Fish Factory

Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður

Author: Kris Madejski

  • Skólabúðir fyrir krakka í Fjardarbyggd

    Skólabúðir fyrir krakka í Fjardarbyggd

    Intense and extremely fun days at the Fish Factory with the great and talented kids from the East!

    Workshops

    Strengir / Draumasmiðjan / Tjáning / Tónlist / Myndlist / Smíðar / Graffiti

  • 14 MAY tónleikar Digvalley frá Noregi, AMBIENT SUMAR!

    14 MAY tónleikar Digvalley frá Noregi, AMBIENT SUMAR!

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    Norska ambient bandið Digvalley mun stíga á stokk í Sköpunarmiðstöðinni laugardaginn 14. maí, en þeir eru á tónleikaferð um Ísland nú á vordögum. Húsið opnar klukkan 21:00 og tónleikarnir sjálfir klukkan 21:30. Aðgangur á tónleikana er öllum opinn, og miðaverð er miðast við frjáls framlög. Boðið verður uppá kaffi og fleirra auk huggulegheita :) Sjáumst!

    Tónlist Digvalley er fögur, eilítið angurvær og sveipuð dulúð. Þeir sækja innblástur sinn í smiðju singer-songwriter hefðinarinnar og ambient rokks. Fyrsta breiðskífa bandsins kemur út í 19. Apríl nú í ár.

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    Bandið skipa:

    Gítar, söngur og lagasmíðar: Eirik Bøen Gravdal
    Trommur – Kim Christer Hylland
    Bassi – Ruben Aksnes
    Gítar – Odd Erlend Mikkelsen

    Hér er hægt að hlusta á þá félaga og lesa um þá:

    Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/digvalley
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7g8eX3Nl7pb9tcOxFi1ABb
    iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/no/artist/digvalley/id1052540514

     

     

    Hailing from Odda, Norway; Digvalley is the multi-instrumental music productions of Eirik Bøen Gravdal. Digvalley carries the contrast from singer-songwriting to majestic ambient rock, complemented with dark melancholy lyrics. They are going on tour around the entire island of Iceland this May and you can catch them here at the Fish Factory! A roundtrip of nine gigs!
    The Debut album will be released 19th of August this year and we can’t wait to hear it!

    The band:

    Guitar, vocals, production – Eirik Bøen Gravdal
    Drums – Kim Christer Hylland
    Bass – Ruben Aksnes
    Guitar – Odd Erlend Mikkelsen

    You can listen and read about them here, including debut EP I Can’t Tell released 13/11-15:

    Soundcloud:https://soundcloud.com/digvalley
    Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7g8eX3Nl7pb9tcOxFi1ABb
    iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/no/artist/digvalley/id1052540514

    There will be no set entrance fee, but donations are very much appreciated! Whatever you can afford or think is fair ;-) Doors open 9pm, and concert at 9:30pm. See you there!!!

  • Pictures from the Concert Þrír klassískir Austfirðingar!

    Pictures from the Concert Þrír klassískir Austfirðingar!

  • Þrír klassískir Austfirðingar, 15th of April

    Þrír klassískir Austfirðingar, 15th of April

    12901194_10153597643333391_5810880364772751571_oTríóið Þrjá klassíska Austfirðinga skipa Svanur Vilbergsson gítarleikari, Erla Dóra Vogler mezzósópran og Hildur Þórðardóttir flautuleikari.

    Á tónleikunum í ár verða m.a. frumflutt verk eftir þrjú austfirsk tónskáld, þau Báru Sigurjónsdóttur við ljóð Ingunnar Snædal, Charles Ross og Ingibjörgu Ýr Skarphéðinsdóttur.

    Að þessu sinni verða haldnir fernir tónleikar á Austurlandi:
    14. apríl, kl. 20:00 – Neskaupstaður, safnaðarheimilið
    15. apríl, kl. 20:00 – Stöðvarfjörður, Sköpunarmiðstöðin
    16. apríl, kl. 17:00 – Djúpivogur, Djúpavogskirkja
    17. apríl, kl. 16:00 – Egilsstaðir, Sláturhúsið

    Miðaverð er 1.500 kr.
    Frítt fyrir 12 ára og yngri sem og nemendur við tónlistarskóla á Austurlandi.

