Icelandic Art Center — Out There

Icelandic Art Center — Out There


Latest Episodes

Skaftfell Art Center: Imagining a Skaftfell Community with Director Pari Stave
May 23, 2023

In this episode we converse with Pari Stave, Director at Skaftfell Art Center. Pari shares her vision for fostering a connected art community in Seyisfjrur and newly nurturing the interdependencies between the many art initiatives that can be found in

The Wheel: On the outdoor exhibition series, the most recent iteration “All is Well” and the Reykjavík Sculpture Association with curator Kristín Dagmar Jóhannesdóttir and artist Haraldur Jónsson.
April 25, 2023

The new episode of Out There features the exhibition series The Wheel I - V, represented by Kristn Dagmar Jhannesdttir curator of THE WHEEL V: All is Well, the last and final iteration of the annual series, and Haraldur Jnsson visual artist and chai

OPEN: From minding the gap to printing the internet with artists at Open Arnar Ásgeirsson and Örn Alexander Ámundason.
March 27, 2023

This episode of Out There features artist-led initiative Open, represented by two of the founding members Arnar sgerisson and rn Alexander mundason. Open is both a shared artist studio and an artist run exhibition space. Founded and organized by artist

Tracing Fragments: Exhibition Review with Curator Daría Sól Andrews and Brynja Sveinsdóttir, Director at Gerðarsafn
February 21, 2023

In this episode we critically unpack Tracing Fragments with curator Dara Sl Andrews and Brynja Sveinsdttir, Director of Gerarsafn. We discuss exhibition themes, Gerarsafns unique position within the Icelandic art and museum community, and the inner

Maria Alyokhina: On Pussy Riot’s exhibition Velvet Terrorism, over a decades worth of protests and consequences in Russia.
January 25, 2023

In this episode of Icelandic Art Centers podcast Out There Becky and Tinna talk with Maria Alyokhina, or Masha from Pussy Riot, about the exhibition Velvet Terrorism in Kling & Bang Gallery which has generated an important response in the local and

The Iceland University of the Arts: On the Fine Art and Curatorial Practice programmes with Bjarki Bragason and Hanna Styrmisdóttir
December 25, 2022

In this episode of Out There Becky and Tinna discuss what is taking place at Iceland University of the Arts, from the perspectives of artist and head of the fine art department Bjarki Bragason and curator and Professor Hanna Styrmisdóttir. Sharing their p

Lukas Strolia: In conversation with J.L. Murtaugh and Erik Vojevodin about the artist-run space Autarkia.
November 17, 2022

In this episode of Icelandic Art Centers podcast Out There Lukas Strolia (LT), who was assisting the Icelandic Art Center as a part of the Borderland Poetics exchange project between Rupert (LT) and CCA (EE), talks to his colleagues J.L. Murtaugh (US)

Sigurður Guðjónsson: Within Perpetual Motion, Multisensory Sculpture-making and the Artist's Poetic Materiality.
October 19, 2022

The episode is devoted to speaking with Sigurur Gujonsson who is best known for his striking time-based media works that often focus on human-made machinery and technical relics, investigating their enigmatic, hidden elements, just beyond our field of

AIVAG: On Precarity and Adversity for Artists of Foreign Origins in Iceland, Artist Visa and CHANGE.
August 15, 2022

The second episode of the second season of Icelandic Art Centers #podcast Out There is out there! (link in bio) The episode includes conversation with Becky Forsythe @bforsythe and rhildur Tinna Sigurardttir @tindilfaetta and the Artist in Iceland

Snæbjörnsdótir/Wilson: Human Relations, Socially Engaged Art & R.A.F.
June 15, 2022

For this new season of the Icelandic Art Center's podcast 'Out There', rhildur Tinna Sigurardttir joins Becky Forsythe as co-host. In this episode they chat with collaborative art partnership Brynds Snbjrnsdttir and Mark Wilson - also known as Sn