sequences 2009
real time arts festival
october 30 / november 7
/ 2009
reykjavik
sequences 2009 exhibits contemporary art with a special emphasis on the ephemeral nature of art this year. taking up the vaudevillean stage; made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together, sequences hopes to create a multifunctional stage as a rendezvous for visual and stage arts. vaudeville, a variety entertainment known for its “low” entertainment has had its influence on contemporary pop culture. aces, galleries and institutions.’
www.sequences.is
Its lineup encompassed areas such as music, dance, theatre and media arts, offering everything from popular and classical musicians, dancers, magicians, acrobats, one-act plays, athletes, minstrels, and movies. Sequences 2009 celebrates its century old history and borrows its form in a reinterpreted costume. The vehicle for this are numerous ’live’ events taking place throughout the reykjavík city center; in renowned art spaces, galleries and institutions. The aim of Sequences is to celebrate and exhibit contemporary visual art with a special emphasis on time-based art, such as performances, sonic works, video art, art in public/urban spaces, and to create a cross-platform for these art forms.
Sequences 2009 hosts a number of events in collaboration with art spaces, galleries and institutions in Reykjavik, exhibiting the latest developments in the field, involving a large number of Icelandic and international artists. A special emphasis is put on live events for this year’s festival which will take place at various venues around the city centre.
programme
Friday, October 30th
18.00: Opening of (made up and let down) @ Lost Horse gallery, by artists Anita Wernstrom (SE), Line Ellegaard (DK), Malin Stahl (SE), Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) & Sofia Dahlgren (SE).
18.00- 18.45: Imagined Death, performance by Anita Wernstrom (SE)
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO)
20.00: SEQUENCES 2009 – opening reception
20.30: Taðskegglingar, performance by Magnús Pálsson (IS) SEQUENCES 2009 honorary artist @ Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus
21.30: Live event by Sigurður Gudjónsson (IS) @ House of Ideas (at Mýrargata)
22.00- 00.00: performance party @ House of Ideas
This dumb region of the heart by Páll Haukur Björnsson (IS)
Feminism, Little Tales of Misogyny by The Spartacus Chetwynd Mime Troupe (UK)
Untitled performance by Maurice Blok (FI)
00.00 – onwards @ Bakkus, Tryggvagata 22
Saturday, October 31st
14.00: Air, performance by Prinz Gholam (DE) @ Reykjavik Maritime Museum
15.00: Feminism, Little Tales of Misogyny by The Spartacus Chetwynd Mime Troupe (UK) @ House of Ideas
16.00: Video Screening Event @ Regnboginn Cinema
Vitaskuld, Auðvitað! by Icelandic Love Corporation (IS),
Four New York Minutes and Ode to An Ode by Curver Thoroddsen (IS),
An Exquisite Corpse in Nikisialka by 16 Icelandic & Polish artists
Sirkus by Bjarni massi (IS), made in collaboration with Kling & bang gallery.
17.00: Opening Office, THE ONE LETTER DELIVERY SHOW, Parfyme (DK) @ Hverfisgata 35 (auga fyrir auga)
18.00: PPPTPC – Center for Publicity by Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir (IS) & Etienne de France (FR) @ Lækjargata – Mæðragarður
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
19.00- 19.30: ・S・C・O・U・R・G・E・, performance by Melkorka Huldudóttir (IS) @ Dwarf Gallery
20.00: næstum því ekki neitt and Halldór Úlfarsson by Halldór Úlfarsson (IS) @ Islensk Grafík gallery (by Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus – harbourside)
21.00: MOVIE MATERIAL, video projection by Andrew Burgess (CA) @ Concert & Conference Centre (Tónlistarhús)
22.00: Room 408, an interactive live performance by Hrafnhildur Hagalín & Steinunn Knútsdóttir (IS) @ House of Ideas. (Room 408, sound piece, premiers at 20.30)
Sunday, November 1st
14.00: ‘I-Projector’, performance by Line Ellegaard (DK) @ Lost Horse gallery
15.00 Artist talk with Egill Sæbjörnsson (IS) @ Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus
16.30: Taðskegglingar, performance by Sequences 2009 honorary artist Magnús Pálsson (IS) @ Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhus
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
19.00- 19.30: ・S・C・O・U・R・G・E・, performance by Melkorka Huldudóttir (IS) @ Dwarf Gallery
20.00 Entertainment Island 2, Oblivia (FI) @ Iðnó Theatre
Monday, November 2nd
Sequences 2009- Lecture Series @ the Nordic House.
