Egill Sæbjörnsson

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Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhúsið, 19th of May, 21:00

Five Bottles

Installation, Ellen de Bruijne, Amsterdam
Drinking glass, glass bowl, bottle of Icelandic cod oil, candle,
pedestal, single-channel video projection, sound
Dimensions variable
Duration: 7:10 min

Glass objects and a candle are placed on a pedestal. A video beam hits the objects straight on and casts their shadows onto the wall behind. The outlines of the objects and the shadow of the smoke from the burning candle interact with an animated shadow of an imaginary ball, which dances from one object to the other. Like a flea, it jumps and flies from one object to the next. As it lands inside a bottle or touches the glass bowl we hear a sound of something knocking against the glass.

more info: http://egills.de

 

Goodiepal

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IAA, Sölvhólsgata 13, the Raw Hall, 23th of May, 20:00

KOMMUNAL KLON KOMPUTER 2 KVØLD

Danish/Faroese composer, Goodiepal (Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen) will talk about various radical excursions into computer technology, media art and biking.

 

Pia Palme

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Sölvhóll Concert Hall, 24th of May, 21:30

LIP OF THE REAL

for mezzo-soprano,
throat microphone and PTT-button,
live-electronics and percussion.
Total length: ca. 34 min.

Texts by:
Margret Kreidl (in German)
Pia Palme (in English)
Anne Waldman (in English)

Libretto by Pia Palme.

Tommi Koskinen

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Viðey, 26th of May, 13:00  /  Sölvhóll Concert Hall, 26th of May, 21:00

Wave-o-Matic
Music Performance Controller
by Tommi Koskinen

Wave-o-Matic is a music performance controller designed to give you more expressional freedom when playing electronic music live sets. It allows you to control external synthesizers and music software with simple hand gestures. The unique visual appearance and the light feedback of the device give your performance a visual style that really engages you and your audience. Wave-o-Matic works with five ultrasonic sensors detecting user hand movements and gestures.

Tommi Koskinen is a musician, sound designer and media artist from Helsinki, Finland. His background is in computer science, media technology and design and he currently studies in the Sound in New Media MA program in MediaLab of Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture. Tommi’s artistic work consists of installations and physical device design to experimental electronic music live performances with Kitkaliitto, and the driving force is his love for sound and storytelling.

Artist website: http://lab.kitkaliitto.com
More information about Wave-o-Matic: http://tommikoskinen.mlog.taik.fi/works/wave-o-matic/

Jaimes Mayhew

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Viðey, 26th of May, 13:00

Autonomous Energy Research Lab

The Autonomous Energy Research Lab is a mobile, human powered research
lab on my bicycle that I am using to collect stories about electricity
production as a part of a larger art-research project in Iceland that
investigates relationships between people, land and energy production.

Ásgeir Aðalsteinsson

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Sölvhóll Concert Hall, 24th of May, 20:00

A Sounding

A sounding is a visual monument for sound. To create a sounding, movements of the performer are translated into sound and image with the help of an infrared camera and an infrared pen. The performer can draw music upon an imaginary canvas (or a real one). When the sound has faded away we are left with a sounding representing the history of the performance.

Ásgeir Aðalsteinsson is a composer/sound artist. Born in Iceland but currently living in the Netherlands. Studied compositions at The Iceland Academy of the Arts, Sonolgy at the Royal Conservatoire in Den Haag and electronic music at HKU – Hilversum.   www.asgeiradal.com

Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson

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Sound Installation, Sölvhóll, 24th of May, 19:00-22:30

„Þetta er ekki eins erfitt og það kann að hljóma: Bara eins og að draga kristalsglas í lopabandi eftir stórgrýttri fjöru.“

     

    Composition, Sölvhóll, 24th of May, 20:00

    Samtal án titils

       

      Eftir að hafa lokið B.A.-prófi í heimspeki frá Háskóla Íslands flutti Ragnar Helgi til Frakklands þar sem hann lagði fyrst stund á nám í kvikmyndagerð í París en snéri sér síðan að myndlist. Hann útskrifaðist frá l’Ecole des Beaux Arts d’Aix-en-Provence vorið 2001. Eftir að hafa gert stuttar leiknar kvikmyndir og hreyfimyndir vinnur Ragnar Helgi nú mest með tölvur og forritun í virkum hljóð- og videóinnsetningum og netlistaverkum. Ragnar Helgi hefur nýlega sýnt í: KIASMA: The Museum of Contemporary Art (Helsinki), Museet for Samtidskunst (Danmörku), Listasafni Íslands (Reykjavík), STEIM-gallery (Amsterdam), Nýló – The Living Art Museum (Reykjavík), Möbius International (Montréal, Kanada) og í Hafnarhúsi – Listasafni Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík).

