Icelandic News in September 2013.
A feature article on Iceland's growing tourism industry: response and effects.
We are standing in the parking lot surrounded by an army of baby blue Ísbíllinn ice cream trucks—ambitious soldiers of cream and sugar and happiness.
It’s not street art if it’s in a gallery. “I definitely don’t want to exhibit street art in the white cube,” Sara Riel says, “one of the fundamentals is finding the right spot, it’s part of its nature.”
LungA school is the first of its type in Iceland. In December 2012, the school received funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture, and according to Jonatan they are still engaging in a healthy dialogue. With its inauguration, Jonatan hopes that they can help open up the system to more small, private and creative educational opportunities in Iceland.
From July 14–21, 2013 the East Coast village of Seyðifjörður opened its doors, doubled in population, and hosted the convergence of these details. The result was a festival unlike any other breed of festival in Iceland.
The arrival of Reykjavík's art and music scene to small-town Stöðvarfjörður.
Pink Iceland, a travel organisation serving the LGBT community in Iceland, execute their role with precision. The organisation provides a comfortable space for anyone and everyone who braves the six flights of stairs that lead to their colourful Laugavegur headquarters.
Samaris materialised just two years ago in 2011, when Áslaug approached Þórður in the school hallway and pitched the idea of forming a musical group.
From government fishing initiatives to the evolution of festivals in Iceland, Marteinn tells us about the role he hopes Pólar Festival will play in creating a new and responsible vision for experiencing the Icelandic summer.
Or, the art of unoriginal fan-girling at All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Iceland.
The quintessentially “Reykjavík” sights of Skólavörðustígur are distracting, to put it lightly, and dangerous, to be real. Which is why we thought it would be a good idea to patrol for risk zones during a summer-long outdoor art exhibit titled “Under the Open Sky,” in the interest of public safety, of course.
The revival of Miss Iceland Beauty Pageant receives record entries, though some for a surprising reason.
Ben Stiller is just one on the roster of celebrities who own Aegis’s sculptures. Others include the Clinton family, Al Gore, Shania Twain, Brian Tracy and Claudia Schiffer. But it takes more than just a pretty penny to own one of Aegis’s statues. “The statues don’t like everybody,” Aegis tells me.