Performance Night| Improv for Dance Enthusiasts
Improv for Dance Enthusiasts invites you to a night of misbehaviour at Gerðarsafn! In collaboration with the audience, the performers will explore what it means to challenge norms while maintaining care, clarity, and consent. The evening will be facilitated by the collective Inprov for Dance Enthusiasts, who will proved the audience with tools to engage […]
Guided tour with curators | Hörður
Welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition Hörður with curators Brynja Sveinsdóttir and Studio Studio (Arnar Freyr Guðmundsson and Birna Geirfinnsdóttir) on Wednesday April 29th at 12:15 at Gerðarsafn. Admission is free and all are welcome! Hörður Ágústsson (1922-2005) was a leading figure in the fields of art, design, teaching and research. He had […]
GETA | Love Your Neighbour | Rainy Siagian
Love Your Neighbour is a communal embroidery work of Rainy Siagian’s in which participants gather around a shared table to stitch together while sharing conversations about home — what it means, how it feels to move, what it means to leave, and how a new one can be created. Through the process of making together, […]
Workshop | Looking at, Thinking about, and Writing on Art | Jón Proppé
Welcome to the workshop Looking at, Thinking about, and Writing on Art with Jón Proppé on Thursday, April 30, from 18:00–21:00. In this workshop, Jón will explore different approaches to analyzing and writing about visual art. Participants will look at artworks from various perspectives, and explore what it means to interpret a work and communicate […]
Lecture | Studio Studio about Hörður’s graphic design
A warm welcome to a lecture by Studio Studio (Arnar Freyr Guðmundsson and Birna Geirfinnsdóttur) on graphic design by Hörður April 18th at 14:00 o‘clock. „Hörður Ágústsson (1922–2005) had a productive career in graphic design and was one of the principal trailblazers of new ideas in graphic design in Iceland. He also made an important […]
Leiðsögn | Jón Proppé
Verið velkomin á leiðsögn listheimspekingsins Jóns Proppé um sýninguna Hörður miðvikudaginn 8. apríl klukkan 12:15. Hörður Ágústsson (1922-2005) nálgaðist myndlist, hönnun, rannsóknir og kennslu af heildrænni hugsun. Hugsun sem var fjarri því að vera einföld eða línuleg heldur bar með sér löngun til að má út skil á milli ólíkra listgreina til að finna sameiginlegan […]
Guided Tour | Jón Proppé
A warm welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition Hörður with art philosopher Jón Proppé on Wednesday, April 8th at 12:15 PM. Hörður Ágústsson (1922-2005) was a leading figure in the fields of art, design, teaching and research. He had a formative influence on the development of geometric abstract art in Iceland, as well […]
Workshop | Crown Making
Tassels, feathers, ribbons, and straw!Join us as we create fun and colorful crowns from a variety of playful materials. All materials will be provided on-site and participation is free of charge. Instructor: Systa Lárusdóttir
Forms Speak Together – We Build a World
Welcome to the workshop Forms Speak Together – We Build a World at Gerðarsafn on Saturday, March 28th from 1–3 PM.In the workshop, participants will play freely with basic shapes. Each participant will create a three‑dimensional sculpture or structure using paper and tape.The workshop instructor is visual artist Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir. The exhibition presents […]
Lecture | Studio Studio about Dieter og Hörður
“When Roth visited Hörður and showed him his work, Hörður immediately saw that cutting-edge ideas in graphic design and art were being brought to Iceland.” Welcome to a lecture by Studio Studio (Arnar Freyr Guðmundsson and Birna Geirfinnsdóttir) on the collaboration and influence of Dieter Roth and Hörður Ágústsson the 18th of March at 18:00. […]
Colorfocus with Eygló Harðardóttir
Visual perception and speculations on the relativity of color are the central themes in Eygló Harðardóttir’s guided tour of the exhibition Hörður. The focus will be on the mutual influence colors have on one another in selected works by Hörður Ágústsson, comparing the color use of the works and examining their differing color effects and […]
Guided tour | Ingunn Fjóla about Hörður’s forms and colors
Ingunn Fjóla Ingþórsdóttir, artist, guides guests through the exhibition Hörður from the perspective of color and form theory. The exhibition presents works by Hörður that reflect his approach to form and color theory from 1955–1978. Within his formal exploration one can sense the space where the architect and the poet intertwine, where the researcher and […]