      Haraldur Karlsson

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      Sölvhóll, IAA Concert Hall, 24th of may, 20:00

      How did i get here ?
      an audio/video performance extension from ” Little Solar System ”

      The Little Solarsystem is an audiovisual performance originated by focusing on the rhythmical signals produced by our own little solar system. Taking the speed of time, signals and the location of the present, using human body controllers gives the experiment a view on another dimension. Hard facts are mixed with fantasy. As a work in progress based project, things can go to unexpected galaxies. The Little Solar system is prepared. Might there be a change to see and hear enlighten dark matter ?

      RAFLOST 2012!

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      The RAFLOST festival is approaching.  This time the festival will be starting on the 19th of May and ending on the 26th.

      Our main guest this year will be one of the pioneers of electronic arts, Steina Vasulka ( http://www.vasulka.org ).  Her performance will be in collaboration with the Reykjavik Arts Festival ( http://www.listahatid.is/ ).

      Also, the Raflosti workshop (21-25.may) will be held in collaboration with the Iceland Academy of the Arts ( http://lhi.is/ ).

      Since the program is not finalized yet, there is still time to send in proposals for performances and lectures.  If you are interested, please send mail to raflost@raflost.is

      RAFLOST is open to all art forms, but since the festival is only one week long and is using many different venues, there is limited time and space for fixed installations.

       

      Sigrún Harðardóttir

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      Gaia in action.
      This work is Juxtaposition of shots from the volcanic eruption on Fimmvörðuháls Iceland from april 4th 2010. Here the creativity of Gaia (Mother earth) is in the center, drawing attention to the painterly quality of the imagery from the crater of the volcano as it was an gigantic action painting.

      Sigrún Harðardóttir studied at the Icelandic School of Art and Crafts and at the State Academy of Fine Arts, in Amsterdam. Sigrún also holds a Masters of Arts in Communication/multimedia studies from University of Quebec in Montreal. Sigrún has shown her works for over 2 decades in Iceland as well as in Canada, USA, The Netherlands, Germany and in Denmark. Her works can be found in the Art Museum of Iceland, The Art Museum of Kópavogur, The Netherlands Media Art Institute, The National Bank of Iceland, The Reykjavík Energy Corporation and at The Sudurnes Regional Heating Corporation.
      For decade the surface activity of a geothermal site has been a source of inspiration for Sigrún which she has captured in paintings as well as in video- and video/sound installations.

      Dennis H. Miller

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      Echoing Spaces (2009) is an nine-minute composition for single-channel video and stereo audio. The work explores a number of virtual environments in which the primary elements recur (echo) both in immediate succession and at different times throughout the piece, always in varied form. The visual imagery employs a number of similarly shaped elements that appear in overlapping, morphing configurations, and the restricted color palette helps maintain a focus on the primary objects. The music of Echoing Shapes was created using a variety of modern techniques including convolution and physical modeling. The quasi-tonal context adds an additional layer of continuity to the work.


      Dennis Miller is currently on the faculty of Northeastern University in Boston where he teaches courses in electronic music and mixed-media composition.  Miller is the founder and artistic director of the Visual Music Marathon (www.2009vmm.neu.edu), an ongoing program that includes screenings of works by filmmakers from around the world. His music and artworks are available at www.dennismiller.neu.edu.

      Ninna Þórarinsdóttir

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      Ninna Thorarinsdottir is a designer from Akureyri currently living and working in Reykjavik as a graphic designer and illustrator. Graduated with a BA from the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2006. Since her graduation project (Limbus) she has continued working on body sculptures, combining fashion with technology. Making the form around the body and around the function, if it is changing colors, form or sounds. Here she is showing a part of her collection “Fellings“. Dancing dresses and Multi colored film dresses. www.ninna.eu/

      Björk Viggósdóttir/Þorbjörn G. Kolbrúnarson

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      Reverse Memories

      Memories mediate between images and sounds. Old experiences are abstracted to create new. Memory becomes reality.
      In her general practice Björk Viggósdóttir deals with visual images, emotions, sounds and sensations in a similar way to what occurs involuntarily in the mind during certain stages of live, whether in dream or at wake. Björk works with colors, emotions, signs and other things from the everyday, which she brings to other dimensions by creating for them new perspectives and settings. In her art Björk likes to encourage her audience to use all their senses for viewing her work by using combinations of different media in her works.

      Þorbjörn G. Kolbrúnarson graduated from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts in 2010 with a degree in Composition. He works in varied fields, collaborating  with dancers, visual artists and other musicians. Along with his own compositions he has composed music for computer games, films, dance and installations.