Radiotelegraph is a beacon simulcast by a private low-watt transmitter in Seyðisfjörður (around 107.1 FM) and by the experimental radio platform Radius in Chicago (88.9 FM) at sundown Seyðisfjörður time, from October 7-11. 1906 was not only the year that Seyðisfjörður connected to Europe via trans-oceanic telegraph cable, it was also the year of the first audio transmission of the human voice by wireless means undertaken by Reginald Fessenden on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean at Brant Rock, Massachusetts. Voice, electronics, and radio signals by Anna Friz, all recorded and mixed at Hóll, Seyðisfjörður. Anna Friz is a […]
Past exhibitions and events
Poetry reading
Icelandic poet Sveinn Snorri Sveinsson will read from his newly published book ” The leafs on the raintree”. The reading will take place in the Bistro in Icelandic after Tapas Night. The Bistro has switch to winter mode but is open every day, see here.