Author: Vid Levar

  • Émilie Bernard

    Émilie Bernard

    emelieÉmilie Bernard was a Canadian artist who was here during August and September 2015.
    Her motivation to come to the Residency was influenced by a previously stay in Iceland, which affected a lot her way of making art. Émilie worked in a lot of drawings coming from an sculpture background and using elements to create motifs and patterns, repeating simple lines, shapes and forms to compose complex images.

    You can see more of the project she developed with us and her other interesting work here:
    http://emilie-bernard.com/home.html

  • Annie & Ed Quinn

    Annie & Ed Quinn

    12000951_1685812024982959_4313697156318795783_oAnnie (Vinny’s mom!) and Ed Quinn stayed with us in August 2015. The pair did all sorts of handy work and helped us renovate the new artist house which we where moving into at the time. Annie and Ed are just plain wonderful and great fun to have around. Loads of Love! :D

  • Klemens Hannigan

    Klemens Hannigan

    11825713_1668882926675869_3036437071476288514_nKlemens Hannigan stayed with us in August 2015.

  • Jessica Gaddis

    Jessica Gaddis

    jessluvJessica stayed with us for a month in the summer, August 2015. She comes from the US and she says she is continually in the search for “light and laughter”, which she certainly brought to us. Jessica is interested in imagined landscapes and creatures from faraway places. Her time at the Residency was an approach for her to the “landscape of the soul”, working in a lot of medias: ceramic, drawing, painting and installations…

    You can see more of her wide work and her biography here:
    http://www.jessicagaddis.com/

    Meet Jessica here:

     

    Thank you, Jessica!

  • 31st of July – Will the sky choose for you?

    31st of July – Will the sky choose for you?

    ENGLISH BELOW

    Sköpunarmiðstöðin á Stöðvarfirði býður til huggulegrar kvöldstundar með músík og list. Húsið opnar klukkan 20:00.

    Gestalistamaðurinn okkar Jessica Gaddis, sem dvalið hefur hér undafarinn mánuð, mun sýna verk sín inn á Járnsmíðaverkstæði. Jessica sækir efnivið sinn úr náttúrunni og hefur Íslandsdvöl hennar gefið henni mikinn innblástur.

    Inn í salnum mun tónlistarfólkið Klemens Hannigan, Vinny Vamos, Magdaléna Mandorla og Una stíga á stokk og leika ljúfa tóna.

    Magdalena er frá Tékklandi, en hún hefur starfað í miðstöðinni sem sjálfboðaliði undafarna mánuði. Hún er hæfileikarík tónlistarkona og hér má finna link á tónlistina hennar: http://moin.bandcamp.com/

    Klemens er einnig klár tónlistarmaður og smiður með meiru. Hann er hér nú í stuttri heimsókn til að aðstoða við smíðar á Studio Silo, en ætti ef til vill að vera Stöðfirðingum kunnugur því hann spilaði á Söxu seinasta sumar.

    Vinny og Unu þarf nú vart að kynna, en þau munu taka nokkur af sínum lögum :)

    Boðið verður upp á kaffi og bjór og endilega komið með ykkar eigin veigar.

    Tónleikarnir eru haldnir svo að fólk úr nærliggjandi byggðum geti hist, kynnst og skemmt sér saman. Þetta er ekki opinber viðburður en við hvetjum alla til að bjóða vinum og kunningjum á facebook og í raunheimum :)

    Ást og friður
    Liðsheild Sköpunarmiðstöðvarinnar

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    The Creative Centre in Stöðvarfjörður invites you for a cozy evening of art & music. The house opens at 20:00.

    Our Residency artist Jessica Gaddis will show her works in the Metal Workshop, but she has been staying with us during the past month. Jessica works with elements in nature and her stay in Iceland has give her new inspiration.

    In the hall the musicians Klemens Hannigan, Vinny Vamos , Magdaléna Mandorla & Una will perform their musical magic.

    Magdalena is from Czech and has been doing her internship in the factory during the last months. She is a talented musician as well and here is a link to her music: http://moin.bandcamp.com/

    Klemens is also a gifted musician and a carpenter. He is here for a short visit to assist with the building of Studio Silo. Perhaps the people of Stöðvarfjörður remember him, for he played here last summer in Saxa.

    Vinny & Una hardly need an introduction for anyone from the area, but they will play a couple of their own songs, Una playing her Country-quirky-folk, and Vinny playing his Alterna-Pop. You can listen here: https://www.soundcloud.com/atomicanalog

    We will offer coffee and beer as usual and don’t be shy to bring your own drink.

    The event is held so the people from the nearby area can meet, get to know each other and have fun. This is not a public event but do not hesitate to invite your friends and neighbours on Facebook and in the real world :)

    Love & Peace

    See event on Facebook

  • Concert Hall gets a new Stage

    Concert Hall gets a new Stage

    Just before Polar festival, Una, Vinny, Enrico & Magdalena built a new stage for the Concert Hall…. from the old floor! Seeing is believing :D

  • Studio Silo in Progress 5

    Studio Silo in Progress 5

    Oh my oh my… the last gypsum board put into place :D

  • Magdaléna Mandorla

    Magdaléna Mandorla

    Magdaléna Mandorla stayed with us for 5 months.

