Melissa Dole is mainly sculpture artist working with texture and big formats. But during her residency, she was working on small sculptural objects. There was a lot of black paint, seaweed, bird corpse, etc. in Private Studio during month of December. Melissa was exploring realm of connection between human ability to explain things to itself and nature as it is.
/ More of her artwork /
http://melissamdole.com/
Check out the interview about her stay here:
Thank You Melissa!
Katarina is a photographer from Czech Republic who stayed with us for one month in November. She was working with the stone texture and surface and taking pictures of them. During her residency she was filling up her photography portfolio. For more information on her project, we invite you to see project below and interview with her on our YouTube channel.
/ More of her artwork /
http://katarinahudacinova.blogspot.is/
Check out the interview about her stay here:
Thank you Katarina!
Laurent Crevon is an artist from France who stayed in residency for two months in October and November. During his stay he was focusing on writing his novel and working with digital arts / light painting photography. Light saber was built during this time to play with different LED sequences. Laurent performed and showcased his light painting live to the audience during our Multidisciplinairy art evening that we held on the end of October.
/ More of his artwork /
http://lcreation.fr/
Check out the interview about his stay here:
Thank you Laurent!
Carcom is a contemporary dancer. During her residency, she was working on a performance generator software. Software generates improvised movements and gives directions to the performer. This was the main project and aim for Carcom. In the end of the residency she showcased how this software works.
/ More of her artwork /
https://vimeo.com/138469818
Tal is a musician. Pianist to be exact. During the residency Tal had a concert in Breiðdalsvík. While he was staying in Fish Factory, he was practicing and playing Piano in a Church. At the end of the residency he attended a show at the Fish Factory and joined an improvised band on stage.
/ More of his artwork /
https://soundcloud.com/tal-strauss
Check out the short video about their stay here:
Thank You Carcom & Tal!
Silvia Popp is an artist from Switzerland. She stayed with us in the factory for two months – October and November. Silvia is a founder of Island Institute in Switzerland. She’s been traveling and exploring different islands and doing research on her project she’s explaining in the interview down below. She arrived by Ferry to Iceland – that’s one of the phases of project she’s been working – balance board. Then it lead to definition of reduction and this concept of life ignoring materialism and trying to achieve happiness without it. The last piece during her residency that she performed during our multi-disciplinary exhibition was a silent protest.
/ More of her artwork /
http://www.boutique-pamela.ch/
Check out the interview about her stay here:
Thank you Silvia!
Lauren Prousky is a multidisciplinary artist from Toronto, Canada. She stayed with us for one month in October writing dark but humorous poems. Lauren was interested in Swimming pool culture of Iceland. Then she started the mural. Thanks Lauren, our dark upstair corridor became a trippy corridor and more colorful!
/ More of her artwork /
http://laurenprousky.com
Check out the interview about her stay here:
Thank You Lauren!
Alex Massa is an artist/musician/performer/entertainer from United States. He visited us during his personal break from his as he said professional career. His main goal was to get back to personal creativity field and reconnect to himself. While Alex stayed at our Residency, we were pleased to have a trumpet playing everyday in our halls. Eventually Alex turned his Private Studio into as Una called it – erotic studio – by building cozy lights from buoy.
/ More of Alex /
http://massanotmassa.com
Check out the interview about his stay here:
Thank You Alex!
So.. Finally we can introduce you to brand new Shared Studio space (95 m2) that we have. It is completely done now. We’ve expanded! Now instead of two artists in a Shared Studio we will have 6 available spaces every month! It means.. 7 artists every month in the Factory… Are you one of the artists, who is looking for a space? Check the photos, pick the table – our inbox is always open – let’s make this happen! :)
More Info about Residency: HERE
Meet artists who stayed with us: HERE
see you!
Dexter is a painter from Brighton, United Kingdom. He stayed at the residency for one month of September. Dexter’s main aim was to paint in the nature and reanact the nature on his canvas, but it turned out that his residency mostly became work in a studio creating humorous paintings. When Dexter wasn’t working, the main activity was playing music in his studio, our concert hall, although hiking and walking in the mountains that are surrounding Stöðvarfjörður. Inspiration of the village even slightly transformed into thoughts about living in here – Dexter joked.
