Margrét Iversen /// Magga is an visual artist, graduated from the Jutland Art Academy in 2013. She mostly works with sculptures with an element of sound or movement.
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Una Sigtryggsdóttir
Duration is a self-contained performing object.
Una Sigtryggsdóttir is an artist based in Reykjavík. Her work breaks apart the apparent dichotomy between objective time(mechanisms such as clocks and calendars) and subjective time(perceived changes and experiences), choosing to focus on how these two methods of keeping time may intersect. In her work, flipbooks, shadows on draped fabric, and changes in Gross Domestic Product are equally valid as measures of time. These and other time-metric constructs are folded into her sculptures, videos, installations and music.
Árni Jónsson & Rúnar Örn Jóhönnu Marinósson
It is true! Live Action Sculpture?
Following instructions delivered by Árni Jónsson via digital communication, Rúnar Örn will create a brand new sculpture live in front of the audience using various power tools.
Árni Jónsson and Rúnar Örn Jóhönnu Marinósson graduated together from the Fine Arts department of the Iceland University of the Arts in 2016. This will be their first collaborative work.
KverK
KverK is an experimental and immersive musical performance based on live electronics, real-time sampling and processing.
Tom Manoury develops interactive tools and intuitive interfaces allowing great performing freedom. Seeking to break the rigid and sequenced environment often inherent to computer-based music, he creates his music in a very organic way, producing an eclectic and personal sound.
Steinunn Arnardóttir
Steinunn has been a part of the Native Instruments team for over 8 years and currently heads up Research and Data related topics as a part of the Engineering Director team. Previously she was a part of NI’s Research team as a DSP Developer where she worked on audio effects such as compressors, limiters, reverbs and filters for most of Native’s product range, including Maschine, Traktor, GuitarRig and Kontakt. She received a B.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2006 from University of Iceland, M.A. in Music Science and Technology in 2008 and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 2010, both from Stanford University.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steinunn-arnardottir
Twitter: @steinunnarn
Andri Björgvinsson: Flómagi 1
Andri Björgvinsson brings various skrapatól to assist with the performance of his piece, Flómagi 1.
Andri Björgvinsson is an artist living in Reykjavík.
Sól Ey & Jesus Canuto Iglesias: Material/Matter
Material/Matter is a performance deriving from the work and research of Sól Ey and Jesus Canuto Iglesias. The performance uses sound sculptures of metal inspired by industrial machinery and its undesired artefacts. It explores the sonic and physical relationship of the sculptures and the performer. By playing with light, movements and space the performer is in control of playing the sculptures as instruments, exploring the inherent sound of the industrial and the beauty within the mass of noise.
Jesus Canuto Iglesias is a Spanish multiplatform artist currently living in The Hague. By making use of mediums and technologies he creates installations which experiment with different phenomena derived from the misguided perception of humans. He uses these common dualities or misunderstandings as a main topic in his works. He has a Masters degree in Advertisement and Fashion Photography from TAI University Center of the Arts and a Master Degree in Conceptual photography from EFTI in Madrid. He is currently studying Artscience in the Royal Academy of Arts of The Hague.
Sól Ey is an Icelandic sound artist, performer and instrument maker based in The Hague. Her work focuses on interdisciplinary approach to sound explores the possibilities of interactivity, new media and the connection between sound and space. By composing and creating new electronic instruments she looks for ways to expand the expressional possibilities of musical performance to be visual, physical or interactive. She is currently studying composition and sonology at the Royal Conservatoire of The Hague.
2018 Dates!
The RAFLOST festival will be held in Reykjavík, various locations, in collaboration with the Iceland Academy of the Arts, and Mengi venue for art and performance on the 24th – 26th of May 2018.
The RAFLOSTi workshop is open for students of the IAA, and through Opni Listaháskólinn anyone who wants to attend can apply here: http://www.lhi.is/opni-listahaskolinn
Artist that are interested in performing at the RAFLOST festival 2018, please send an email to:
r a f l o s t @ r a f l o s t . i s
Schedule 2017
Monday 22nd of May – Friday 26th
- Workshop for students of the Iceland Art Academy, IAA Visual Art Building*
Wednesday 24th of May
- 13:00 – Troy Rogers presents his percussion robots, IAA Visual Art Building*
Thursday 25th of May
- 20:00 – Robot Concert, Sölvhóll Concert Hall**
Friday 26th of May
- 13:00 – Amy Knoles, Electronic Percussion Workshop, Sölvhóll Concert Hall**
- 17:00 – Student Workshop Performance, IAA Visual Art Building*
- 20:00 – Amy Knoles, Monika Fryčová and Vasco Costa, Sölvhóll Concert Hall**
Saturday 27th of May
- 13:00-17:00 – Modular Meetup, Sölvhóll Concert Hall**
- 20:00 – Performance Evening, Sölvhóll Concert Hall**
* IAA Visual Art Building is at Laugarnesvegur 91
** Sölvhóll Concert Hall is behind Sölvhólsgata 13, in a gray unmarked house, by Skúlagata
Slugz & Destiny
áslaug magnúsdóttir/slugz and ásthildur ákadóttir/destiny are going to perform the trio TRIO III three persons.
,, … it’s an experience that might fail”
Vasco Costa [PT]
Vasco Caetano Costa. 1977. Lives and work in Lisbon.
MA in Drawing and Printing Techniques, FBAUP, University of Oporto, Oporto 2011
B.A. in Sculpture ESTGAD, Caldas da Rainha, 2002
Agnes Ársælsdóttir & Antonia González Alarcón
Agnes and Antonia are developing a new tool for measuring the impact of presence in a space at a given time.