    Tónleikarnir og gerð tónverkanna er styrkt af Uppbyggingarsjóði Austurlands. Við kunnum sjóðnum og þeim sem að honum standa bestu þakkir fyrir stuðninginn.

  • Sine Lindholm

    Sine Lindholm

    12983999_1019486264810649_3927414235793457662_o Sine is an artist from Copenhagen, working mainly with architectural themes and space-based projects. She was in Residency at the Fish Factory during the month of April 2016. Her work here went from an installation drawing to a research about the village and the changing of it since the Fish Factory shut down.

    You can browse her web:
    http://www.sinelindholm.com/

    You can watch interview with her here:

     

    Thank you, Sine!

  • Creative workshops for VA (Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands)

    Creative workshops for VA (Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands)

    Saturday, 2nd of April we had some workshops at the Factory for the students of Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands. It was such a great experience for all the participants. The workshops included performance, music, theater, meditation and green screen! So much fun! Below some pictures of this day:

  • Morgan Murphy

    Morgan Murphy

    IMG_8851Morgan is a mixed media artist from Burlingame, California and she stayed with us during April 2016. She likes to create work around daily moments- conversations, dialogue, emotions- and try to capture them so they are not forgotten. She is interested in the combination of our real life experiences and our imaginary or emotional experiences as we live life. She likes to experiment with different techniques and mediums (like rocks in Stöðvarfjörður!), rip up the pages to tinier and tinier pieces, and make things on a messy desk.

    You can see more of her work here:
    http://morganjulianamurphy.weebly.com/

    And see her interview here:

     

    Thank you, Morgan!

  • Umfjöllun á N4 um miðstöðina

    Umfjöllun á N4 um miðstöðina

    Umfjöllun um miðstöðina á N4, viðtalið hefst á 6:20 mínútu.

  • Laura Arena

    Laura Arena

    10518580_10153480104198652_2762176106013491976_o Laura Arena is an artist, designer, curator, and writer living in New York City and sometimes in other places. She stayed with us during the months of March and April 2016.

    For her project in Iceland and to be continued in Greenland she made a  site where you can see the work:
    http://www.lauraarena.com/

    Her interview here:

     

    Thank you, Laura!

  • Lana Schneider

    Lana Schneider

    Lana SchneiderLana is an artist from Gent (Belgium) and stayed with us in Residency for the month of March in 2016. Her works are usually wall drawings, taking inspiration from geometry and conceptualism. During her stay she worked with 3D forms and the representation of rocks in photography and through computer work. Following the same ideas she did an amazing installation.

    If you want to see more of Lana’s work you can visit her website http://lanaschneider.be/

    Watch her interview here:

     

    Thank you, Lana!

  • David Andrew

    David Andrew

    IMG_7425David Andrew is a writer and a  poet from the UK and he was an artist in Residency during March 2016. David is a member of the Green Party in UK and he spent his time here reading and writing about how to get by with less things.

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    Website as poet and company director:
    http://www.writeoutloud.net/public/index.php

    You can watch David´s interview here:

     

    Thank you, David!

  • Slipping & Sliding !

    Slipping & Sliding !

    The crew got out to play on a snowy Sunday and brought with them just about everything that could possible pass as a sleigh…

  • Comhghan Locke & Harry Humphreys

    Comhghan Locke & Harry Humphreys

    12814770_10209418348922088_568896072055780391_nComhghan & Harry are a pair of Irish gemstones who joined us up for a week in the month of February 2016. These geniuses brought with them music and singing and some crazy car mechanic skills! :D

  • Simeon Goodwin

    Simeon Goodwin

    Simeon Goodwin
    Simeon Goodwin

     Simeon is a sustainable designer and craftsman working with seaweed who stayed with us during February 2016. Originally from Liverpool, UK, In Stöðvarfjörður he worked to create pieces from local seaweeds. He created a small range of lamps and other objects from dried seaweed which did not require any other materials or adhesives. These pieces are also completely disposable, and once wet, will fall apart. Part of the beauty of these pieces is just that – they are ephemeral and can return to nature as compostable waste with just a small amount of water.

    Artist web:
    http://www.studiosimeon.com/

    Simeon Interview:

  • Sif Yraola

    Sif Yraola

    DSC_9697Sif Yraola, half Icelandic, half Spanish, came during the last week of February and stayed until the beginning of May 2016. Sif help with all sorts of stuff at the Centre, like organizing the Paint Storage with our friend Saga Ásgeirsdóttir (true passion), helped organizing a 3 day study visit to the Centre for all 12 year old elementary students in Fjarðabyggð and lead a workshop with her friend Chris. During her stay Sif also took care of morning meditations which many of our Residency Artist took part in with great success!

