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SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MUSEUM
It seems that once an Icelander gets his hands on a paintbrush or a chisel, there is no stopping him. The same hunger for new discoveries that drove Icelanders to the American shore a thousand years ago forces their 20th century offspring…
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The Art of Travel
“He who sits still in a house all the time may be the greatest vagrant of all,” wrote Henry David Thoreau. Residence as tourism in its most concentrated form? Perhaps not, but staying home and smelling the roses seems like an increasingly…
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HITT HÚSIÐ:YOUTH CULTURE IN THE JAIL CELL
At Pósthússtræti 3, there used to be a police station. The basement there was usually known aptly as “The Basement,” and was mostly used to keep drunkards off the streets. The jail cells were said to be somewhat shorter than coffins, and…
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SAFNLAUGAVEGUR 37
Just when you think you know Laugavegur like the back of your hand, having walked up and down a million times, you discover a hidden gem: the large gallery window at Laugavegur 37 turns out to lead to three floors filled with…
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EVE ONLINE: THE SECOND GENESIS
jEve Online is the game that Freelancer should have been. After five years in the making, and more missed deadlines than anyone cares to remember, Digital Anvil’s space trader sim finally materialised a couple of months ago, and while Freelancer is a…
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SOCIALIST REALISM BY HRINGBRAUT
The sculpture is question is The Smith by the Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson and it stands in front of the Country Hospital by Hringbraut. It was not the first time I saw a work so strikingly similar to what I had learned…
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NÝHIL ON TOUR
On a sunny Friday afternoon I sat down at Austurvöllur waiting for one of the founding members of the group Nýhil (pronounced nee-hil). I noticed the group last September on account of the massive amount of underground work published and the monthly…
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COMIC BOOKS IN ICELAND
The Icelandic comic scene up until recently has been as legless as a drunken worm. Mostly, the comic book culture here has consisted of importing series aimed at children. During World War II some action titles started to seep in with the…
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17. JÚNÍ
On the 17th of June 1944 at Þingvellir, amid pouring rain and beating wind, Iceland was declared a Republic. The decision had been a hurried one. A symbol for the events was ordered, and designed, fittingly enough, in the USA. Flagpoles were…