Agnes Ársælsdóttir is currently studying Fine Art in The Icelandic Academy of the Arts. Her work is often in collaboration with the audience, sometimes to the extent that the piece itself would not exist without them. She has recently been working with sensors that detect movement, making the audience trigger sound.
Antonia González Alarcón is a Chilean artist currently based in Mexico. Her works focus on how people make themselves present in the world and how we can leave a testimony of our existence, through different interactive pieces.
RAFLOSTi Workshop
The RAFLOSTi student workshop will start on monday 22nd of May and finish on friday 26th with an event of performances and installations at the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Laugarnesvegur 91 at 17:00.
It is open for students through the IAA: www.lhi.is
Further information: raflost at raflost dot is
Dates 2017
The RAFLOST festival will be taking place from the 25th until 27th of May in various locations in Reykjavík. The schedule will be announced soon.
Hebocon rules
Here is more info on the HEBOCON robot contest.
There are still space left for few contestants, so if you’re interested please contact Sam Rees ( s a m t r e e s @ g m a i l . c o m )
Participants should read these documents carefully:
Schedule 2016
Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/262718380742548/
Workshops:
- Raflosti Workshop (monday-saturday, Iceland Academy of the Arts, students only)
- T-EMP Workshop (monday-tuesday, Iceland Academy of the Arts, students only)
- The Altar of Algorithmic Noise Workshop (saturday at 15:00, Mengi, OPEN FOR PUBLIC)
Events:
Wednesday, May 25th:
20:00 CONCERT, Iceland Academy of the Arts, Sölvhóll concert hall, Sölvhólsgata 13 (Skúlagötumegin)
Improvised electroacoustic music performance by T-EMP ensemble. Free entrance.
Thursday, May 26th:
17:00 RAFLOST OPENING – Mengi, Óðinsgötu 2
Installations, Performances, Electronic Poetry and more works by artists such as Páll Ivan frá Eiðum, Sam Rees, Arnar Ómarsson, Nicolas Kunysz, Dodda Maggý, Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir, Jón Örn Loðmfjörð, Sigrún Jónsdóttir, Erik Parr, Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir, Halldór Úlfarsson and Hlynur Aðils Vilmarsson. Free entrance.
21:00 CONCERT – Mengi, Óðinsgötu 2
Electronic music by Jóhannes G. Þorsteinsson, Arnljótur Sigurðsson and Þórður Kári Steinþórsson. 2000 ISK (or festival pass)
Friday, May 27th:
17:00 RAFLOSTI – Iceland Academy of the Arts, Laugarnesvegi 91
Student Workshop Performance. Free entrance.
21:00 CONCERT, Mengi, Óðinsgötu 2
Electronic Music Performance by Jari Suominen and Audio/Visual Performance by Haraldur Karlsson and Daniel Schorno. 2000 ISK (or festival pass)
Saturday, May 28th:
15:00 Workshop – The Altar of Algorithmic Noise Workshop, Jari Suominen, Mengi, Óðinsgötu 2. Free entrance, 30€ material fee.
21:00 Hebocon – A robot sumo-wrestling competition for those who are not technically gifted, Mengi, Óðinsgötu 2. 2000 ISK (or festival pass).
Admission fee for evening performances is 2000 ISK.
Festival pass 4000 ISK.
Jón Örn Loðmfjörð
Jón Örn Loðmfjörð is an Icelandic experimental poet. He is noted for computer-generated poetry, and particularly his 2010 mash-up of the Icelandic government report into the collapse of Iceland’s banks in 2008, Gengismunur (‘Arbitrage’).
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir
Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir is a multidisciplinary artist based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Her work often explores the fringes of poetry, performance art and experimental music.
Halldór Úlfarsson & Hlynur Vilmarsson
Artist Halldór Úlfarsson and composer Hlynur A. Vilmarsson join forces to create a hi-fi/elemental experiment.
Halldór Úlfarsson (1977) studied fine art and design in Helsinki, Finland. His practice has gradually become inseperable from his project the halldorophone, an electro-acoustic string instrument he´s been developing for the past years. The halldorophone features in many new compositions by contemporary composers premiered at new music festivals in recent years. When Halldór works with the halldorophone himself it´s most often in the form of arranging collaborations, instrumentations and locations that strategically positions the instrument within the western musical tradition.
Hlynur A. Vilmarsson studied composition at Reykjavík College of Music and electronic music at Kópavogur School of Music. His music has been played in Europe, USA and Asia by groups like Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Brodsky String Quartet, Uusinta Chamber Ensemble and BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Hlynur was chairman of UNM (Ung Nordisk Musik) from 2000-2007 and is now member in composers collective s.l.á.t.u.r. and Lornalab (Reykjavik media lab). Hlynur has also composed music for theater and film and played in various pop and rock bands.
Bergrún Snæbjörnsdóttir
Bergrún is an Icelandic composer/performer/sound artist based in Reykjavík, Iceland / Oakland, California. Her art often reflects sensory distorted power structures, re-invented in one’s own mind.
Þórður Kári Steinþórsson
Þórður Kári Steinþórsson is an electronic musician from the southeastern districts of Reykjavík and sometimes goes under the name Kosmodod. This Berlin based artist is one of the co-founders of Sweaty Records, the brand new Berlin/Reykjavik electro label, as well as being the producer of the infamous band Samaris.
This Raflost he will be performing an electronic improvisation jam.