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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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http://www.frafl.is/english/2012/03/16/jonsvika-residency-and-festival/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jónsvika-Art-residency-and-festival/292043367527976?ref=ts

contact:

Harpa Fönn Sigurjónsdóttir

harpafonn@frafl.is

+354 7731770

Jónsvika – The resulting art and music festival after an one week art residency in Kaldbak. Exhibition during the day from 15.00 – 18.00 and concert during the evening from 20.00.

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) http://hertha.tumblr.com/
Mekkín Ragnarsdóttir (AK), http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=664656722

Musicians:
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

NB! The program can still change over the next month.

Donate to the MESSA project and help us make the first international art fair in Iceland!

MESSA

421109-0440 – Framkvæmdafélag listamanna ehf 

 IBAN IS56 0111 2601 0219 4211 0904 40 

SWIFT (BIC) NBIIISRE

Please send an e-mail to messa@messa.is with details about the sponsor, name and address, if you please to do so. We want to be able to thank those who donate with a special little something, after the MESSA Vision event.

Thank you!

The MESSA Team

Partners and sponsos – SO FAR

The organisers want to thank especially the partners and sponsers that have helped to  make this project come to reality:

Úti á Túni

Kaldbakskot – Húsavík

Norðurþing

Þekingarnet Þingeyinga

Atvinnuþróunarfélag Þingeyinga

HúsavíkurstofaÍslandsbanki

Skipaafgreiðslan

Orkuveita Húsavíkur

Landsbankinn

GPG

Mannvit

Víkurraf

Vísir

Bakkakaffi

The project is still in need of a financial assistance, so if you want to donate, please donate to:

Jónsvika account in Landsbanki

Owner 421109-0440 – Framkvæmdafélag listamanna ehf

IBAN IS48 0111 2601 0216 4211 0904 40

SWIFT (BIC) NBIIISRE

Thank you!

the Jónsvika team

Please see www.messa.is for further information.

MESSA Vision 2012 is the next event in line preceding the MESSA Art Fair which will be held in the spring of 2013 in Reykjavík, Iceland.

MESSA Vision is a creative collaboration which will focus on presenting the ideas behind the concept of an art fair for the benefit of the Icelandic and international art scenes as well as the general public. MESSA Vision will embody the experience, the platform, the framework, and the networking – among other aspects – of international art fairs through a weekend of events designed to offer the audience a better understanding of this significant facet of the art world.

* SCHEDULE *

Friday, 1 June 2012
3:00-6:00 PM
Symposium – Art Fairs: Gateway to the International Art Market

The Symposium will be held at the Nordic House, Sturlugötu 5, 101 Reykjavík, www.nordice.is

This symposium will feature speakers touching on topics such as the organization and implementation of international art fairs, reasons to participate in the international art market, the role of artists, collectors, and galleries, and the skills solo artists need to hone in order to represent themselves.

Our keynote speaker is Andreas Ribbung, one of the founders of the artist-run gallery Candyland in Stockholm, Sweden and SUPERMARKET – Stockholm Independent Art Fair, the international artist-run art fair. He also works with art in the public realm as a freelance art advisor and project manager.

Additional speakers and moderator of the symposium TBA.

Saturday, 2 June 2012
4:00-5:00 PM Invite-only reception
5:00-8:00 PM Event open to the public
MESSA Vision

MESSA Vision will be held at Klapparstígur 19, 101 Reykjavík.

* PARTNERS and SPONSORS *

Reykjavík Arts Festival (www.listahatid.is)
MESSA Vision is part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival’s (I)ndependent People – a large-scale collaborative international visual arts project curated by Jonatan Habib Engqvist. For further information please visit http://independentpeople.is/.

SÍM – The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (www.sim.is)

FRAFL – Framkvæmdafélag listamanna (www.frafl.is)

Íslandsstofa – Promote Iceland (islandsstofa.is)

Norræna Húsið – The Nordic House

* CONTACT *

Harpa Fönn Sigurjónsdóttir, Project Director
The MESSA Project
www.messa.is
messa@messa.is

8 artists have been chosen to participate in Jónsvika – art residency and festival in Kaldbak, Húsavík, North Iceland. Around 30 application were submitted. The committee looked at the artist´s experience and education, the artist statement and their prior experience in collaborative projects and workshops and residencies. The form of media also had an impact on the choice.