/ More of his artwork /
http://www.dextergonzales.com
Check out the interview about his stay here:
Thank You Dexter!
Shoko Matsuki is an artist based in Tokyo, Japan. She’s focusing on drawing and recognizes herself as an illustrator. But! She’s not afraid of exploring other things! She was working on Lino–Cutting/Printmaking during her stay. Although, she was working on sketches and was building up her project focused on the disconnection from rest of the world. Project was researching the haunting feeling of belonging nowhere which started for Shoko when she was 14 years old and is still there.
/ More of her artwork /
http://www.shokomatsuki.com
Check out the interview about her stay here:
Thank you Shoko!
Anna Choutova is 22 year old Swedish painter based in London. She chose our residency because the idea of isolation, remoteness and disconnection from outer world and cities seemed to be suitable at the time.
“In London I was getting so anxious of city living and there was just no time for yourself, even if you’re alone – you still had all the noise of the outside world just in your head.. And my work was just becoming super effected by living in urban place. I knew exactly what my paintings would be before I even did them and just started killing my love for my art, so I though -ok – I need total change of atmosphere, I need somewhere where I can just be in quiet and not have distractions and then see what comes out. So I came here.”
Anna was working on paintings that hopefully will be included in her upcoming exhibition in London called “BAD ART 2”. You can read more about exhibition here:
BAD ART by DAZED: http://bit.ly/2dxvex1
BAD ART by NOTION: http://bit.ly/2dYCTGq
BAD ART 2 by Creators Project: http://bit.ly/2d8bEGM
BAD ART 2 by NOTION: http://bit.ly/2dQN2zO
/ Check her artwork /
http://www.annachoutova.com
Full interview with Anna is on our YouTube channel:
https://youtu.be/iFg8b9wWVPA?list=PLv37xlpmRFDiQcfMATVKxD6OaH3H3XYhm
Thank you Anna!
Rosemary Holliday Hall is the visual artist from Los Angeles, USA. She was planning on staying in Residency for one month, but during her stay she realised that she’s not enough of time finishing the project she was working on. She extended her stay one more month, we installed extra studio space in the shared studio for her, enormously big and warm Takk for Guðný and Steini for renting house for Rosemary to stay.
During these two months of residency she enlarged her project: she was working on making print of rocks and minerals she collected in the mountains of Stöðvarfjörður, continued on making some stone texture, skin–like looking wind catchers that she installed in abandoned house on peninsula. A mural we have now on a factory wall was a part of her project and was made with a stone shadow catcher that she’s explaining more in the following interview.
The last bits of the project was a wallpapers of artificial shadows caused by a bulb light. She was catching shadows in studio and making abstract chaotic patterns.
/ Check her artwork /
http://www.rosemaryhollidayhall.com
Full interview with Rosemary on our YouTube channel:
Thank you Rosemary!
Peter is a wonderful and professional carpenter from Australia who came all the way to Iceland to help us with some stuff :) We’re working on a new Shared Studio space and Ceramics studio. Peter gave us a helping hand with building all the furniture to studios! What a handy man! He even says that he has a special language to communicate with a woodcutting machines… such a mysterious volunteer! We’re so lucky and honoured to have him in the Factory! He’s keen on staying here until all the furniture is done!
We’re open now for a Guided Tour in a Fish Factory – Creative Centre of Stöðvarfjörður. You will be guided by our Intern in all Creative Centre. Tour+Guide Fee is 500kr./person. Tour includes: history of the factory, future plans and ongoing process, presentation of Art Residency program and sneak peak of Studio Silo Recording studio.
Planning trip with bigger tour? Inform us: info[at]inhere[dot]is
Have more questions about Fish Factory? Simply drop us a line: info[at]inhere[dot]is
Interested in Art Residency? Get more info here: inhere.is/residency
See you!
