Author: Hannah Jane Cohen
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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…
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Fancies: Regn Sólmundur Evu
Fancies is a Grapevine series where we highlight an individual with supreme style. Our latest subject is Regn Sólmundur Evu…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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‘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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…