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  • Grace Fechner

    Grace Fechner

    Grace Fechner is an Artist from the United States. She stayed with us for the summer months of June, July and August in 2015. During her stay Grace made a brilliant mural that now brightens the hallway in the Factory.

    If you want to see more of her works you can visit www.gracefechner.net

  • 30th of May Villy Raze Concert

    30th of May Villy Raze Concert

    Laugardaginn 30. maí munu þeir Villy Raze & Vinny Vamos frá Írlandi flytja órafmagnaða tónleika í Sköpunarmiðstöðinni á Stöðvarfirði. Fjörið hefst klukkan 21:00 og munu þeir félagar flytja eigin lög auk þess sem aldrei er að vita nema nokkur vel valin Írsk lög fái að fljóta með.

    Vinny þarf vart að kynna fyrir Stöðfirðingum. Villy er borin og barnfæddur á Írlandi en er nú búsettur í Liverpool þar sem hann spilar í tveimur hljómsveitum auk þess að vinna að eigin sóló verkefnum. Það sem hann mun flytja á laugardaginn mætti kalla pönkskotin þjóðlagatónlist.

    Uncle Betty með Villy Raze

    Tónleikarnir eru haldnir svo að fólk úr nærliggjandi byggðum geti hist, kynnst og skemmt sér saman. Þetta er ekki opinber viðburður en við hvetjum alla til að bjóða vinum og kunningjum á facebook og í raunheimum :)

    Ást og friður
    Liðsheild Sköpunarmiðstöðvarinnar

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  • Grants from Uppbyggingarsjóður Austurlands 2015!

    Grants from Uppbyggingarsjóður Austurlands 2015!

    medium_hopmynd We are very grateful and happy to announce that we received two grants from Uppbyggingarsjóð Austurlands this year. Thank you! That means that we can continue to build up the Creative Centre and our recording studio, Studio Silo. We are very grateful :)

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

  • Olivia Hancock

    Olivia Hancock

    11960001_1199302610095213_8391449584289252542_nOlivia Hancock is an Artist and a Writer from England and she spent May – June 2015 with us working on her paintings and novel. Olivia was also fond of the attic in the factory and spent some good times up there splashing some paint around while working on her big paintings.

    Olivia showed some of her works in the Factory during her stay and you can see them and many more here: www.olivia-hancock.tumblr.com

    Olivia´s interview here!

     

    Thank you, Olivia!

  • Enrico Preuß

    Enrico Preuß

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    Vinny, Una, Enrico

    Enrico Preuß is from Germany and he stayed with us for 3 months, from May to July 2015 to help us build Studio Silo and fix up some audio gear. Enrico is our one and only Sparkle Masse Master! It was great to have him on board and during his stay he got involved in all sorts a stuff with us and truly became a important team member.

    11885117_10100767038660450_6711422849900764982_oEnrico and Vinny formed the band Trux’o’flux which during it’s sort lifetime performed at Seydisfjord festival and lunched a guerrilla gig at Lunga Festival, – a gig which became known for burning speakers and awesome sound :) And here is a video that Orange ‘Ear made about Trux’o’flux:

    Just before Pólar Festival 2015 we built a new stage in the Concert hall with Enrico. That was a really fun project because we built the stage is nearly entirely built from the floor of the hall!  You can see the magic in the video here below :)

     

  • 28th of April Tribbjút Concert Kára Viðarssonar

    28th of April Tribbjút Concert Kára Viðarssonar

    Kári frá Frystiklefinn Rifi kemur í heimsókn í Sköpunarmiðstöðina mánudaginn 28. Apríl og verður með standöpptónleika! Húsið opnar klukkan 20:00 og fjörið gefst klukkan 21:00 !
    Sjáumst :)

    Kári segir: “Bíllinn minn er að fara í sína hinstu för. Hann fær ekki skoðun. Mér fannst ömurlegt að hafa aldrei farið í kringum landið á honum og þess vegna skipulagði ég þessa ferð.. Tónleikarnir eru laufléttir gríntónleikar með skemmtilegheitum og stuði í bland. Frjáls framlög gilda og fara uppí fæði og ferðakostnað fyrir ferðinni. Þetta verður stuð. Ef veðrið getur asnast til þess að vera sæmilegt.”

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  • Studio Silo in Progress 4

    Studio Silo in Progress 4

    “A picture is worth a thousand words”

  • Veit Schmoll

    Veit Schmoll

    tumblr_nmtcnhbgNC1tk0g1bo1_500Veit Schmoll is a German photographer who spent the April of 2015 with us and made some pretty impressive installations for his photo shootings up on the attic of the factory. He spent most of his stay in a thermal overall (except when he played the drums), although the attic is aesthetically interesting and photogenic, it is also freezing cold in that season! 