Jesús Portal is an artist from Spain and stayed in Art Residency for August. He’s an art teacher and writing an art education book for High–School students in Spain. The architecture of town, villages of Iceland and Fish Factory has been the main source of inspiration. Camera, music and Stöðvarfjörður was combined into the mural he was working.
The main creative field he is working on – artistic education. His education is linked to being an artist in contemporary art, visual culture. This book is being produced by Jesús himself and his one of the good friends Lucia Ordoñez.
Everybody loves Iceland for its’ nature: mountains, waterfalls, glacier and so on. So do I, but my artistic background so connected to architecture and geometry, so I fell in love with the architecture of this place, that’s why I decided to do a mural inspired by the nature’. All the small details of the architecture: color, corners, frames, fences joined in one dialog for a mural. The outcome seemed to become surrealistic abstract new village.
Jesús’s educational blog: https://saberversaberhacer.wordpress.com
more of his artwork: www.jesusportal.es
here’s an interview with Jesús:
Thank You, Jesús!
OPEN CALL >> October–December 2016 <<
We’re sending out an OPEN CALL for all artists out there in the worldwide!
We’re OPEN for your applications for October – December period of Residency program!
About Fish Factory – Creative Centre
The Creative Centre is located in Stöðvarfjörður, a remote village in the East fjords of Iceland. It was established in 2011 when a group of people acquired the abandoned Fish Factory of the village. The group funded a non-profit cooperation which owns the building and manages the daily operations and business of the Centre. The Centre is an independent initiative and has no financial ties to the local municipality or the Icelandic state. All team members are volunteers still today.
The Creative Centre is an ongoing collaborative and community project and our actions and aims are based on sustainable principles and alternative methods. We want to regenerate and sustain our small village by making it into a possible and desirable place to settle – a place where you can have engaging jobs, enjoy culture, and the influx of new ideas and creative people. The Centre is meant to be a platform offering many different workshops and facilities where small initiatives can thrive and jobs can be created. We run an all year around Art Residency for most creative fields and we frequently host cultural events and concerts. Currently we are starting up workshops and study courses at the Centre. We also host a small fish processing company, the local fish market, and the Red Cross charity shop of the village.
With the Creative Centre we want to demonstrate the possibility of strengthening small, remote communities with creative initiatives, establishing jobs, and to be a source of inspiration for others alike. We believe that many small pillars and culture are a strong way to ensure the livelihood of a society and are just as valid as big industrial solution.
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Residency Description
The Residency is multi-disciplinary and open for most creative directions:
Visual Art, New Media, Printmaking, Sculpture, Dance, Performing Arts, Land Art, Textile Art, Music, Literature, Crafts, Sustainable Design, Engineering & Photography.
The purpose of the program is to provide emerging and established artists, creatives, designers and progressive thinkers a port for free expression. We offer access to a range of studios and work facilities, and a place to meet with other creative people in a small collaborative community. The Centre has fully equipped wood & metal workshops, kitchen, small library, sewing workshop and a Concert hall. All of which the artists have access to along with our material storage in consultation with a team member.
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Accommodation
Our Residency Artists stay together in a big house called Bjarkarlundur. The house is located in the heart of our small village and in about 3 min walking distance from the Centre. The house has a garden, spacious bedrooms, large kitchen, a bathroom with bathtub, a washroom and internet access. Bed linen is provided. Each artist has their own private bedroom and shares the kitchen and bathroom with the other artists.
Artists can invite their partner or a guest for a short stay upon prior arrangement with a team member. The maximum stay is five nights. From time to time Volunteers, Interns and Musicians stay at the house as well.
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Duration of residency
The duration of residencies is between 1 and 6 months. If the Artist wants to lead a workshop, exhibit his/her works, hold a concert/perform or read poetry, we are up for most things.
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Residency Fee
Prices:
Shared Studio space 600 Eur/Month
Private Studio 700 Eur/Month
Included:
Access to all the Workshops & Facilities in the Centre along with our paint & material storage in consultation with a team member. You will also be provided with an Accommodation, a private bedroom in the Artists house.On arrival we provide a pick up from Egilsstaðir Airport. Other expenses for transport and meals are the responsibility of each participant.