15.00 Artist talk with Spartacus Chetwynd (UK)
16.00 Lecture by Dr. Neil Mulholland (UK)
18.00: Low by Björk Viggósdóttir (IS) in collaboration with Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir (IS) @ National Gallery of Iceland
20.00- 22.00: Evening programme @ Lost Horse gallery
at dusk and continuing: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO)
20.00: ‘I-Projector’, performance by Line Ellegaard (DK)
21.00: Imagined Death, performance by Anita Wernstrom (SE)
Tuesday, November 3rd
Sequences 2009- Lecture Series @ the Nordic House.
15.00- 19.00: (made up and let down), seminar with artists Anita Wernstrom (SE), Line Ellegaard (DK), Malin Stahl (SE), Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) & Sofia Dahlgren (SE) and lecture by Dr. Halldór Björn Runófsson (IS)
20.00-23.00: Dinner with screening, music and performances. Catering by Dill Restaurant @ The Nordic House. Guests need to book beforehand at info@losthorse.is
Wednesday, November 4th
Sequences 2009- Lecture Series @ the Nordic House.
15.00 Artist talk with Oblivia (FI)
16.00 Lecture by Magnús Þorbergsson (IS)
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
18.00-22.00: open studios, exhibition and performances @ SIM Seljavegur
This dumb region of the heart by Páll Haukur Björnsson (IS)
American Meat LLC by American Meat LLC (US)
Untitled performance by Maurice Blok (FI)
Thursday, November 5th
15.00 Imagined Death, performance by Anita Wernstrom (SE) @ Lost Horse gallery
17.00: Video Screening Event @ Regnboginn Cinema
Vitaskuld, Auðvitað! by Icelandic Love Corporation (IS)
Four New York Minutes and Ode to An Ode by Curver Thoroddsen (IS)
An Exquisite Corpse in Nikisialka by 16 Icelandic & Polish artists
Sirkus by Bjarni massi (IS), made in collaboration with Kling & bang gallery.
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
20.00: The Mind, performance by Egill Sæbjörnsson (IS) and Marcia Moraes (BR) @ Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus
Friday, November 6th
15.00 American Meat LLC by American Meat LLC (US) @ Reykjavik Harbour
16.00 For Hairdressing Night by Rita Canarezza & Pier Paolo Coro (IT/RSM), a meeting with Svanbjörg Hróbjartsdóttir, home/hairdresser, Laugarnesvegur 96
17.00: Entertainment Island 2 by Oblivia (FI) @ Iðnó Theatre
18.00: Elsku vinir mínir, Ingibjörg Magnadóttir (IS) @ Iðnó Theatre
20.00-23.00: Evening programme @ Lost Horse gallery
at dusk and continuing: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO)
Comodin Silverhammar Curates, performances with students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts.
Saturday, November 7th
14.00 For Hairdressing Night by Rita Canarezza & Pier Paolo Coro (IT/RSM), a meeting with Svanbjörg Hróbjartsdóttir, home/hairdresser, Laugarnesvegur 96
15.00: PPPTPC – Center for Publicity by Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir (IS) & Etienne de France (FR) @ Lækjargata – Mæðragarður
15.00: American Meat LLC by American Meat LLC (US) @ Lækjargata
16.00 – 18.00 Open Masterclass with Ásmundur Ásmundsson and Snorri Ásmundsson (IS) @ MR – Lækjargata
17.00: THE ONE LETTER DELIVERY SHOW, Parfyme (DK) @ Hverfisgata 35 (auga fyrir auga)
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
20.00: Closing Party @ The Nordic House
This dumb region of the heart by Páll Haukur Björnsson (IS)
Untitled performance by Maurice Blok (FI).
