Past program

Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS

Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS

09.11.2019 — 05.01.2020 Opening: Saturday, 09.11.2019, 16h-18h Gallery talk with the artist: Sunday, 10.11.2019, 14h-15h The exhibition, Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS is part of Skaftfell’s exhibition strategy to work with younger artists based in Iceland who are at a critical point in their careers. Amanda Riffo is a French artist who moved to Iceland in 2012, yet prior to that she was an artist in residence at Skaftfell in 2008. Amanda Riffo, admits to having really bad eyesight and it is this physiological shortcoming which has inspired much of her artistic practice. The act of looking is fundamental to visual […]

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Days of Darkness Artist Talk – Ioana Popovici, Michala Paludan, Rasmus Røhling

Days of Darkness Artist Talk – Ioana Popovici, Michala Paludan, Rasmus Røhling

October 31, 2019, 16:30 – 18:00, at Skaftfell, Austurvegur 42, 3rd floor. In celebration of the Days of Darkness in East Iceland, Skaftfell’s current artists in residence Ioana Popovici (RO), Michala Paludan (DK) and Rasmus Røhling (DK) will give three short talks presenting a selection of their previous and current work. They will offer an insight into what has brought them to Seyðisfjörður and how they are using their creative time here at the residency. The talk will be held in English and take place in Skaftfell’s artist apartment on the top floor of Austurvegur 42. Coffee, tea and biscuits will […]

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