{"id":5492,"date":"2026-05-23T10:17:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:17:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2026-06-15T19:41:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T18:41:14","slug":"gloandi-jokull-glowing-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/?p=5492","title":{"rendered":"Gl\u00f3andi J\u00f6kull \u2013 Glowing Glacier Glass Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gl\u00f3andi J\u00f6kull | Glowing Glacier Glass Festival<\/a><\/strong>  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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the 24th of June<\/strong>, the programme kicks off with the opening of the group exhibition showing contemporary art works by \u00d3l\u00f6f & Sigr\u00fan \u00d3. Einarsd\u00f3ttir (IS), Alison Lowry (IE), Brynhildur Thorgeirsdottir (IS), Carissa Baktay (CA\/IS), Jonas Noel Niedermann (DK), Michaela Tr\u00e1vn\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1 (CZ), Nadja Recknagel (DE), Selina Amelie Weber (DE) and Ida Wieth (DK).The group exhibition is curated by local artist Bjarni Sigurbj\u00f6rnsson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/strong> (IE), Laura Sonne Lund<\/strong> (DK) and Louise Lang<\/strong> (DE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The program will be updated live at the website www.glowingglacier.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival is made possible through the support of our organising partners: Handverk og H\u00f6nnun, Samt\u00f6k Sveitarf\u00e9laga \u00c1 Vesturlandi, The National Parks Centre Hellissandur, 3 Veggir Gallery, Niesenglass GmBH and glasspool. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gl\u00f3andi J\u00f6kull | Glowing Glacier Glass Festival has received funding from the Nordic Council of Ministers\u2019 Culture and Art Programme, as well as support from S\u00f3knar\u00e1\u00e6tlun Vesturlands, Pentagram Stiftung, Culture Ireland, Culture Moves Europe, Atelier Peter Lang, Fondet for Dansk-Islandsk Samarbejde and the Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Sammen med to andre glaskunstnere, Louise Lang og Fiona Byrne, arrangerer jeg Gl\u00f3andi J\u00f6kull, Glowing Glacier<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 en m\u00e5nedlang festival for glaskunst i Hellissandur i Island \u2013 der l\u00f8ber af stablen fra her d. 24. juni <\/strong>nu til sommer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivalen vil vise glaskunst fra islandske og internationale glaskunstnere og sprede viden og fascinationen for materialet gennem workshops, talks, performances og udstillinger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gl\u00f3andi J\u00f6kull, Glowing Glacier<\/a> er en m\u00e5nedslang glasfestival i Hellissandur med udstillinger, talks, performances, demonstrationer og workshops. En mobil glasovn vil v\u00e6re omdrejningspunktet for festivalen, og det er en unik mulighed for at opleve det varme, flydende glas, i den kontrastfulde islandske natur, for foden af Sn\u00e6fellsgletcheren p\u00e5 halv\u00f8en Sn\u00e6fellsness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Festivalen varer indtil d. 19. juli, og alle arrangementer er gratis og \u00e5bne for alle.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Programmet vil l\u00f8bende blive opdateret p\u00e5 hjemmesiden: www.glowingglacier.com<\/a>
Se mere p\u00e5 https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glowingglacier\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\n
\"\"
Glowing Glacier Glass Festival banner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Kort over festivalens lokationer, Hellissandur, Sn\u00e6fellsness<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"\"
Postkort foran Sn\u00e6fellsj\u00f6kull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"
Fra venstre: Louise Lang (DE), Fiona Byrne (IE) og Laura Sonne Lund (DK) \u2013 fra forberedelsestur til Hellissandur i marts, 2025<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gl\u00f3andi J\u00f6kull | 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… L\u00e6s mere Gl\u00f3andi J\u00f6kull \u2013 Glowing Glacier Glass Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5492"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laurasonnelund.dk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}