Glóandi Jökull | Glowing Glacier Glass Festival is a month-long festival of glass in Hellissandur, with exhibitions, live demos and hands-on workshops. Centered around a mobile glass blowing furnace, the festival highlights glass in contemporary art, engaging locals and visitors to the area with this ephemeral material. The festival runs over the course of a month, all events are free, and open for all.
On the 24th of June, the programme kicks off with the opening of the group exhibition showing contemporary art works by Ólöf & Sigrún Ó. Einarsdóttir (IS), Alison Lowry (IE), Brynhildur Thorgeirsdottir (IS), Carissa Baktay (CA/IS), Jonas Noel Niedermann (DK), Michaela Trávníčková (CZ), Nadja Recknagel (DE), Selina Amelie Weber (DE) and Ida Wieth (DK).The group exhibition is curated by local artist Bjarni Sigurbjörnsson.
Furthermore there will be three solo-exhibitions which all will include live demonstrations of creating the art pieces, making the exhibitions changing during the festival. The exhibitors are: Fiona Byrne (IE), Laura Sonne Lund (DK) and Louise Lang (DE).
The program will be updated live at the website www.glowingglacier.com.
The festival is made possible through the support of our organising partners: Handverk og Hönnun, Samtök Sveitarfélaga Á Vesturlandi, The National Parks Centre Hellissandur, 3 Veggir Gallery, Niesenglass GmBH and glasspool.
Glóandi Jökull | Glowing Glacier Glass Festival has received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Culture and Art Programme, as well as support from Sóknaráætlun Vesturlands, Pentagram Stiftung, Culture Ireland, Culture Moves Europe, Atelier Peter Lang, Fondet for Dansk-Islandsk Samarbejde and the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung.
Sammen med to andre glaskunstnere, Louise Lang og Fiona Byrne, arrangerer jeg Glóandi Jökull, Glowing Glacier – en månedlang festival for glaskunst i Hellissandur i Island – der løber af stablen fra her d. 24. juni nu til sommer.
Festivalen vil vise glaskunst fra islandske og internationale glaskunstnere og sprede viden og fascinationen for materialet gennem workshops, talks, performances og udstillinger.
Glóandi Jökull, Glowing Glacier er en månedslang glasfestival i Hellissandur med udstillinger, talks, performances, demonstrationer og workshops. En mobil glasovn vil være omdrejningspunktet for festivalen, og det er en unik mulighed for at opleve det varme, flydende glas, i den kontrastfulde islandske natur, for foden af Snæfellsgletcheren på halvøen Snæfellsness.
Festivalen varer indtil d. 19. juli, og alle arrangementer er gratis og åbne for alle.
Programmet vil løbende blive opdateret på hjemmesiden: www.glowingglacier.com
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