Being in Iceland in September means you miss the majority of festivals and things which happen in the towns and villages - most things are in the short summer period. However, in Ólafsfjördur, yesterday they had a "sheep rounding up" event for the whole village. This is basically to get everyone involved with getting the sheet down from the fields to a central area and then to identify and divide the sheep so that they can be taken by their owners and kept closer to their farms. Children allowed out of school and everyone around in a generally jolly mood which included a stampede of people and sheep to get them into their holding pen.
Later on, we had planned small informal presentations of the artists present in the Listhús. I had thought this would be a good idea to find out what everyone else was doing and their background - so we all agreed to participate and invited Alice, who is in charge of the running of the residency, accompanied by her partner Siggy and another artist staying in the village. I had long wanted to try out a presentation of my work in the "Pechakucha" style, more info.. This is basically a format for presenting of having 20 images and 20 seconds to talk about each. It takes a bit of preparation but I enjoyed this and found it useful for being concise and getting to the point in talking about my work and intentions. It was engaging to hear the things behind the other artists´ practice and what background they had. Check out their websites through the Listhús website here.
With just over 2 weeks left here time is passing quickly but with enough time left to make progress in what I am working on.
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