassen have been invited to stay as Artists-in-Residence from June to July at Skaftfell. The residency program’s objectives is to facilitate circumstances for artists to experience, reflect and explore new angles to their artistic work in a creative and inspiring environment. Parallel to the residency A Kassen´s projects will be presented in Skaftfell’s main exhibition space from June 17 – September 1. While preparing for the trip A Kassen did some research on Icelandic nature and culture. To their surprise the artists discovered that in the south of Iceland is the largest banana plantation in Europe. […]

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Tuesday – Wednesday, May 28-29 The Bookshop is open from 10.00-17.00 Current Artists-in-Residence Ásdís Sif Gunnarsdóttir (IS), Manfred Hubmann (AT), and Yann Leguay (F) will host a mutual two-day exhibition at the Bookshop – Projectspace. The last hour of the exhibition – from 16.00 to 17.00 on Wednesday, the artists will all be present for a mini-finissage and light refreshments. Yann Leguay: The sailing stone During the early decades of 2000, a common stone from the Seydifjordur’s mountains side has disappeared during a bit more than a week. The story says that it has travelled more than 6000 km over […]

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