Sequences XI: Can´t see— Water

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

This exhibition stems from the surrounding darkness. It starts from the feeling that the world is crumbling in our hands, while a strong wind blows the last of its remains even further. We cannot see the ever-growing threat of ecological destruction, just as we cannot see the potential new directions and life forms rising from …

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Sequences XI: Get ekki séð — Vatn

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

Sýningin sprettur úr myrkri sem umlykur. Hún fæddist út frá þeirri tilfinningu að heimurinn sé að molna í höndum okkar, á meðan hvassviðrið þyrlar síðustu dropunum af dreggjum hans enn lengra. Við sjáum ekki sívaxandi ógn vistfræðilegrar eyðileggingar, rétt eins og við sjáum ekki mögulegar nýjar leiðir og líf sem gæti kviknað úr rústum gamla …

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For Those Who Couldn’t Cross the Sea

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

I want to go home, but home is the mouth of a shark.Home is the barrel of the gun and no one would leave home unless home chased you to the shore.Unless home told you to quicken your legs, leave your clothes behind, crawl through the desert, wade through the oceans,drownsavebe hungrybegforget pride.your survival is …

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For Those Who Couldn’t Cross the Sea

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

I want to go home, but home is the mouth of a shark.Home is the barrel of the gun and no one would leave home unless home chased you to the shore.Unless home told you to quicken your legs, leave your clothes behind, crawl through the desert, wade through the oceans,drownsavebe hungrybegforget pride.your survival is …

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How did I get to the bomb shelter

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

How did I get to the bomb shelter is a multidisciplinary group exhibition featuring seven contemporary Ukranian artists curated by Yulia Sapiha and produced by The Nordic House in Reykjavik. In the exhibition artists explore themes related to their personal experience of the war, their longing for a peaceful life, their paths towards survival and their hope for the future. How did I …

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Hvernig ég komst í sprengjubyrgið

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

Hvernig ég komst í sprengjubyrgið er þverfagleg sýning sjö úkraínskra listamanna í Norræna húsinu, sýningarstjóri er Yulia Sapiha. Í sýningunni kafa listamennirnir djúpt ofan í eigin reynslu af stríðinu, þrána eftir friðsælu lífi, leiðina til þess að þrauka af og vonina um framtíðina. How did I get to the bombshelter opnar þann 4. febrúar í sýningarsal Norræna hússins og …

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GOETHE MORPH*: A Growing Body of Evidence

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

Frá 5 þar til 15 september, 2022, mun Goethe Morph* eiga sér stað og samanstanda af mismunandi viðburðum, svo sem gjörningum, vinnustofum, fyrirlestrum og sýningum. Aðalvettvangur verkefnisins eru Norræna húsið en einnig munu viðburðir eiga sér stað utandyra sem og á netinu.   Sýningin A Growing Body of Evidence mun vera opnuð í Hvelfingu Norræna …

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GOETHE MORPH*: A Growing Body of Evidence

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

From September 5-15, 2022, Goethe Morph* invite the public to a holistic program of think tanks and performances, lectures and exhibitions - on site at Nordic House Reykjavík, as well as outdoors and digitally. The exhibition A Growing Body of Evidence will be open in Hvelfing at the Nordic House in Reykjavík          10th Sep – 23rd Dec We …

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Tilraun – Æðarrækt

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

Þverfagleg sýning um sjálfbært sambýli æðarfugla og manna á Íslandi, í Danmörku og Noregi. Sýningin er byggð á rannsókn á fuglinum og umhverfi hans, á sambandi hans við manninn, hefðinni, æðardúni og því hvernig dýrmæt sjálfbær hlunnindi eru nýtt á Norðurslóðum. Æðarfuglinn og æðarbændur hafa þróað einstakt samband sín á milli byggt á vináttu og …

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Experiment – Eider & Farmer

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

An artistic research project on a symbiotic relationship between eider and farmer by a group of designers and artists from Denmark, Iceland and Norway. Learning from this sustainable but gradually declining nordic heritage, the project gives rise to innovation and production of new artworks. The eider duck and the farmer have a mutually beneficial relationship. …

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Life in the Universe

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

Liv is a girl that lives on the top floor in a house in the city, just beneath the starry sky. Liv’s father has told her that space is constantly expanding, like a balloon that is being blown up more and more. With her telescope, Liv looks up into space and takes on a journey …

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Líf í geimnum

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

Geimurinn er eins og blaðra sem stöðugt er verið að blása upp. Eða það segir pabbi hennar Líf að minnsta kosti. Líf er stelpa sem býr á efstu hæð í háhýsi í borginni. Líf horfir út í geim úr stjörnusjónaukanum sínum og slæst í för með stelpu um borð í geimskip frá tímum geimkapphlaupsins mikla. …

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Even a worm will turn

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

Birtingarmyndir eiginlegs og ímyndaðs sambands dýra og manna er skoðað í samhengi við þær menningarlegu hugmyndir, tilfinningar og merkingu sem mannfólkið varpar á félaga okkar í dýríkinu. Ímyndunarafli mannskepnunnar virðast engar skorður settar þegar hlutgerving, manngerving og guðgerving mismunandi lífvera er annars vegar. Hin mannmiðaða frásögn af samvist lífs á jörðinni varpar ljósi á mannfólkið …

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Even a worm will turn

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

In the narrative of man as name giver, living creatures are transmuted into ideas, signs, or symbols.buy eriacta online healthcoachmichelle.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/en/eriacta.html no prescription Imbuing animals with ideological, emotional, anthropomorphic identity traits. How does this narrative affect interspecies relations? Reflecting upon human -animal kinship we are confronted with the limitations of our species in its growing collective …

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Time Matter Remains Trouble

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

The premise of the exhibition is an invitation to reflect and question the human practice of preservation of natural material, phenomena and knowledge.buy aciphex online blackmenheal.org/wp-content/themes/twentytwentytwo/inc/patterns/en/aciphex.html no prescription It is a conjuring up of scenarios for an aftermath or future scenarios of decay and transformation of matter and time, with or without the human race …

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Rockscramblers

The Nordic House Sæmundargata 11, Reykjavík, Iceland

“Out of shadows, creeping, crawling…” Our summer exhibition for children, Rockscramblers, is inspired by the illustrated poetry of poet Mats Söderlund and illustrator Kathrina Skarðsá that was published in the anthology The Length and Breadth of the Nordic Region: Ecocritical currents in Nordic children’s and young people’s literature earlier this year (2021) under the Swedish …

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