{"id":9478,"date":"2014-09-16T11:23:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-16T11:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skaftfell.avistaserver.com\/?p=9478&lang=en"},"modified":"2022-03-29T14:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T14:31:01","slug":"the-frontiers-in-retreat-artists-arrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.skaftfell.is\/en\/the-frontiers-in-retreat-artists-arrive\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frontiers in Retreat artists arrive"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first artists participating in the Frontiers in Retreat project at Skaftfell,\u00a0Kati Gausmann<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Richard Skelton<\/a>, arrived in Iceland in the end of August. Simultaneously the volcanic activity in South Iceland reached its peak and magma started flowing from Holuhraun. Hence it was very appropriate that the artists started their journey by attending a Geology seminar in Brei\u00f0dalssetur, a research and heritage centre located in the small town of Brei\u00f0dalsv\u00edk in the East. The seminar was held in honour of the British geologist George P.L. Walker who is noted for mapping the Terier lava pile in East Iceland in the sixties and teaching Icelanders how to map the geology of Iceland.<\/p>\n

The seminar concluded with a field trip to selected locations were it is possible so see geological phenomenons in their natural environment. In Streitishvarf for example is a great view of a composite dyke that can be traced over a 15 km area. The dyke cuts through the mountain down to the beach that has easy access for pedestrians and is visible in the mountain across the bay. Next the group was able to see ignimbrite at Bl\u00e1bj\u00f6rg, a blue-greenish breccia layer noticeable from the high peak of the mountain all the way down to the ground. The last stop was at the farm Teigarhorn, a declared natural monument, that is known worldwide for zeolites. Samples of zeolites from Teigarhorn can be found in museums around the world.<\/p>\n