Feminism, Little Tales of Misogyny by The Spartacus Chetwynd Mime Troupe (UK)
Portrait painting by Dough Warrior, Soren Dahlgaard (DK)
real time arts festival
october 30 / november 7
/ 2009
reykjavik
sequences 2009 exhibits contemporary art with a special emphasis on the ephemeral nature of art this year. taking up the vaudevillean stage; made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together, sequences hopes to create a multifunctional stage as a rendezvous for visual and stage arts. vaudeville, a variety entertainment known for its “low” entertainment has had its influence on contemporary pop culture. aces, galleries and institutions.’
www.sequences.is
Its lineup encompassed areas such as music, dance, theatre and media arts, offering everything from popular and classical musicians, dancers, magicians, acrobats, one-act plays, athletes, minstrels, and movies. Sequences 2009 celebrates its century old history and borrows its form in a reinterpreted costume. The vehicle for this are numerous ’live’ events taking place throughout the reykjavík city center; in renowned art spaces, galleries and institutions. The aim of Sequences is to celebrate and exhibit contemporary visual art with a special emphasis on time-based art, such as performances, sonic works, video art, art in public/urban spaces, and to create a cross-platform for these art forms.
Sequences 2009 hosts a number of events in collaboration with art spaces, galleries and institutions in Reykjavik, exhibiting the latest developments in the field, involving a large number of Icelandic and international artists. A special emphasis is put on live events for this year’s festival which will take place at various venues around the city centre.
programme
Friday, October 30th
18.00: Opening of (made up and let down) @ Lost Horse gallery, by artists Anita Wernstrom (SE), Line Ellegaard (DK), Malin Stahl (SE), Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) & Sofia Dahlgren (SE).
18.00- 18.45: Imagined Death, performance by Anita Wernstrom (SE)
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO)
20.00: SEQUENCES 2009 – opening reception
20.30: Taðskegglingar, performance by Magnús Pálsson (IS) SEQUENCES 2009 honorary artist @ Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus
21.30: Live event by Sigurður Gudjónsson (IS) @ House of Ideas (at Mýrargata)
22.00- 00.00: performance party @ House of Ideas
This dumb region of the heart by Páll Haukur Björnsson (IS)
Feminism, Little Tales of Misogyny by The Spartacus Chetwynd Mime Troupe (UK)
Untitled performance by Maurice Blok (FI)
00.00 – onwards @ Bakkus, Tryggvagata 22
Saturday, October 31st
14.00: Air, performance by Prinz Gholam (DE) @ Reykjavik Maritime Museum
15.00: Feminism, Little Tales of Misogyny by The Spartacus Chetwynd Mime Troupe (UK) @ House of Ideas
16.00: Video Screening Event @ Regnboginn Cinema
Vitaskuld, Auðvitað! by Icelandic Love Corporation (IS),
Four New York Minutes and Ode to An Ode by Curver Thoroddsen (IS),
An Exquisite Corpse in Nikisialka by 16 Icelandic & Polish artists
Sirkus by Bjarni massi (IS), made in collaboration with Kling & bang gallery.
17.00: Opening Office, THE ONE LETTER DELIVERY SHOW, Parfyme (DK) @ Hverfisgata 35 (auga fyrir auga)
18.00: PPPTPC – Center for Publicity by Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir (IS) & Etienne de France (FR) @ Lækjargata – Mæðragarður
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
19.00- 19.30: ・S・C・O・U・R・G・E・, performance by Melkorka Huldudóttir (IS) @ Dwarf Gallery
20.00: næstum því ekki neitt and Halldór Úlfarsson by Halldór Úlfarsson (IS) @ Islensk Grafík gallery (by Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus – harbourside)
21.00: MOVIE MATERIAL, video projection by Andrew Burgess (CA) @ Concert & Conference Centre (Tónlistarhús)
22.00: Room 408, an interactive live performance by Hrafnhildur Hagalín & Steinunn Knútsdóttir (IS) @ House of Ideas. (Room 408, sound piece, premiers at 20.30)
Sunday, November 1st
14.00: ‘I-Projector’, performance by Line Ellegaard (DK) @ Lost Horse gallery
15.00 Artist talk with Egill Sæbjörnsson (IS) @ Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus
16.30: Taðskegglingar, performance by Sequences 2009 honorary artist Magnús Pálsson (IS) @ Reykjavik Art Museum, Hafnarhus
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
19.00- 19.30: ・S・C・O・U・R・G・E・, performance by Melkorka Huldudóttir (IS) @ Dwarf Gallery
20.00 Entertainment Island 2, Oblivia (FI) @ Iðnó Theatre
Monday, November 2nd
Sequences 2009- Lecture Series @ the Nordic House.