The organisers sincerely hope that this who did not get a place at this years Jósnvika, will try again in a year.

In May the organisers will announce the name of the participating artists, as well as the music acts confirmed, so please stay tuned here and here.

Jónsvika

MESSA teaser 2011 from Messa on Vimeo.

MESSA Vision 2012

MESSA Vision is next in line preceding the MESSA Art Fair in Reykjavík, which will be held in spring 2013.

The Messa Art Fair is:

-  Alternative art fair focusing on a collaborate of individual or freelance artists representing themselves directly.

-  New opportunity for artists to cultivate their future careers.

-  Crossover between art scenes, sharing knowledge, experience and support.

-  Link to the international art world with exposure, connections and sales.

Framkvæmdafélag listamanna, FRAFL, is the innovator of the project but other important players have been involved from the beginning, contributing and implementing to essential factors of the project.

Private institutions and organisation have also contributed to the project, both directly and indirectly, i.e. European Youth in Action project, Promote Iceland, the Icelandic Association of Icelandic Artists, the Icelandic Academy of Arts, the Reykjavík Arts Festival, as well as private partners and contributors, i.e. Kex Hostel, Oddi prenststofa, Vífilfell etc.

In 2011 the team of MESSA organizers set-up a small scale teaser event called MESSA Teaser. MESSA Teaser featured a group of galleries, artists and publications which were all distributed an exhibition space to showcase their work.

MESSA Vision is another small-scale teaser event that will be set-up in 2012, during the weekend of June 1-3. The event will be promoted in collaboration with the Reykjavík Arts Festival.

MESSA Vision will represent the MESSA brand, the experience, the venue, the networking, the platform, the representation, the framework and other aspects of international art fairs.

Reykjavík, March 2012

The team of organizers

FESTISVALL, an art event in cooperation with gogoyoko and FRAFL, will take place on Culture Night in Reykjavík on 20th of August 2011.

FESTISVALL is held for the second time in Hjartargarðurinn, one of the biggest and most exciting and vibrant outdoor spaces in Reykjavík downtown.  This year event will also take place in Hemmi og Valdi, Faktorý, Bar11 and Macland port. The event will consist of visual art works, design and music.

FESTISVALL will open at 14.00 on Culture Night. This is the schedule:

——————– Hjartagarður ——————–

14. 00  – 18.00 LISTASÝNING/EXHIBITION

Árni Már Erlingsson

Baldvin Einarsson

Gunnar Jónsson

Sindri Snær Sveinbjargar- Leifsson

Sunna Ben

14. 00 – 18. 00 TÓNLEIKAR / CONCERTS

DJ Flugvél og geimskip,

Cheek Mountain Thief,

Karlakór kaffibarsins

Berndsen

Quadroplus

Pollox

——————– Macland port ———————

14. 00 – 18.00 HÖNNUNARMARKAÐUR/DESIGN MARKET

Pop Up verzlun

——————– Hemmi og Valdi ———————–

22.00 – 03.00 TÓNLEIKAR / CONCERTS

Mindfucker

Kanzlarinn

Somewhere Else

Viktor Birgiss

Futuregrapher

No Class

Skurken

Rix & Kerr

———————- Faktorý ————————

14.00 – 18.00 TÓNLEIKAR / CONCERTS

ReykVeek artists:

Asli

Moff & Tarkin

Orang Volante

Karius & Baktus

Óli Ofur

Hásálfar

Nauseus

Robot Disco

Dj Benson is Fantastic

14. 00 – 18.00  HÖNNUNARMARKAÐUR/DESIGN MARKET

———————- Ellefan – Bar11 ————————

14. 00 -17.00 TÓNLEIKAR / CONCERTS

Vintage Caravan

Lockerbie

Just another Snake Cult

David Berndsen