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In recent years or since Guðný graduated from her ceramic studies at Reykjavík School of Visual Arts she has worked on diverse pieces in clay, both in her teachings and her own artistic expression. Guðný has taken her time to get to know the clay as a medium and now works with “wild clay” that […]

Nothing is real

Matthias Engler is a musician, artist, producer, curator and project manager. He studied classical percussion at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and contemporary chamber music at the International Ensemble Modern Academy in Frankfurt am Main. In 2004 he founded the Ensemble Adapter in Berlin, together with harpist Gunnhildur Einarsdóttir. He works as artistic director, general manager […]

ANDSKOTANS HÁVAÐI (riffasúpa ræflarokkarans)

This year’s Hamraborg Festival will feature Curver Thoroddsen’s sound installation Bloody Racket (a punk rock cacophony) in Hamraborg’s garage.The installation consists of 10 loudspeakers spread around the space, each repeating a prominent riff from Icelandic punk songs in a loop over and over again. Combined, loops from the speakers generate “a bloody racket”, which is […]

Cornucopia

I´m making a party!Guests: MeFoodorganizing: Everything I have desired to eat in last 40 weeks.Theme: Total abandonI am a host. A host which suddenly became public property. Others have opinions on how I treat my body, what I put into myself. But that does not matter. That does not matter because I cannot eat anything. […]

Óður til hávaða // Ljósið og ruslið

In this monumental concert the film Hamraborgin: Ode to noise will be premiered. The film by Úlfur Eldjárn and Patrik Ontkovic is based on Eldjárn’s musical piece which in turn is inspired by Hamraborg and the vibrant musical scene of Kópavogur. (Read more below) Also premiering is the dimensional performance and musical work, Ljósið og […]

KÁHH greining

How often have you wondered who you really are? At KÁHH we have developed the perfect process so you can discover you inner truth. Are you a kisuhnappur, álfahnappur, kisuhestur or álfahestur? Let´s find out together and take the step to deeper self-discovery and happiness in life! *ੈ✩‧₊˚ All mankind can fit into a fairly […]

Back to the roots 2

A performance where we try to achieve the vibe from the beginning of Icelandic rap. Performance by: Anton Lyngdal Life Freestyle Beatboxer: Ernir Leo Hlynsson 1# Freestyle rapper: Opes701 2nd Freestyle rapper: Marlon Pollock Camera / Editing: Atli Sigurjónsson 2nd camera: Þorkell Valur

Open workstudio

Saturday 26. august between 15:00 and 17:00 Ólöf Erla opens her workstudio for guests in Hamraborg 1.Ólöf Erla Bjarnadóttir is a ceramicist and has for decades run her own ceramic studio, where she has worked with porcelain, throwing, hand-building and casting. During that time she has developed her own methods and ideas, relating for instance […]

Kraftverk

Kraftverk is an improvisation dance collective formed by artists Anna Kolfinna Kuran, Elín Signý Weywadt Ragnarsdóttir, Elísabet Birta Sveinsdóttir, Gígja Jónsdóttir and Guðrún Selma Sigurjónsdóttir who all completed their BA-degrees in contemporary dance from Iceland University of the Arts in 2013. The collective has been making improvised dance performances since 2015 and for Hamraborg Festival […]

Apex Anima & FRZNTE

Apex Anima & FRZNTE perform a highly energetic audio-visual show, mixing live music, pole dance, visuals and lazers. Apex Anima plays her most recent electronic gems, collected on her far-reaching, interdimensional road trips, mined with careful ethereal labour.FRZNTE combines pole dancing with tech noir aesthetics, creating a dream-like experience that celebrates the human body and […]

Punk Concert

CAUTION:Fræbbblarnir, Dr. Gunni, Sóðaskapur, Boobsweatgang and After Party Angel play at the biggest punk-concert of the year. Hamraborg has always been the capitol of punk in Iceland, if not the world, and on this concert the oldest and youngest punkbands gather to cause permanent damage to your ears. Doors: 19:00First band: 20:00Free of charge! Afterparty […]

Diálogo de Piedras

CURRO RODRÍGUEZ & FLAARYRCurro Rodrígez and Flaaryr (Diego Manatrizio) are two artists based in Reykjavík who have found connecting points in their seemingly very different artistic practices and backgrounds.Flaaryr, born in Argentina in 1993, is an experimental musician in a constant search for new sounds and sources,performing on objects that are not conventionally considered to […]