Flights were cancelled and we were told we’d be staying in Iceland for the night. But the hotel had no idea we were coming and people started screaming when I fell down, hard, on the ice
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‘It’s beautiful and sad to be a human being’: Ragnar Kjartansson brings ‘the best artwork of the 21st century’ to Australia ⊕
A nine-screen installation with a cult following is one of many highlights in the Icelandic artist’s first major Australian show, at Melbourne’s NGV
In a video recorded by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjar…
40 days ago
Why the EU should be moving heaven and earth to get Iceland into the club | Valérie Hayer ○
Negotiations with Reykjavík risk being bogged down by rigid accession rules. For strategic reasons, Brussels has to learn how to bend a little
Iceland is preparing for a referendum this summer on whet…
46 days ago
Thirst review – member-dismembering Icelandic gore fest rips it up in trashy 80s style ⊖
A 1,000-year-old vampire obsessed with removing men’s genitals is the main storyline in this body horror, filmed in trashy 1980s synth-heavy style
Wibbling willies! This gore fest from Iceland starts …
5 months ago
Lala Lala: Heaven 2 review – brooding alt-popper fights the urge to run ⊖
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Lillie West’s fourth album is a hazy, mid-tempo meditation on escape that gets stuck in a numbing mid-tempo mode – though there is a gorgeous moment of release
Over fidgety, impatient keys, L…
10 months ago
‘Most of this is symbolic’: the new wave of anti-migrant vigilantes in Europe ○
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‘Citizen patrols’ and self-styled protective forces are fuelling social fears and the far right, say experts
Sporting black shirts emblazoned with an iron cross, a dozen or so men marched through the …
13 months ago
‘No one is immune to grief’: the team turning A Single Man into a sexy, grimy, heartbreaking ballet ○
Musician John Grant was blown away by Christopher Isherwood’s 1964 novel, finding deep resonances in its tale of gay love and loss. Now, he’s put songs to choreographer Jonathan Watkins’s new dance a…
15 months ago
Icelandic town and Blue Lagoon spa evacuated after volcanic eruption ○
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Those who have not already left Grindavík warned nearby eruption could be much bigger than 10 since 2021
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The Icelandic town of Grindavík and the nearby tourist attraction t…
17 months ago
The whole Icelandic nation in one face: Ragnar Axelsson’s best photograph ○
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‘Guðjón was kind of angry that day. He was looking for a mink that had been killing his eider ducks. This image opened doors for him, leading to advert and movie work’
I first met Guðjón Þorsteinsson …
1 years ago
‘Women are the best to women’: has Iceland found the antidote to toxic ‘girlboss’ feminism? ○
Fifty years ago, Icelandic women went on strike, kickstarting a gender revolution. Today, the concept of ‘konur eru konum bestar’ is everywhere – including the female-led coalition government
Walking …
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