    Here www.veitschmoll.com and here www.veitschmollphotography.tumblr.com  you can see some of his works and here www.soundcloud.com/phyte you can find his musical creations.

    Veit talking about his experience as an Artist in Residency here:

     

    Thank you, Veit!

  • Eyrarrósin 2015

    Eyrarrósin 2015

    large_1453365512_fra-afhendingu-eyrarrosarinnar-2015We are honored to have been nominated for Eyrarrósin 2015. We did though not bring home the trophy this time… Kári in Frystiklefinn á Rifi did so and we wish him to congratulations with a big high five and a hug :D

     

  • Rokk & Rok – 7th of March Concert

    Rokk & Rok – 7th of March Concert

    Here are some pictures & videos from the Rokk & Rok Concert in march!

     

    Hollowbones

    Ranghalar

    Garðar Harðar & his Blues Band

  • Jeff Godfrey

    Jeff Godfrey

    Jeff Godfrey
    Jeff Godfrey

    Jeff Godfrey is an American Artist based in New York and spent the month of March 2015 with us working on his paintings and music.

    One of the first things Jeff did after he arrived here was to perform his music on a concert held in the Factory Concert Hall.  Jeff makes music under the name of Hollowbones and here you can hear some of that: www.hollow-bones.bandcamp.com  …and here you can take a look at his artworks: www.jcgodfrey.wordpress.com

  • Matyáš Cigler

    Matyáš Cigler

    11146315_10153293268644427_5406114700212900745_oMatyáš Cigler is a Czech gentleman who stayed with us for six weeks in March and April 2015 and helped us out with the building Studio Silo. During his stay Matyáš made Bar Matyáš in our Concert all and truly proofed his bartender skills :)

    Many things can be said about Matyáš and we laugh alot together… but perhaps it is best if he tells about his stay himself! We took a short interview with him and you can find it here below :D

  • Rokk & Rok Concert on 7th of March

    Rokk & Rok Concert on 7th of March

    Laugardaginn 7.mars býður Sköpunarmiðstöðin til tónleika að tilefni þeirrar vindasömu tíðar sem geysað hefur.

    Þeir tónlistarmenn sem ljá okkur gleði að þessu sinni eru Garðar Harðar ásamt blúsbandi, en þeir munu taka stormandi blúsjamm, poppbandið Ranghalar frá Reyðarfirði mun fá allar mjaðmir til að dillast og Jeff Hollowbones frá USA mun færa okkur sjóðheitt og tilraunakennt post-rock frá Brooklyn. Eins má nefna að Jeff er gestalistamaður Sköpunarmiðstöðvarinnar í mars. Svo er aldrei að vita nema leynigesturinn komi og taki nokkur lög!

    Súpa og brauð verður í boði eins og á fyrri tónleikum og ekki er úr vegi að koma með eigin veigar!

    Tónleikarnir eru haldnir svo að fólk úr nærliggjandi byggðum geti hist, kynnst og skemmt sér saman. Þetta er ekki opinber viðburður en við hvetjum alla til að bjóða vinum og kunningjum:)


    Ást og friður
    Liðsheild Sköpunarmiðstöðvarinnar

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  • Stiofán De Priondárgas

    Stiofán De Priondárgas

    10636501_1598403877057108_5282092256846495699_oSteve is not a man… he is the Celtic thunder! When others handle one he tackles three! In the snowing days of February 2015 he came all the way from Ireland to help us to lay plaster boards on the walls and ceilings of Studio Silo. Steve is a true jack of all trades and taught us all the tricks in the big book of plasterboarding :D

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  • Þrettándagleði Concert on 10th of January

    Þrettándagleði Concert on 10th of January

    Laugardaginn 10. janúar mun verða haldin síðbúin Þrettándagleði í Sköpunarmiðstöðinni á Stöðvarfirði. Ballið byrjar kl: 20:00 og munu ýmsir tónlistarmenn stíga á stokk, Markús and the Diversion Sessions, Prins Póló, Dóri Waren, Einar Stef, SuZan Rippleblue, Vinny Vamos og Con Murphy frá Írlandi.

    Þar sem tíðkast hefur að dressa sig upp í búning á Þrettándanum þykir okkur ekki úr vegi að heiðra slíkar hefðir og ef andinn kemur yfir ykkur þá endilega mætið uppáklædd… og með eigið bús :)

    Okkur langar að halda svona partý þannig að fólk úr nærliggjandi byggðum geti hist, kynnst og skemmt sér saman. Þetta er ekki opinber viðburður en endilega bjóðið vinum og kunningjum með ykkur og sjáumst!

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  • Studio Silo in Progress 3

    Studio Silo in Progress 3

    And the building of Studio Silo goes on and on! :D