RAFSKINNA NEWS

Ennimánaskin 4

2010-01-19T11:47:00.002Z

Sýningarstjóri Ennismánaskins að þessu sinni er Tinna Grétarsdóttir mannfræðingur.
Myndin sem Tinna deilir með gestum Ennismánaskins heiter Sans Soleil frá árinu 1983 eftir hinn franska Chris Marker, einn merkasta heimildarmyndaleikstjóra síðustu aldar. Sans Soleil er eitt þekktasta verk Marker og að auki stórskemmtileg tilraun hans með heimildarmyndarformið þannig að myndina er einnig hægt að kalla huglæga ferðasögu, heimspekiessíu eða nokkurs konar mannfræðistúdíu. Hvað sem flokkuninni líður er Sans Soleil gullfallegt ferðalag bæði í tíma og rúmi sem varpar áhorfandanum á milli Japan, Guinea-Bissau, Íslands og San Fransisco. Myndin er þó öðru fremur stúdía og vangavelta í því hvernig maðurinn byggir og endurskapar minni sitt og hvernig utanaðkomandi þættir hafa áhrif á minnið.

Russian Ark at Bakkus dec. 16th 10pm

2009-12-16T00:20:00.002Z

Sýningastjóri Ennimánaskins að þessu sinni er Ragnheiður Kristín Pálsdóttir, sérleg áhugakona um rússneskar kvikmyndir. Ragnheiður bjó um tíma í Rússlandi og stúderaði rússneska sögu og tungumál. Myndin sem hún mun deila með gestum heitir Russian Ark frá árinu 2002 eftir leikstjórann Alexander Sokurov. Myndin er skotin í einni töku í vetrarhöllinni í Pétursborg sem hýsir Hermitage listasafnið. Áhorfandanum er boðið í ferðalag um safnið en um leið gegnum sögu Rússlands 300 ár aftur í tímann þar sem Katrín mikla, Pétur mikli og skáldið Púskin koma við sögu meðal annarra. Í myndinni eru tveir sögumenn sem eiga samtal; Rússi og franskur aristókrati að nafni Marquis. Marquis heimsótti Rússland árið 1893 og skrifaði um ferðalagið mikla bók. Í gegnum myndina, söguna og safnið eiga þeir samtal um Rússland ofl.

Myndin er mikið augnakonfekt og merkileg fyrir það að vera tekin í einu skoti en hafa samt mörg lög af merkingu. Hún er fallega tekin og andrúmloftið sérstakt. Myndin fékk mjög góða dóma og vakti athygli í Evrópu en náði ekki í gegn í Hollywood.

The Berlin Launch

2009-12-05T23:09:00.003Z

Thanks to all who came to our launch of issue nr.3 at WMF last night. It was a blast.

On the screens from left to right: Inga Birgisdóttir (nr.1 - Fish), Hjaltalín Live Performance (nr.2 - House) and Assume Vivid Astro Focus (nr.3 - Reflections).

Launch of Rafskinna nr.3 in Berlin

2009-12-02T17:47:00.003Z

For those of you in Berlin tomorrow (3rd december 09) Rafskinna and Motto distribution will be launching Rafskinna's 3rd issue Reflections at Home.
see following links:

http://www.mottodistribution.com/site/?p=3140

http://berlin.unlike.net/event_occurrences/107451-HOME-presents-RAFSKINNA

Into Eternity wins at CPH:DOX

2009-12-02T12:19:00.005Z

Michael Madsen, who's short documentary city portraid Copenhagen Statistics is featured in Rafskinna nr.3 - Reflections, is the winner of Politikens Audience Awards at CPH:DOX 2009.

Follow the links below and get a glimps of the future which looks to us to be even better than it sounds:

Finland is building the world's first final resting place for nuclear waste. The waste must be left untouched for at least 100.000 years, The builders must take into account climate change, natural disasters, human oblivion – and maybe worst of all – human curiosity. Into Eternity is a documentary vision on time and a group portrait of the pioneers planning for eternity and trying to figure out how best to communicate with an unknown future human race.

Captivating, wondrous and extremely frightening, this feature documentary takes viewers on a journey never seen before into the underworld and into the future.
Director: Michael Madsen
Magic Hour Films 2009

http://intoeternitythemovie.com/
youtube

Rafskinna @ Artbooks

2009-10-28T23:37:00.003Z

Rafskinna 3 is now available at Artbooks @ X Initiative and Artbooks @ P.S.1

Rafskinna on Nordisk Panorama 2009

2009-09-28T21:27:00.009Z

Guests at Nordisk Panorama this year get the opportunity to view a selection of material from all three issues of Rafskinna already published or made by Rafskinna´s artists in past and present. If you are in Reykjavik, Don´t miss it!
Sunday 27th September 14:00 - 16:00, Reykjavík Art Museum Tuesday 29th September 15:00 - 17:00, Reykajvík Art Museum
Rafskinna´s Program:

Börnin okkar
Kristján Loðmfjörð / 8 min
Remix of the Icelandic classic Börn Náttúrunnar by Friðrik Þór Friðriksson.

Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist
Marie Losier / 25 min
A portrait of the avant-garde director Tony Conrad.

Empty Space
Nico Muhly / 4 min
Live performance, produced by Rafskinna.

Did You See my Fathers Grave?
Jukka Kärkkäinen / 4 min
A portrait of Helsinki.

Statistics of Copenhagen
Michael Madsen / 2 min
A portrait of Copenhagen.

Mansöngur
Inga Birgisdóttir / 1 min
Video by Inga Birgisdóttir,

The Secrets of Hreinn Friðfinnsson
Hreinn Friðfinnsson / 10 min
 Documentary on the artist Hreinn Friðfinnsson´s secret collection. Produced by Rafskinna.

Aimex-vous avec ferveur  Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir / 2 min Recording of the instillation of the artist Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir aka Shoplifter and avaf, in a large street  level window of MOMA, Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Hvalalíf
Kristján Loðmfjörð / 8 min
A remix of the Icelandic classic Nýtt Líf by Þráinn Bertelsson.

Throwing Paint Tins off the Roof
Vibeke Bryld / 21 min
A poetic documentary about community, architecture and social changes.

Emilíana Torrini – 200 Kóp
Rafskinna / 5 min
Emiliana gives Rafskinna a glimps into her childhood in Kópavogur.

Up and About Again
Suomi Vuäänäen / 10 min
An experimental film about negotiating the road of life.

Drumsolo: Ólafur Björn Ólafsson
Rafskinna / 3 min
 Ólafsson is a drummer who has played with various bands. Among others: Múm, Emiliana Torrini, Kanada,  Unun and Yukatan.

Nordisk Panorama - 5 Cities Film Festival has for several years been a vital stop on the international film festival circuit - famous for its´ cultural importance and creativity, and recognized as a good place to find new, soulful, cutting-edge work. Taking the pulse on the current Nordic short film & documentary scene, the festival creates a vibrant meeting-point for filmmakers, distributors, financiers and audience alike! Since 1989 the festival has rotated annually between the five Nordic countries Sweden, Iceland, Norway, Denmark and Finland and this years festival host city is Reykjavik in Iceland.

3 voices - 3 occasions

2009-02-13T15:24:00.004Z

On the exhibition ipseity -- abeyance opening in The Nordic House at 19:30 tonight will premiere a short film made for Rafskinna’s next issue, shot in Icelands half-built Music Hall in January. Inspired by the roofless, freezing cold building, composer Nico Muhly wrote a new piece for trombone for this occasion. Helgi Hrafn Jónsson performed, laying down three seperate voices, so the piece didn’t take form until mixed in studio. In addition to the premiere of Nico’s composition one could say that the Music Hall will be making its first (and only?) appearance as an agitator in Icelandic music scene.
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our homepage

2008-12-30T04:57:00.002Z

It the twilight zone called christmas we have been updating our website, so don't be alarmed although you will notice some strange behaviour on this site. It's all for the better.

A triple win for Wanderlust

2008-11-20T16:28:00.008Z

Wanderlust, Björks video featured in our House issue wins three awards at the UK MVA - best art direction in a video, best indie/alternative video and video of the year.

Release party 3rd july behind Sirkus

2008-07-01T22:32:00.002Z

Rafskinna @ Smekkleysa.net

2008-01-07T08:10:00.000Z

Rafskinna is now available on-line through smekkleysa.net. This means our website is now fully working and ready to undergo an overhaul in conjunction to the publication of our next issue.

Rafskinna — Airwaves

2007-10-15T03:41:00.000Z

Rafskinna featured in Afterhours

2007-10-08T03:35:00.000Z

The Oh-so-good japanese Afterhours magazine dug into the Icelandic music scene and Rafskinna is very pleased to be among the artists covered in their latest issue [N(Y)ICELAND]. Together with article on Rafskinna a special edition of Rafskinna # 1 - Fiskur - makes up the coverage of Icelands only DVD Magazine.

Release Party

2007-07-08T03:16:00.000Z

Rafskinna’s 1st release party was held at Sirkus 30th june this summer and Borðið catering service was in charge of food and wine. We feel obliged to tell you these servings were absolutely mind-numbing so if you’re planning a party with food and wine which also are a piece of art than talk to Borðið. We did and we will again.