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Application information
To be considered for the Residency, send us a filled out Application Form + CV + 5-10 recent work samples (up to 10MB) to contact[at]inhere[dot]is
Your application will be reviewed and answered within a week via email.
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Languages
We speak Icelandic, English and German.
Coco is a volunteer from Germany who joined our forces during 2016 summer. At the moments she’s improving her master skill at *sparkling* and sanding the walls! :D Coco’s guitar music in the morning besides coffee is a reason to start great and productive day whatever is happening in our heads either outside the Fish Factory. She’s staying here to help us finish Ceramics studio and new expanded shared studio we’re working on!
Listakonurnar Julie Gendron & Emma Hendrix frá Kanada bjóða gestum og gangandi að taka þátt í gagnvirku hljóðinnsetningunni “Don’t, Stop” sem þær setja upp í Sköpunarmiðstöðinni dagana 13. og 14. ágúst. Húsið er opið frá kl: 13:00 – 18:00 báða dagana og heitt á könnunni. Julie og Emma hafa undafarin mánuð dvalið í Skálum á Seyðisfirði en hyggjast nú leggja land undir fót og kynna þetta bráðskemmtilega verk fyrir Stöðfirðingum.
Hér má sjá videó um verkið en það hefur áður verið sett upp:
Rosemary Hall er nýjasti gestalistamaður Sköpunarmiðstöðvarinnar en hún kemur frá hinni sólríku Kaliforníu. Rosemary mun hafa opna vinnustofu laugardaginn 13. ágúst frá kl: 13:00 – 16:00 og sýna gestum verk sín. Rosemary hefur heillast af þeirri fjölbreyttu flóru steina sem finna má í íslenskri náttúru og vinnur teikningar, málverk og innsetningar.
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/128402907603285
OPEN CALL >> January – May 2017 <<
We’re sending out an OPEN CALL for all artists out there in the worldwide!
We’re OPEN for your applications for January – May period of Residency program!
About Fish Factory – Creative Centre
The Creative Centre is located in Stöðvarfjörður, a remote village in the East fjords of Iceland. It was established in 2011 when a group of people acquired the abandoned Fish Factory of the village. The group funded a non-profit cooperation which owns the building and manages the daily operations and business of the Centre. The Centre is an independent initiative and has no financial ties to the local municipality or the Icelandic state. All team members are volunteers still today.
The Creative Centre is an ongoing collaborative and community project and our actions and aims are based on sustainable principles and alternative methods. We want to regenerate and sustain our small village by making it into a possible and desirable place to settle – a place where you can have engaging jobs, enjoy culture, and the influx of new ideas and creative people. The Centre is meant to be a platform offering many different workshops and facilities where small initiatives can thrive and jobs can be created. We run an all year around Art Residency for most creative fields and we frequently host cultural events and concerts. Currently we are starting up workshops and study courses at the Centre. We also host a small fish processing company, the local fish market, and the Red Cross charity shop of the village.
With the Creative Centre we want to demonstrate the possibility of strengthening small, remote communities with creative initiatives, establishing jobs, and to be a source of inspiration for others alike. We believe that many small pillars and culture are a strong way to ensure the livelihood of a society and are just as valid as big industrial solution.
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
Residency Description
The Residency is multi-disciplinary and open for most creative directions:
Visual Art, New Media, Printmaking, Sculpture, Dance, Performing Arts, Land Art, Textile Art, Music, Literature, Crafts, Sustainable Design, Engineering & Photography.
The purpose of the program is to provide emerging and established artists, creatives, designers and progressive thinkers a port for free expression. We offer access to a range of studios and work facilities, and a place to meet with other creative people in a small collaborative community. The Centre has fully equipped wood & metal workshops, kitchen, small library, sewing workshop and a Concert hall. All of which the artists have access to along with our material storage in consultation with a team member.
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Accommodation
Our Residency Artists stay together in a big house called Bjarkarlundur. The house is located in the heart of our small village and in about 3 min walking distance from the Centre. The house has a garden, spacious bedrooms, large kitchen, a bathroom with bathtub, a washroom and internet access. Bed linen is provided. Each artist has their own private bedroom and shares the kitchen and bathroom with the other artists.
