Geiri’s house, the former home of native artists Ásgeir Jón Emilsson at Oddagata 4c, graces Skaftfell’s greeting card. Geiri was creatively compulsive and decorated his house with great care. His story is unique and today the house stands as a testimony of the social conditions of hearing impairment in the past. Oddagata has been in charge of the center in recent years and has been held virtually unchanged since Geiri past away in 1999. Over the past two years Geiri’s house has been closed to the public and with the help of generous supporters considerable work has gone into reconstruction, […]
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The fifteenth Art Academy student group has arrived in Seyðisfjörður
Students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts have arrived for the second time this year to participate in “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. This is the fifteenth workshop held in Skaftfell and is guided by Björn Roth and Kristján Steingrímur. The duration of the workshop is two weeks and during that time students will share photographs from the process on lhisod.tumblr.com. The workshop concludes with an exhibition opening Saturday November 1 at 16.00 in the Skaftfell gallery. On exhibition at new works produced over the period. Workshop collaborators are the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Dieter Roth […]