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Rán Flygenring Never Stops Playing
With a shiny new prize, a just-released book and many projects in the works, Rán Flygenring’s creative journey is just getting started “This is not my problem,” says Rán Flygenring, sitting in her studio on Ásvallagata on a crisp Tuesday afternoon. “Maybe…
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365 Days Of Design
Looking ahead at Hanna Dís Whitehead’s year on the government payroll “I am in Höfn. To drive here (if the road is open hehehe) takes around six hours,” reads an email from Hanna Dís Whitehead in response to a request for a…
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Melody-Minded Chapters: The Visual Classical World Of Gabríel Ólafs
Gabríel Ólafs’ debut album ‘Absent Minded’ is out now on One Little Indian, available on all streaming platforms and in stores on vinyl. As Icelandic artists continue to establish themselves in the world of modern classical music, a new generation of musicians…
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Björk Gives First TV Performance In Eight Years
After an eight year long TV hiatus, Icelandic musician Björk gave a memorable appearance on the BBC last night, during the latest episode of ‘Later…With Jools Holland.’ Against the dreamy backdrop of a heavenly garden, Björk performed in a pink, bodycon, embellished…
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Artist Talk: Gréta Þorkelsdóttir, Graphic Designer
Gréta Þorkelsdóttir is a typography nerd, feminist and this issue’s emerging artist. She is a graphic design graduate from the Icelandic Art Academy and an active member of the Reykjavík SlutWalk. When did you start designing? I had been studying fine arts…
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Björk: I Work More Like A Writer Or Director
Addressing how each album differs from the last, Björk admits in an interview with the Grapevine that she works more like a writer or director. “After I made Vespertine, all these guys kept sending me beats. And I was just, ‘No, now…
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Visitors And Locals
While tourism has certainly been playing a critical role in bolstering Iceland’s economy, like any market force, it is not without its rippling effects. Property owners hoping to cash in on the tourism gravy train are finding it far more lucrative to…
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Old Masters, New Dude
He’s young—only 36—but creates his work using the same methods that artists employed hundreds of years ago. His techniques are like those of the Old Masters (even though it’s impossible to say for certain exactly what methods they employed). He paints in…
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Self-Indulgent Brotherhood, Atomic Wedgie Law: Interview with Kiriyama Family
By Rebecca Louder / Photo by Þórir Ingvarsson There are twenty guitars, nine synthesizers and one bass guitar between the five members of the Kiriyama Family. The group hail from all parts of Iceland – and one member from Sweden! – but…