Artists can invite their partner or a guest for a short stay upon prior arrangement with a team member. The maximum stay is five nights. From time to time Volunteers, Interns and Musicians stay at the house as well.
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Duration of residency
The duration of residencies is between 1 and 6 months. If the Artist wants to lead a workshop, exhibit his/her works, hold a concert/perform or read poetry, we are up for most things.
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Residency Fee
Prices:
Shared Studio space 600 Eur/Month
Private Studio 700 Eur/Month
Included:
Access to all the Workshops & Facilities in the Centre along with our paint & material storage in consultation with a team member. You will also be provided with an Accommodation, a private bedroom in the Artists house.On arrival we provide a pick up from Egilsstaðir Airport. Other expenses for transport and meals are the responsibility of each participant.
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Application information
To be considered for the Residency, send us a filled out Application Form + CV + 5-10 recent work samples (up to 10MB) to contact[at]inhere[dot]is
Your application will be reviewed and answered within a week via email.
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Languages
We speak Icelandic, English and German.
Benjamin Whitney Buhl is a third–year MFA program student at University of South Florida, USA, specialises in Multidisciplinary program in found object sculpting. Ben choose our Factory for Residency because of, as he says ‘Vibe’ – he was feeling really fitting in our ‘always in progress’ mood.
‘The less distractions – the better for the residency’ he says. This is why Iceland was a good country to book residency in – just silence in artistic chaos. Ben was getting energy from fjord’s mountains that surround residency and getting greener and greener everyday he stayed here. The endless openness of Atlantic Ocean at the end of the fjord was one of the ‘extremely intensely beautiful’ things that Ben did not expect before his arrival..
Full story from Ben’s lips in interview bellow:
Thank you Ben!
Nele is a contemporary artist from Hamburg, Germany. She stayed with us during the months of May, June and July 2016. Her field of work is new media, from installations made with textile, to works of photography, audio and video. During her period of residency she did a lot of audio recordings in the surroundings and started to make an science-fiction audioplay, connected to the nature of Iceland. Also she took a lot of photographs and was fascinated by the strange fog of Stödvafjördur that inspired her very much to pick up the pencils and draw again.
Thank you Nele!
Moments from Fish Factory England visiting Stöðvarfjörður:
Við bjóðum alla velkomna í Sköpunarmiðstöðina næsta þriðjudagskvöld,
12. júlí klukkan 8. Þar verða með okkur 7 listamenn úr tvíburaverkefninu okkar, Fish Factory Art Space í Falmouth, litlum bæ í suðvestur Englandi. Rose Hatcher, stofnandi verkefnisins mun segja okkur frá því verkefni og þar verða til sýnis listaverk ýmiskonar sem hópurinn hefur unnið hér í Sköpunarmiðstöðinni. Boðið verður upp á súpu, kaffi og tónlist.
Hlökkum til að sjá sem flesta og eiga með ykkur notalegt kvöld.
Bæði verkefnin voru stofnuð árið 2011 í yfirgefnum frystihúsum – Rósa og Rose hafa verið í sambandi allar götur síðan. Vorið 2015 heimsóttu Una og Rósa Frystihúsið í Falmouth og kynntu Sköpunarmiðstöina fyrir íbúunum þar, svo nú er komið að ensku vinum okkar að gera slíkt hið sama.
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This Tuesday evening (12th July) come and meet a group of seven artists from our twin project the Fish Factory art space in Falmouth, a small town in the south west of England. Rose Hatcher, the founder of the project will speak about the English Fish Factory from 8pm and there will be some music, artwork and soup for everyone. We hope to see you there.
Both projects started in 2011 in remote disused fish factories – Rósa and Rose have been in touch ever since. In 2015 Rosa and Una visited the Fish Factory in Falmouth and shared their experiences. Now the English Fish group have come to Iceland to continue the exchange.
SEE EVENT ON FACEBOOK:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1617470295249809/
