Author: Hannah Jane Cohen
Dopamine Systems Activated: Alda Karen Hjaltalín’s Perfect Day
Alda Karen Hjaltalín is a writer and speaker who you might know for her celebrated Life Masterclass series and her…
Fancies: Regn Sólmundur Evu
Fancies is a Grapevine series where we highlight an individual with supreme style. Our latest subject is Regn Sólmundur Evu…
Horror-Scopes: Out, Damned Pot!
The wand’ring sheep did call the Grapevine Astrology Guilde together, who hast not kindled their flames together since delivering Sophia…
Art! Art! Art! The Grapevine’s Favourite Exhibitions This Week
Never fear, for we’ve got some art exhibition picks right here. In conclusion: Have a blast. Landscape With Human Until…
The Message In The Magma: The Geldingadalir Eruption Site Is Growing—What Have We Learned?
On March 19th, 2021, the world’s gaze turned to Iceland as fissures opened in the Geldingadalir valley—the first eruption on…
Traditional Iceland With Miss Iceland: Elísabet Hulda’s Perfect Day
Elísabet Hulda Snorradóttir is the reigning Miss Universe Iceland 2020 as well as a Chinese Studies student at the University…
This Is A Story About A Girl Named Lucky (And The Sky Lagoon)
I am the luckiest girl in the world. It was those eight words that came into my head the moment…
To Know Is To Design: Kristín Þorkelsdóttir On A Lifetime Of Creating Iceland
“You could say this is my lifetime work,” says product designer Kristín Þorkelsdóttir, gesturing to the large, airy exhibition hall…
Man In The Age Of Immortality: Viktor Orri Árnason Composes A Future With Eternal Life
The Epic of Gilgamesh, written around 2100 BCE and one of the earliest examples of human literature, tells the tale…
Get Some Art! Our Exhibition Picks For This Week
We know—you have absolutely nothing to do this week. To help, we’ve put together a list of some of our…
Remember That Girl Who Cried, Left The Party And Moved To Berlin?: ‘Norms’ Is A Web Series About Her
“This is a story about a dildo.” And so begins the trailer for ‘Norms’, a new web series by the…
Horror-Scopes: WHAT VACCINE ARE YOU??
As ethereal floating beings that live in the depths of the cosmos, the Grapevine’s team of amateur astrologists are naturally…
DesignM(ay)arch Day #3: The Full Schedule & Our Picks!
DesignMarch day three has arrived! And with it, a plethora of great exhibitions, events and more. Here’s the schedule and…
Track by Track: ‘Sometimes depressed… but always antifascist’ By BSÍ
BSÍ, no doubt one of the more un-Googleable bands in Iceland, are a Grapevine favourite, having pumped out feel-good indie…
YOMIGÆRI Is Here: Jarkko Kinnunen & Marko Svart On Their Sustainable DesignMarch Collaboration
Yomigæri: A Japanese term that directly translates as “return from the underworld”, but colloquially means “rebirth” or “remembrance”. It’s also…
DesignM(ay)arch Day #2: Your Festival Schedule & Picks!
It’s the second day of DesignMarch, and we’re already feeling inspired. Today sees the official opening of many venues, including…
MOM Air Goes To Auction: Artist Oddur Eysteinn Friðriksson Talks Performance Art And How One Sells It
In November 2020, the Grapevine, along with many other media outlets, received a press release announcing the arrival of a…
Fancies: Álfgrímur a.k.a. Elfgrime
Fancies is a Grapevine series where we highlight an individual with supreme style. Our latest subject is Álfgrímur a.k.a. Elfgrime…
Finally, DesignM(ay)arch! Here’s Our Picks For The DesignMarch 2021 Festival
After delays due to some sort of world event, the 13th iteration of DesignM(ay)arch has finally arrived! And with over…
‘There’s The New Constitution’: Libia Castro & Ólafur Ólafsson Will Never Stop Fighting
For almost 10 years, the cry of ‘Hvar er nýja stjórnarskráin?’ (‘Where’s the new constitution?’) has been heard around the…
The Poetics Of Technology: Sigurður Guðjónsson & The Unseen World
“The title of the exhibition is ‘Unseen Fields’, which is a direct reference to places, spaces or things that I…
Ask An Expert: Why Is Pornography Illegal In Iceland?
With all the talk recently surrounding OnlyFans, we wondered—isn’t making pornography supposedly illegal in Iceland? To learn more, we sat…
Kristín Sesselja Loves Love & Heartbreak: The Singer Who Turns Breakups Into Bops
“I’m so pathetic, when it comes to boys. I let them push and play me like I am a box…
Your Friendly Neighbourhood Power Paladin: Iceland’s Power Metal Band Is Here To Have Fun
Character class: Paladin (c. 8th century AD) A sect of knights in Emperor Charlemagne’s court. Crusaders, who nobly and valiantly…
Documenting A Delicate Present: Minningar Showcases Climate Change Through The Sounds Of The Glaciers
The thought experiment “If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it…