Category Music and the Arts

Icelandair collaborates with DJ Margeir and Gus Gus

Icelandic electronica pioneers Gus Gus and prolific DJ, DJ Margeir have teamed up with Icelandair to create a musical revamp of its in-flight entertainment system in order to improve the airline’s customer travel experience.

DJ Margeir is contributing to Icelandair’s in-flight entertainment system, where he has selected 40 albums and created 7 unique playlists comprising of the most exciting Icelandic and international music. This is to create a more personally passenger experience instead of listening to top 40 hits that seem as randomly compiled as an iTunes DJ. Read more

Celebrate the Tribeca Film Festival with the Tribeca Grand Hotel’s Director’s Cut Package

Tribeca Grand HotelThe Tribeca Grand Hotel is reaching out to all aspiring film-makers with their ‘Director’s Cut Package’, so those interested in the Tribeca Film Festival can make the best of their visit. The festival runs from April 20th until May 1st, so be sure to take advantage of the Tribeca Grand’s innovative hotel package.

The adventure begins upon arrival when guests are given a Flip Ultra HD Digital Video Camcorder and can take to the streets to film in the city that has been the backdrop for countless cultural masterpieces and a favorite haunt for legendary film icons like Woody Allen, Scorsese, De Niro, and Coppola. Read more

The importance of storybook writing

A family vacation. A day on the beach. Adventures with a favorite stuffed animal. A magical carpet ride to a mysterious and undiscovered land. Story writing transcribes a young learner’s vivid perspective in such astonishing ways that spoken words cannot. It facilitates self-expression by tapping into each child’s imagination and fusing it with creative language.

Story writing encourages children to engage in active and independent creative thinking. But it also teaches students how to employ logic and consider the methodical succession of events and situations within a story. Story writing promotes organization skills and rational thought processes. To take it a step further, events in a story can be completely restructured to convey a different theme, moral or point of view. For instance, the story of ‘Goldilocks and The Three Bears’ follows a linear sequential timing of events. As an exercise, ask your child to retell the story from Goldilock’s perspective in first person narrative. The story structure may change completely into a series of flashbacks accompanied with present day self-reflection. Read more

Aumenta la demanda de excursiones de aventura en Islandia debido a la publicidad a través del cine

Como los amantes del cine sabrán, Islandia es una de las principales localizaciones de rodaje de películas de aventuras a nivel mundial. En películas como “Die Another Day”, “Lara Croft: Tomb Raider” y “Batman Begins” aparecen escenas rodadas en distintos lugares de la isla. Esta publicidad positiva ha provocado un aumento de la demanda de excursiones de aventura y escapadas de fin de semana en Islandia.

Las personas que busquen emociones fuertes pueden disfrutar de rutas por un glaciar en una moto de nieve o un súper todoterrenos por Vatnajokull o practicar rafting en las turbulentas aguas glaciales de Jokulsarlon. Otra aventura única es una excursión en quad por las playas de arena negra de Sudurfjorur. En este lugar podrá disfrutar del bello paisaje del sur de Islandia, al mismo tiempo que se enfrenta a una apasionante experiencia de conducción todoterreno a una velocidad de vértigo. Read more

Le tourisme d‘aventure en Islande en expension grâce à l’industrie du film

Comme le savent déjà les cinéphiles, l‘Islande est un lieu de tournage idéal et unique au monde pour les films d‘aventures; des films tels que «  Meurs un autre jour », « Lara Croft : Tomb Raider » ou bien « Batman Begins », contiennent tous des scènes qui ont été tournées dans divers paysages islandais. Cette mise en valeur a créé un engouement pour le voyage aventure en Islande de même que pour des escapades le temps d’un long week-end en Islande.

