Author: Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
BEYOND NORMAL THINKING: The Possibilities And Impossibilities Of Kaupthinking
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
By Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson A popular 19th century murder-ballad entitled “Banks Of The Ohio” relays a story of the…
Of Minks And Men
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
All the potentially guilty…In one of their best-loved hits, the members of Icelandic pop outfit FM Belfast refer to their…
Ground Zero
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
ZEN Ring the bells! Ring the repetitive alarms—the irresistibly itching reminders of circular memories! Pull the triggers! Ignite the fuzes…
Down To The Dog Den
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
On the universal logic of The BossAnyone familiar with the vertical structure of just about all workplaces—from old school industries…
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall…
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Or more precisely: in the rat’s eyeIn a world where size certainly matters, David doesn’t defeat Goliath so often. But…
There Is Definitely, Definitely, Definitely No Logic…
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Or, at least, there is an error within that logicLong before the opening of his exhibition in Mexico City last…
Below The Promotional Realm
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Now, in the midst of the repercussions of Edward Snowden’s exposé of mass-surveillance directed against individuals and institutions worldwide, it’s…
When There Will Be No Seagull…
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
“The seagulls claim the site, the pigeons vanished from the city, no one knows where to or if they were…
The Mark Kennedy Saga Chapter Iceland
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Each time a free-floating rumour gets confirmed, and past political behaviour becomes a scandalous spectacle, one cannot resist wondering if…
Cold War Espionage In Iceland
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
“Wire-tapping has commenced,” stated a front-page headline in socialist newspaper Þjóðviljinn (“The People’s Will”) on March 27, 1949. The paper…
Enter The 6th Volume
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
How is history written? And by who? Is just anyone capable of writing it? Or should the task be left…
Preserving The Laxá Explosion
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
It’s dark and silent—nothing unusual around midnight by the river Laxá and lake Mývatn in the north of Iceland. But…
An End To The Neverending Nightmare?
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
“The nation has been unburdened of a nightmare,” Ólafur Jóhannesson, then Minister of Justice, proudly stated in parliament on February…
Not The Knee-Jerk Reaction – Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl on Illska
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Raised in Iceland by Lithuanian parents, Agnes is a history student writing her thesis on today’s right wing populism and…
Listening Becomes The Key Factor
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Together, Albert Finnbogason and Tumi Árnason don’t only stroke the strings and blow the reeds with The Heavy Experience, their…
All The Polluted Air
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Dear Icelanders. Isn’t it appropriate to start a New Year’s address with those two words—words which were never meant to…
Hip-Hop Is A Dialogue
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
As the Winter Solstice promises the world brighter days in the coming future and the end of the current Mayan…
Justice Delayed, Justice Denied
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Why would people who have escaped their homelands to seek asylum in Iceland want to leave again? Didn’t they come…
Angeli Novi’s Ticking Time Bomb In The Continuum Of History
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
You Can’t Stand In The Way Of ProgressThere is a photograph by Richard Peter of a statue of an angel…
The Nazi Clause Strikes Again
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Can an individual degrade a whole nation or nation state? Apparently the answer is “yes” as suggested by the 95th…
Hail To Thee, Great Leader!
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Those who have been arrested and interrogated for partaking in political protest, in Iceland and abroad alike, know that the…
The Power Of The Unsaid
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
In Grapevine’s last issue, Kári Túlinius poses a question that he then attempts to answer: “What became of the far…
THE BLACK CONE
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
What this monument means about the Pots and Pans ProtestSpanish artist Santiago Sierra premiered a giant piece of rock called…
“Freedom Of Movement Is A Fundamental Right”
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
As if following the pattern of a migratory bird, Iceland’s refugee issues have yet again flown into the discussion. Last…
Iceland’s Courts Jail Teen Refugees
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
At the same time as Iceland’s media revelled in its news last week about Iceland being one of “the best…