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  • Speaking In Tongues: Ásta Fanney’s Glossolalia

    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…

  • The Accidental Painter

    The Accidental Painter

    The renowned Icelandic artist Þorgrímur Einarsson has a growing fan base on social media, and in the art world: he’s about to be featured in the modern art magazine American Art Collector, and he’s been invited to exhibit his work abroad, including…

  • The Foreigner’s Prerogative

    The Foreigner’s Prerogative

    So who the frak is Jóhann Jóhannsson? He’s an accomplished Icelandic musician, a self-taught composer with seven solo albums and seven movie soundtracks under his belt, as well as having been a member of several successful Icelandic bands, including HAM, Lhooq, Unun,…