15.00 Artist talk with Spartacus Chetwynd (UK)
16.00 Lecture by Dr. Neil Mulholland (UK)
18.00: Low by Björk Viggósdóttir (IS) in collaboration with Sigríður Soffía Níelsdóttir (IS) @ National Gallery of Iceland
20.00- 22.00: Evening programme @ Lost Horse gallery
at dusk and continuing: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO)
20.00: ‘I-Projector’, performance by Line Ellegaard (DK)
21.00: Imagined Death, performance by Anita Wernstrom (SE)
Tuesday, November 3rd
Sequences 2009- Lecture Series @ the Nordic House.
15.00- 19.00: (made up and let down), seminar with artists Anita Wernstrom (SE), Line Ellegaard (DK), Malin Stahl (SE), Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) & Sofia Dahlgren (SE) and lecture by Dr. Halldór Björn Runófsson (IS)
20.00-23.00: Dinner with screening, music and performances. Catering by Dill Restaurant @ The Nordic House. Guests need to book beforehand at info@losthorse.is
Wednesday, November 4th
Sequences 2009- Lecture Series @ the Nordic House.
15.00 Artist talk with Oblivia (FI)
16.00 Lecture by Magnús Þorbergsson (IS)
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
18.00-22.00: open studios, exhibition and performances @ SIM Seljavegur
This dumb region of the heart by Páll Haukur Björnsson (IS)
American Meat LLC by American Meat LLC (US)
Untitled performance by Maurice Blok (FI)
Thursday, November 5th
15.00 Imagined Death, performance by Anita Wernstrom (SE) @ Lost Horse gallery
17.00: Video Screening Event @ Regnboginn Cinema
Vitaskuld, Auðvitað! by Icelandic Love Corporation (IS)
Four New York Minutes and Ode to An Ode by Curver Thoroddsen (IS)
An Exquisite Corpse in Nikisialka by 16 Icelandic & Polish artists
Sirkus by Bjarni massi (IS), made in collaboration with Kling & bang gallery.
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
20.00: The Mind, performance by Egill Sæbjörnsson (IS) and Marcia Moraes (BR) @ Reykjavik Art Museum- Hafnarhus
Friday, November 6th
15.00 American Meat LLC by American Meat LLC (US) @ Reykjavik Harbour
16.00 For Hairdressing Night by Rita Canarezza & Pier Paolo Coro (IT/RSM), a meeting with Svanbjörg Hróbjartsdóttir, home/hairdresser, Laugarnesvegur 96
17.00: Entertainment Island 2 by Oblivia (FI) @ Iðnó Theatre
18.00: Elsku vinir mínir, Ingibjörg Magnadóttir (IS) @ Iðnó Theatre
20.00-23.00: Evening programme @ Lost Horse gallery
at dusk and continuing: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO)
Comodin Silverhammar Curates, performances with students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts.
Saturday, November 7th
14.00 For Hairdressing Night by Rita Canarezza & Pier Paolo Coro (IT/RSM), a meeting with Svanbjörg Hróbjartsdóttir, home/hairdresser, Laugarnesvegur 96
15.00: PPPTPC – Center for Publicity by Berglind Jóna Hlynsdóttir (IS) & Etienne de France (FR) @ Lækjargata – Mæðragarður
15.00: American Meat LLC by American Meat LLC (US) @ Lækjargata
16.00 – 18.00 Open Masterclass with Ásmundur Ásmundsson and Snorri Ásmundsson (IS) @ MR – Lækjargata
17.00: THE ONE LETTER DELIVERY SHOW, Parfyme (DK) @ Hverfisgata 35 (auga fyrir auga)
at dusk: ‘day for night’, Pernille Leggat Ramfelt (NO) @ Lost Horse gallery
20.00: Closing Party @ The Nordic House
This dumb region of the heart by Páll Haukur Björnsson (IS)
Untitled performance by Maurice Blok (FI).
Feminism, Little Tales of Misogyny by The Spartacus Chetwynd Mime Troupe (UK)
Portrait painting by Dough Warrior, Soren Dahlgaard (DK)