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EXHIBITIONSArsborealis in Akureyri
On the 29th of August 2012 Geir Kristinn Aðalsteinsson president of the town council of Akureyri opened the first Arsborealis - Art, Culture and History of the Northern Hemisphere exhibition in Akureyri Art Museum - Ketilhús and Ólafur Ragnar Grimsson president of Iceland adressed the opening´s guests. The exhibition is a venue in the celebrations that mark the 150 years anniversary of the town Akureyri in the northern part of Iceland. The exhibition is an introduction to history, culture and art of the people that live in the northertn hemisphere, their isolated life and constant battle with the forces of nature. With the use of multi media it portrays how they use the raw materials at hand to survive and how they have succeeded in using their cultural heritage to make great artwork and fashion items that will hopefully improve the quality of life in the Arctic in the future. Special emphasis will be placed on introducing the exhibition to children and teens because a major factor in the preservation of cultural heritage of the Arctic is to inform its youth. Participants come from Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Nunawut and Norway. The artistic direction and professional responsibility of the exhibition is in the hands of two individuals with vast experience in this field, and they have staged a number of hand craft exhibitions over the last 10 years. Those are Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson, Art Director, and Björn Georg Björnsson, Exhibition Designer. A future plan is to travel with this exhibition to Copenhagen Denmark, Torshavn in the Faroe Islands, Nuuk in Greenland and to Berlin in Germany in the year 2013. More pictures from the opening of the exhibition Video from the exhibition (in Icelandic)
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