Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
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Speaking In Tongues: Ásta Fanney’s Glossolalia
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir explores ultimate freedom in Glossolalia For the upcoming Dark Music Days (Myrkir Músíkdagar) — a festival platforming contemporary composers — artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir will premiere Glossolalia in Harpa’s Eldborg auditorium. A poet, visual artist, musician, writer and the recently…
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Ásta Fanney To Represent Iceland At Venice Biennale 2026
The Icelandic Art Centre has announced artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir will represent Iceland at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Ásta is described as one of the foremost installation artists in Iceland, known for breaking the mould. In addition to her visual artistry, Ásta…
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Dragons, Deities, Morphoclogs: Reykjavík Arts Festival’s Stellar Opening Day
There’s something strange going on outside Iðnó. A cluster of tall, black, bipedal reptiles stand with their backs to the wall, looking out over Tjörnin. They peer down over the heads of the crowd that has gathered for the spectacle. Their jaws…
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Reykjavík Arts Festival: Fresh Like Peppermint
Described as a “three-headed giant of sorts,” new performance art ‘Peppermint’ is set to take place during the highly anticipated Reykjavík Arts Festival in June. Curated by Erling T.V. Klingenberg, Elísabet Brynhildardóttir and Selma Hreggviðsdóttir, it comprises three performances, each by a…
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The Poetry Of Life: Ásta Fanney Soundtracks Íó
It’s a stormy Tuesday night when I meet artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir in the dark hall of Hótel Holt. Desperate for peace and quiet, we decide to hide inside the tiny red elevator. Ásta has recently been asked to create the soundtrack…
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Making Of An Artist: Ásta Fanney
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir is a super active presence on Reykjavík’s cultural scene. Whether writing poetry, performing spaced-out improv music, carrying out mysterious art performances, or performing as the singer of her band aYia, Ásta is an ever-interesting artistic polymath. Here are some…
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Future Perfect
On “The Story Island,” a fresh young crop of writers is busy carving out a space, making way, creating a culture all of their own, in defiance of what came before. Much like their predecessors, and their predecessors’ predecessors Icelanders’ rich literary…
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Poetry Takes Over Harpa
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, what a woman! Having interviewed her for the current feature story of Grapevine (in stores now, soon to be online) about the literary scene in Reykjavík, but never having heard or read any of her poetry, I was excited…
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The Artists Are Present
To the untrained eye, Reykjavík appears to be a city with no lack of space devoted to art. For emerging artists, however, it can feel like a bastion for the privileged. One group of recent graduates from Iceland’s Academy of the Arts…