  • The Karaoke Night

    The Karaoke Night

  • Karaoke Night on 20th of February!

    Karaoke Night on 20th of February!

    Það verður Karaoke fjör í Frystihúsinu á laugardagskvöldið 20 febrúar! Húsið opnar klukkan 21:00 og verður diskóljós, bjór og kaffi! DJ.-ÓK mun svo þeyta skífum fram á rauða nóttina með öllum bestu slögurunum!  Aðgangur er ókeypis og munið… what happens on Karaoke nights, stays in Karaoke nights :)

    Endilega bjóði vinum og deilið viðburðinum :)
    Sjáumst!

    Liðsheild Sköpunarmiðstöðvarinnar…. í glimmer :)

  • Tom Allon

    Tom Allon

    12697487_1729887167242111_4918376144201009581_oTom came all the way from Israel to join us up for the months of February and March 2016. Tom helped us with wiring Studio Silo, but his true passion was found when he started to clear out heaps of scrap metal and reorganize the electric workshop. He also lead a great music workshop with Vinny for the kids in Verkmenntaskóli Austurlands :)

    Tom is a talented musician and he played music with us and did some jam sessions in the Concert Hall. His specialty for every dinner party was grand plates of delicious Hummus!

  • Grants from Uppbyggingarsjóður Austurlands 2016

    Grants from Uppbyggingarsjóður Austurlands 2016

    IMG_7150We are very proud and happy to announce that we received two grants from Uppbyggingarsjóð Austurlands this year. Our recording studio, Studio Silo was granted funds to finalize the building and the second grant we received to continue fixing up the building as a whole. Thank you! We are very grateful :)

    12688389_976526015773341_301633345613880701_nHere you can find an article from Austurbrú about the Uppbyggingarsjóður Austurlands and the Grant recipients.

     

  • Elena Pérez-Ardá López

    Elena Pérez-Ardá López

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    Elena is from Spain and came to us on a chilly morning in the beginning of January 2016. She stayed with us for 6 months and truly became a member of the Fish Factory Family. During her stay Elena took part in many events in that took place in the factory, several concerts, the Blues Festival, Karaoke nights, Open Studio Days and so on.

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    Elena also took part in organizing and teaching workshops with the local kids and teenagers along with our brilliant long term volunteer Raitis Bobrovs.  Elena, Raitis and Una are also the funding members of the international swimming team of the Factory, International Dolphins :)

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  • Lucy Willow

    Lucy Willow

    IMG_20151217_170507Lucy Willow is a british artist who stayed with us for the month of July 2015. She proposed to generate a new body of drawings, sound recordings and written narrative responding directly to the location. She is interested in giving form to the idea of liminal space, the imagined space of limbo, a space possibly between life and death.

    Here, you can find more of her amazing work:

    www.lucywillow.org

  • Tara Benjamin-Morgan

    Tara Benjamin-Morgan

    12308555_10153865751044736_4809438021014824674_nTara Benjamin is an artist from UK, who lives and works between London and Oxford. She stayed with us during the month of December 2015, looking for something new to let the “everyday” go.

    She was interested in immerse herself into the landscape surroundings here and thus challenge her works, getting into much larger pieces. The physical and psychological space that would be reflected in her work played a big role in the motivation of Tara to come here.

    You can see more of what she is doing and she has done:

    http://alexanderbenjamin.co.uk

  • Mooni Perry

    Mooni Perry

    IMG_20151218_133211Moony is a south korean artist, based in London. She stayed in Residency for the month of December 2015.

    Her work combines abstract drawings, sculptures and installation, using a variety of materials. Moony wanted to take inspiration from the winter here.

    You can visit her web:

    http://mooniperry.com/

     

  • Sunrise Coffee in Studio Silo

    Sunrise Coffee in Studio Silo

    IMG_6620After fitting a window in Studio Silo, Vinny, Una, Raitis and Catie gathered together the morning after to celebrate the first sunrise that could be seen from that view… and what a view. During these last dark months of the year, in November and December, the sun is such a welcoming sight to see.