SATURDAY, 15 MAY
Inland/Outland – Iceland
Svavar Jónatansson and Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson
aceartinc.
2−290 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg
8pm, Free Admission

If you can’t get your hands on one of those Iceland Express direct-to-Reykjavik flights but you’ve always wanted to go, Svavar Jónatansson’s epic photographic examination of Iceland’s wild periphery, an intricately woven immersive multiple projection presentation is the antidote.   Accompanied by an evocative soundtrack composed by acclaimed GusGus lead singer Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson. Both artists will be in attendance.

Svavar Jónatansson started photography in his teens. Shooting this and that during his early years, he moved towards a focus on people, photographing intimate personal relationships and documentary-style photography of musicians and artist, as well as street photography during travels in Europe, Israel and USA. He has written articles on his travels for the Icelandic newspaper Morgunblaðið, as well as for a series of travel blogs.

Svavar’s work with renowned nature photographer James Balog has influenced his ideas and approach to photography. the present culmination of all that is him, has past, present and possible future, comes together in his latest work, Inland/Outland-Iceland. Svavar studies sociology and anthropology at the University of Iceland, and the Núna(now) presentation of Inland/Outland-Iceland will represent his first ever public exhibition.

Inland/Outland-Iceland will be performed at aceartinc. on Saturday, May 15. A Q&A with the artist will follow.

http://inlandoutland.squarespace.com/

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Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson is an Iceland solo artist and lead singer of the bands GusGus, Nýdönsk and Esja. Daníel Ágúst has been part of the local and international music scene for twenty years; in 1989 he participated in the Eurovision Song Contest for Iceland with the song Það sem enginn sér. He finished in 22nd place, scoring no points.

Daníel took a break from GusGus in the year 2000, and has acted on stage and screen and composed music for film, dance and television. His first solo album, Swallowed a Star, was released in 2005. He rejoined GusGus with the releases of Forever in 2007 and 24/7 in 2009, touring extensively in Europe. He is currently working on his second solo album.

Daníel will be performing solo on Thursday May 13th at Plug In ICA. He’ll also perform his original score to Svavar Jónatansson’s Inland/Outland-Iceland at aceartinc. on Saturday, May 15.

artist’s website: http://www.myspace.com/danielagust

for a full schedual of the festival please visit: http://www.nunanow.com/