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Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir awarded one year residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien

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20.09.2021

Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir awarded one year residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien

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Upcoming deadline for travel grants on the 1st of October

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Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir (@annajuliafridbj

Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir (@annajuliafridbjorns )has been awarded the one year residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien from spring 2022 to spring 2023.

In her work she combines various mediums to explore the intersection between science and culture informed by historical and current politics.

Her work 'Phosphoros' is part of the exhibition Iðavöllur at the Reykjavik Art Museum, on show until the 17th of October.

Image 2: Phosphoros, 2021, photographed by Axel Sigurðsson

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Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson (@libiacastrool

Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson (@libiacastroolafurolafsson ) are showing their “Partial Declaration of Human Wrongs" in public spaces as part of the exhibition 'Art 5 - Art and Democracy' in Munich (@art5.eu ). ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Spot the reformulation of all 30 articles of the Declaration of Human Rights all around the city, at the subway station at Aidenbachstraße, city advertisement surfaces, advertisement columns, and lightboxes. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photo: “Partial Declaration of Human Wrongs" by Libia Castro and Ólafur Ólafsson in Venice, 2016. Courtesy of @fromthecityvenice⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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(ID: Text of the artwork "Partial Declaration of Human Wrongs" printed on a salmon coloured background covering the ground of an outdoors plaza, surrounded by buildings and some trees) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Sequences real time art festival (@sequences_art_f

Sequences real time art festival (@sequences_art_festival ) will be held between October 15th and 24th, 2021. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The first festival was in 2006. It aims to be a scene for progressive art with a special focus on temporal media. The public is offered an insight into new trends in contemporary Icelandic art and there is also great focus on contact with international artists and the import of exciting new work into the country.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The festival is organised by the artist-run exhibition spaces Kling & Bang and The Living Art Museum, The Icelandic Art Centre, and a council of specialists, manned by artists and independent parties who are active on the artist-run scene in Reykjavík each time.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Find out more about this year's Sequences on our bio link. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Photo: A still from the film Munnhola, obol ombra houp-là (a series of performances ) by artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir (@astafanney_art ) which will will be premiered on the opening day of the festival in Bíó Paradís (@bioparadis ).⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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The upcoming deadline for travel grant application

The upcoming deadline for travel grant applications is on the 1st of October. Visit the link on our bio to apply.

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