Grapevine Occasions: Matthildur Fundraiser, Press Photography Awards, HAKK Opening, And Extra

Tonight (April 10), at 17:00, artist Telma Har opens her exhibition Sjúkleg streita, or Traumatic pressure, at SIND Gallery. Exploring her private experiences of stress, particularly the stress and burden that come from caregiving, the artist works with collage, digital media, and sculpture to create expressive, usually vibrant works. At 20:00, classically-trained pianist & indie musician Ásthildur Ákadóttir and guitarist & composer Brynjar Daðason play with their new undertaking — ghostglitter — alongside Jdubs, the undertaking of synth designer & producer Joshua Wilkinson, at Mengi. Later, at 21:00, dance music duo KUSK & Óviti play Stúdentakjallarinn with up-and-coming digital artist Lára.

On Saturday, a couple of exhibition openings are occurring about city — you may learn all about these down beneath! But, as is the development of life and artwork, there are additionally exhibition closings this weekend: from 13:00 to 17:00 is your final probability to see the exhibition H.f. Radio — The Day Radio Became Reality at Loftskeytastöðin. This March marked 100 years for the reason that very first radio broadcast in Iceland, and this exhibition is within the very area from which the printed got here. A retrospective on the historical past of radio broadcasting in Iceland, guests can see classic expertise and study in regards to the early days of radio.

In the night, grassroots competition Hátíðni hosts their first “Smátíðni” of the 12 months at 19:30! Artists Einakróna, Andervel, & Chum n Bass will take the stage within the efficiency that can fundraise for the competition, which has been occurring in Borðeyri since 2019. Later, Icelandic synth legend Hermigervill will probably be Straumur‘s guest this week at Kaffibarinn. The show starts at 21:30, and is free, as always!

Group exhibition — Press Photographs of the Year

Opens April 11 — 15:00 — Reykjavík Museum of Photography — Free entry

To mark the achievement of press photographers this 12 months, awards for six classes of pictures will probably be handed out for the 12 months 2025: information, day by day life, sports activities, portrait, surroundings, editorial, and sequence. After the awards, the images will stay in an exhibition till May 17, permitting all to see and have fun the ability of our business’s press photographers. ISH

Studio Brynjar & Veronika — Constructed Landscape 

Opens April 11 — 16:00 — H,A,Ok,Ok Gallery — Free entry

In this exhibition, the designers blur the traces between furnishings and sculpture. Studio Brynjar & Veronika mix the versatile but fast-spreading western balsam poplar with the centuries-old, environmentally pleasant methodology of heat-treating the wooden. Pulling inspiration and materials from Icelandic nature, they current proof that artists and builders can use wooden sourced in Iceland. ISH 

Þórdís Erla Zoëga — Domestic Sci-fi 

Opens April 11 — 17:00 — BERG Contemporary — Free entry

We all started our 12 months with the artist Þórdís Erla Zoëga as she took over greater than 500 billboards on the town together with her work Sólarhringur on this 12 months’s Auglýsingahlé. Now, you may catch her work at BERG in her solo-show Domestic Sci-fi. As the artist explores the results of expertise on our pure world, she works with AI, processing AI pictures and predicted outcomes, alongside a piece persevering with her investigation of the results of blue mild on the circadian rhythm. ISH 

Matthildur Fest Fundraiser 

April 12 — 15:00 to 23:00 — Bíó Paradís  — Free to enter, however donate! 

If you haven’t heard of Matthildur Skaðaminnkun, they’re an area harm-reduction organisation that units up stations at raves and festivals, offering actually life-saving choices, equivalent to take a look at strips and Narcan, alongside advocacy and schooling. To assist the Matthildur volunteers maintain doing what they’re doing, a fundraising occasion for them will take over Bíó Paradís with an artwork truthful, performances, an public sale, DJs, and extra! To study extra about them, try matthildurskadaminnkun.is. ISH