The video artwork PERMAFROST ( looped video, 10 mins ) by Fernando José Pereira at The Bookshop -projectspace, shown evenings from 20-22 o´clock 14.03 – 20.03, 2012. A short film set in the Northern-most human settlement in the world: the Svalbard archipelago, Spitsbergen (only 800km to North Pole). The video focuses on the Russian town Barentsburg, situated at the latitude of 78º N. Fernando José Pereira investigates the remoteness of the extreme North, having travelled extensively in the North, and in 2009 reached one of the last frontiers: the Svalbard archipelago. Above here, only the sea ice from the North Pole. The video […]
Past program
SKÁSKEGG Á VHS + CD
Saturday, February 25th, at 16:00 the exhibition SKÁSKEGG Á VHS + CD opens at Skaftfell. The exhibition is the conclusion of a two-week workshop, lead by Björn Roth, at Skaftfell, in collaboration with the Icelandic Art Academy, the Dieter Roth Academy and the Technical Museum of East Iceland The art students involved are: Ásgrímur Þórhallsson, Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, Claudia Hausfeld, Dóra Hrund Gísladóttir, Erik Hirt, Gintare Maciulskyté, Gunnar Jónsson, Halla Þórlaug Óskarsdóttir, Katla Stefánsdóttir, Katrín Erna Gunnarsdóttir, Sigmann Þórðarson, Sigurður Þórir Ámundason, Steinunn Lilja Emilsdóttir & Viktor Pétur Hannesson Curator: Björn Roth. The exhibition runs until May 6, 2012. Skaftfell´s opening […]