Les personnes à la recherche de sensation fortes pourront faire un tour en scooter des neiges ou en 4×4 sur Vatnajokull, le plus grand glacier d’Europe, ou bien encore naviguer sur les eaux glacées de Jokulsarlon. Une ballade en quad sur les plages de sable noir de Sudurfjordur constitue également une expérience unique au monde, où vous pourrez à la fois admirer les paysages fabuleux du Sud de l’Islande tout en vous déplaçant en véhicule tout terrain à une vitesse vertigineuse. Read more

Certificate of Merit awarded to Oddi Printing at Premier Print Awards 2010

During this year’s Premier Print Awards, the graphic arts industry’s most prestigious printing competition, Iceland based printing company, Oddi Printing was awarded with a Certificate of Merit for its art books, ‘Terence Koh’ and ‘Show’. The judges awarded Oddi after examining thousands of entries from printing and graphic arts firms around the world.

“Each year, the field of entries brings impressive work from some of the best printers in the world. Only a small number of companies receive an award. The craftsmanship and hard work of Oddi enabled them to produce an award-winning piece in the face of some very stiff competition,” commented Michael Makin, president and CEO of Printing Industries of America. Read more

Confirmado el concierto de Robyn en el festival Iceland Airwaves

Robyn, la princesa sueca del electropop, ha confirmado su actuación en el próximo festival Iceland Airwaves, que se celebrará entre los días 13 y 17 de octubre en distintos locales del centro de Reikiavik, la capital de Islandia.

Robyn es una de los numerosos artistas internacionales que tienen previsto participar en este evento de cinco días de duración. El festival de este año será el mayor de todos los celebrados hasta la fecha, con más de 250 bandas confirmadas, 180 de las cuales son islandesas.

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Iceland Airwaves: Concierto de música islandesa e internacional para atraer a miles de amantes de la música

El próximo concierto en Islandia, Iceland Airwaves, está preparado para atraer a miles de amantes de la música a la capital musical más septentrional del mundo: Reykjavik; y con la mayor parte del programa ya anunciado, la edición de Airwaves de este año será tan espectacular como siempre.

Iceland Airwaves, que se celebrará entre el 13 y el 17 de octubre, ha anunciado las actuaciones internacionales de Robyn, Rolo Tomassi, Mount Kimbie, The Antlers, así como los islandeses favoritos: Agent Fresco, Seabear, Reykjavik!, Minus y Sudden Weather Change. Durante cinco días, los visitantes se sorprenderán por el ambiente festivo del centro de Reykjavik y se animarán a unirse al mismo.

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Tausende Musikliebhaber zieht es nach Island zum Konzert-Event Iceland Airwaves

Die Hauptstadt Islands, Reykjavik, ist darauf vorbereit, tausende Musikfans zum bevorstehenden Iceland Airwaves Konzert zu empfangen. Die Bandaufstellung für Iceland Airwaves in diesem Jahr ist bekannt gegeben worden und es sieht so aus, als würde das Musikevent in der nördlichst gelegenen Musikhauptstadt der Welt so spektakulär wie nie zuvor werden.

Iceland Airwaves findet zwischen dem 13. und 17. Oktober statt. Diese fünf Tage werden Reykjaviks Besucher von der Partyatmosphäre im Stadtzentrum von Reykjavik überrascht und ermutigt sich ihr anzuschließen. Angekündigt sind die internationalen Sänger Robyn, The Antlers, Rolo Tomassi und Mount Kimbie. Außerdem werden die isländischen Favoriten Seabear, Agent Fresco, Reykjavik!, Sudden Weather Change und Minus bei dem Konzert-Event auftreten. Read more

Disenchanted ex-Private Secretary publishes extraordinary novel: The Night Traveller by MJ Maguire

Mark Maguire, previously Principal Private Secretary to the Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales Lord Elis-Thomas, has published a fascinating angst-ridden novel.

He left the Assembly in 2004 following protracted disputes with the Permanent Secretary and First Minister Rhodri Morgan. During a period fraught with institutional squabbles he regularly briefed the Prince of Wales on the situation in the Assembly and in his dealings with a wide range of public figures was privy to many confidences. He left in deep disillusionment and has devoted his efforts to his writing. The Night Traveller is a dark solipsist novel concerning an Intellectual Property lawyer whose insights into the places and lives of people about him signal the onset of a psychological crisis.

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