Past exhibitions and events

Films from Real Life

Herðubreið – cinema Skaftfell will screen two film Saturday June 20 at 20.00 in Herðubreið, cinema, in connection with the ongoing exhibition Real Life. My Dreams Are Still About Flying (2012) by Cecilia Nygren (SWE) Time and Time Again (2014) by Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir (IS) & Markús Þór Andrésson (IS) Cecilia Nygrens 2012 video, My Dreams Are Still About Flying. Concerns Walter Steiner, the protagonist of Werner Herzogs The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974), a documentary about Steiners hobby of woodcarving while being the worlds pre-eminent ski jumper. Nygrens film finds Steiner in northern Sweden where he works as a […]

Landscape of the Heart

in 2015, Past exhibitions and events, Past program

Curator Þórunn Eymundardóttir Every human has in common the desire to belong, to see and understand oneself. The surroundings that a person grows up in inevitably become a big part of ones identity and thus influence a persons view of the world; the view from ones doorsteps. On exhibition are selected works from the collection of the Seydisfjordur Municipality. The common thread in the selection are works that explore the point of view that humans take when celebrating their place of origin, honouring those that have made a difference in the community or remembering important milestones. The art works, in […]