On Saturday, May 12 at 16:00, the Collection Center reopens in Skaftfell´s main gallery. New narratives will be presented, alongside the whole collection, thereof 25 with English subtitles. Relay – the word passed on presents Skaftfell from Icelandic Art Center on Vimeo. About the project Since 2011 Skaftfell has taken on the extensive project entitled The Narrative Collection. The purpose is to collect narratives from all the inhabitants of Seyðisfjörður in 2011 and 2012, and to keep a kind of snapshots which together give a bigger picture of the community. It is unique to have the opportunity to map the […]

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Saturday the 28th. of April 2012 the sculpture SYLT / SÍLD – Island On The Island, by the artist group GV will be celebratory opened. The project was developed during a 4 week residency at Skaftfell – Center For Visual Art. The shown sculpture on the landfill area is sketched after the shape of the northern German island of Sylt formerly written as Sild (herring) The opening will take place at the Bookshop – projectspace at 17:00 and thereafter continue at the landfill where the sculpture will be officially declared open.