In practice, the development of virtual reality has been driven primarily by military and gamer interests. It was not until a couple of years ago that the medium began to invade the realm of pop culture. Filmmaker Andrew Huang is on the front lines.
All in The Reykjavík Grapevine
In practice, the development of virtual reality has been driven primarily by military and gamer interests. It was not until a couple of years ago that the medium began to invade the realm of pop culture. Filmmaker Andrew Huang is on the front lines.
All the music videos you missed this month because Airwaves.
Björk Digital opens TODAY at Harpa. At first we thought it will be a nice way to spend an afternoon, to take a breather, experience some air, some art; find clarity in the whirlwind. It’s not.
A "nonference" on Icelandic rap. Part of Iceland Airwaves 2016.
Sveinbjörn Thorarensen is a recurring pattern in the patchwork of Reykjavík’s culture collage. As a solo producer he’s Hermigervill. On the afternoon that I meet him, in the basement headquarters of the Icelandic Dance Company, he has three gigs lined up after our interview. The last time I saw him he was banging his head against a piano and hypnotizing the Reykjavík City Theatre crowd with his theramin.
This year 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
This year over 50 bands are making their Iceland Airwaves debut. Some have been on the scene for decades, others just formed last month. In the remaining weeks before the festival we are sifting through them, ten at a time.
The final installment of our guide to the 50 Icelandic bands making their Airwaves debut at the 2016 festival.
“When the new moon comes, I’d go under, like a submarine,” Björk explains, motioning up and down with her arms. “On a full moon it all comes out. Then I’d descend back down toward the new moon."
Forging your own way doesn’t always take you down the most comfortable path, but it’s always a scenic one. And DJ Gunni Ewok has seen a lot.
The centre is named after the historic Höfði House on Borgartún, where in 1986 Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev famously met and shook hands, helping to bring about the end of the Cold War.
Born out of the remnants of the legendary drum and bass club night breakbeat.is, along with the Fótafimi (Juke/Footwork) and Lagtiðni (Bass, Grime) DJ groups, the minds behind Plútó comprise the most comprehensive knowledge tank of dance and electronic music in Iceland.
Alvia Islandia has a way of exhibiting darkness and lightness not as opposites, but as complements. She’s a total tomboy and rosy-pink pretty girl in one picture perfect package. In June of this year she released the six-track album ‘Bubblegum Bitch’, a little bit trap, a little electronic, a lot rap, and a lot don’t-bother-classifying, it’s Alvia Islandia—just go listen to it.
Designers notice thing that many of us don’t. Design pervades our lives: good design improves our entire existence, bad design gets stuck under our fingernails.
Twelve years ago, Hrönn Marinósdóttir started RIFF as a school project. For her master’s thesis at Reykjavík University she decided to research what it would take for Reykjavík to host a major international film festival.