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Mooni Perry
Moony 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/
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Sunrise Coffee in Studio Silo
After 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.
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Pop-up Bicycle Workshop on 18th of October
Salomon Anaya og Adam Masters er bandarískir listamenn sem ferðast á hjólum um landið og setja up hjólaverkstæði hér og þar, m.a. í Frystiklefanum á Rifi og í Neslist í Skagafirði. Þeim ætla að heimsækja okkur hér á Stöðvarfirði og munu þeir setja upp hjólaverkstæði í Sköpunarmiðstöðinni núna á sunnudaginn 18. októmber. Krökkum á öllum…
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Mur Mur Concert on the 30th of October
Sköpunarmiðstöðin býður til tónleika á Dögum myrkurs, föstudaginn 30 október og hefst gleðin klukkan 21:00. Bandið sem mun stíga á stokk er hljómsveitin MurMur frá Egilsstöðum en þeir eru ungt og upprennandi band sem ætla sér stóra hluti. Við hvetjum því unglinga og ungt fólk á fjörðunum sérstaklega til að mæta en að sjálfsögu er…
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Catie Newell
Catie stayed with us during the month of November 2015. She is the founding principal of the art and architecture firm, Alibi Studio and an Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Michigan. Her work and research captures spaces and material effects, focusing on the development of atmospheres through the exploration of textures, volumes, and…
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Raitis Bobrovs
Raitis Bobrovs came to stay with us in October 2015 and originally the plan was that he would stay for the next two months… but time kept passing and Raitis kept building, and building and fixing. In all Raitis stayed with us for 9 months and it felt like loosing an arm, leg or an…
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Tomáš Lanča
Tomáš Lanča is a Czech gentleman who stayed with us a couple of weeks in October 2015 and along with Raitis he reorganized the storage room (which was frankly upside down) and built shelves and got everything into place. Tomáš also showed some great woodworking skills and built himself a beautiful xylophone during his stay…
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26th of September – Dútl & Moin Moin Concert
ENGLISH BELOW! Á tónleikum septembermánaðar koma fram hljómsveitn Dútl frá Neskaupsstað og Moin Moin frá Tékklandi. Plötusnúður hússins, Dj-Lightning Kane, frá Nýja Sjálandi mun svo leiða okkur inn í nóttina með öllum klassísku dansslögurunum sem fá hvern sem er til að dilla mjöðmunum og um að gera að mæta á dansskóm! Húsið opnar kl: 20:00…
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Oscar Tsai
Oscar is an illustrator from Taipei who stayed with us during September 2015. He studied information management in university and barely painted or do some artworks before 2011. He says he started painting in 2011 because of a heart-broken accident. Initially, he just wanted to paint something to release sorrow. In the process, he found…
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Steve Kane
Steve is a electronic engineer from New Zealand. He is also known now as DJ. Lightning Kane, but that is a long story involving Fleetwood Mac, Whitney Houston and others alike. Steve stayed with us for 6 weeks in September and October 2015. During that time we had a lot of fun with him and…
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Émilie Bernard
Émilie 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…
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Annie & Ed Quinn
Annie (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
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Jessica Gaddis
Jessica 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…
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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,…
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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
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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
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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…
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Grants from Uppbyggingarsjóður Austurlands 2015!
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…
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Olivia Hancock
Olivia 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…
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Enrico Preuß
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…
