Listhus runs lots of different residencies through the year, but our residency Skammdegi is the biggest one.
It is run by Alice Liu originally from Hong Kong, she lives in Olafsfjordur and is married to Siggy ( Sigurdur Svavarsson ) who I have never met as he is currently on a boat off an African Coast somewhere ( I think ) for 6 weeks.
We are heading to Akureyri for a pre - Skammdegi festival group show. It's Saturday a day when rather strangely there is no bus, so we struggle into various vehicles, there is one too many of us, a miscount somewhere. People get in and out of cars and swap around, slithering and sliding between vehicles. I find it all quite amusing.
Flyers for the Skammdegi Festival in Olafsfjordur - it's on every weekend and opens next Thursday, pop over if you are free, look on the website for further details of each weekend, venues, times, events, exhibitions.
Will Plowman ( musician -Bristol ) sound checking for his performance tonight, sounded really great.
Devon Tipp (composer - New York ) is recording his piece for tonight, sounded brilliant and haunting.
judy-b Onze ( writer - USA) setting up her piece in which she made and read poetry constructed from Icelandic sentences found on signs and labels. It sounded beautiful.
( Devon's recording reflection again ) 
Laura Campbell and Adam Sloan's piece ( interactive art - Liverpool) an interactive sound and visual piece - 4 x repetitious and mesmerising pieces which you could interact with and change.
Jade de Robles Rossdale ( designer - Barcelona /England ) and her lovely piece which is engravings on plexiglass of the cosmos, which changes as you change your position, in this gallery with this simple lighting you need someone either side to be able to view it properly.
Scott Probst (photographer - Australia ) with his big print. I am living with Scot,judy-b and Noemi from Switzerland in the guest house. Scott is doing a lot of printing, in the kitchen, in his bedroom, in the college -anywhere he can, repetitive images which I am intrigued to know more about.
Expect to see more Artists and their work in the future.
Apart from Noemie and me everyone else has been in Olafsfjordur since early December, so they are further on in their projects. But the final festival weekend is 20th - 21st Feb, another 4 weeks !!!! Eeek ! I could do with a few months.
Akureyri street art.
Unfortunately I could not stay for the performances as I was heading to Reykjavik and beyond.
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