Wednesday, May 16. 2012
Jónsvika Art Residency and Festival
FRAFL presents:
Jónsvika Art Residency and Festival
A week long art residency and festival in Kaldbak, Húsavík, Iceland 11. – 16. June 2012.
JÓNSVIKA is a week long art residency in Húsavík for young emerging visual artists, in the North of Iceland during the summer solstice in Iceland, where the sun never sets, over the week of 11.- 16. June 2012. The residency results in an art festival taking place on the last day, saturday the 16th of June, with an exhibition during the day and a music performance during the evening.
JÓNSVIKA RESIDENCY:
The JÓNSVIKA art residency will take place over a week, from 11. – 16. June. Around 8 artists will participate. Focus will be put towards choosing artists that make a cross over between city and countryside, different media, different methods and different cultures.
The residency will take place in an old farm house, Kaldbakur, right outside the town of Húsavík, which is a small remote fishing village in the North east of Iceland with around 200 inhabitants.
Artists:
Árni Már Erlingsson (REY), http://arnimar.is/
Björk Viggósdóttir (REY), bjorkviggosdottir.wordpress.com
Camilla Renate Nicolaisen (BERGEN), http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=583009934
Dóra Hrund Gísladóttir (REY), http://dorahrund.tumblr.com/
Felicity Rose Barrow (LONDON)http://felicityportfolio.blogspot.com/
Hertha María Ritchard Úlafsdóttir (AK) hertha.tumblr.com
Mekkín Ragnarsdóttir (AK), http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=664656722
Over the week the artists will work freely on their works and projects, as well as following a schedule of activities, that will involve Kundalini yoga sessions in the mornings, breakfast and a morning dialogues and talks as well as lectures. The speakers and contributors will come from Husavik and educate and inform the artists on different subjects, i.e. art education in the Húsavík secondary school, the Husavik Museum, the Husavik Whale museum etc. The schedule also involves visits to towns and local manufactures, such as to the net making factory, the steal garage, the carpentry, the recycling factory and more.
These various activities will work as an inspiration and as a new approach towards the production of their art works. The endeavor will result in an art festival – JÓNSVIKA.
JÓNSVIKA – ART AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
The JÓNSVIKA Festival will take place on 16th of June 2012 in Kaldbak, Húsavík.
FREE ADMISSION FOR GUESTS!
The exhibition will open at 15.00 on Saturday. The works displayed will be works that the artists have produced during the week and will be inspired by their stay in Húsavík and the activities there.
At 20.00 the same day music acts will take place on the attic of the Cow shed, with a fantastic view of the mountains, the lake and the seaside.
Artists:
Cheek Mountain Thief (UK, HÚS, REY), http://www.facebook.com/CheekMountainThief/app_178091127385
Grúska Babúska (HÚS, REY), http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gr%C3%BAska-Bab%C3%BAska/342196042480495
Þórir Georg (REY, HÚS), http://thorirgeorg.bandcamp.com
Friðrik Marinó Ragnarsson (HÚS), http://soundcloud.com/fridrikmarino
Lára Sóley Jóhannesdóttir (HÚS) http://www.facebook.com/lara.johannsdottir
Axel Flóvent, http://axelflovent.bandcamp.com/ (HÚS)
Harmonikkufélag Þingeyinga (the local Accordian association). TBC
Karlakórinn Hreimur (the Hreimur male choir). TBC
The non-local guests will have a chance to stay at Kaldbakskot, cottages, www.cottages.is as well as the town of Húsavík has plenty of other accommodation possibilities in town as well as activites, please see: http://www.visithusavik.is/ and http://www.nordurthing.is/en for more information.
Jónsvika
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contact:
Harpa Fönn Sigurjónsdóttir
harpafonn@frafl.is
+354 7731770
