Reykjavik Arts Festival will take place 1-16 June 2024.

Our programme is brimming with exciting and diverse events, with the festival reaching far beyond the city limits. Do you want to enter an immersive visual arts exhibition, chase sea monsters around the harbour, experience new music, watch a fascinating dance performance, take an audio walk in nature, listen to world famous musicians - maybe all of this? You are sure to find something to tickle your fancy on this year's festival programme.

Click here to browse through an electronic copy of our printed programme which will also be available around the city.

We are proud to introduce the visual arts programme of our 2024 festival! From June 1 to 16 we will offer a diverse flora of events for art enthusiasts. Featuring a large number of artists, there are installations, sculptures, photography, audio works and festivals set to open in galleries and museums in the capital area and around the country.

Reykjavík Art Museum hosts Jónsi's first solo exhibition in Europe, Flood, where his immersive audio installations will reveal new worlds, starting from the opening day of the festival. By Reykjavík Pond, artists Anna Andrea Winther and Agnes Ársæls will exhibit art for birds and people under the title Inter-bite: Feathers, fingers, antennas. Auður Lóa Guðnadóttir's delightful sculpture exhibition, In Mid-Air, will open in Outvert Art Space in Ísafjörður. At Sláturhúsið in Egilsstaðir, photographer Agnieszka Sosnowska and Ingunn Snædal engage in a creative dialogue in their exhibition Rask. Akureyri Art Museum presents Is This North? a major group exhibition exploring the Arctic. The thriving cultural activities of Alþýðuhúsið in Siglufjörður received the Eyrarrósin Award 2023-24 and the venue will host a three day international festival, INTO. In a transformed captain's bridge in Seyðisfjörður, Kiosk 108, a music and performance art festival will take place, curated by Captain Monika Fryčová. Ásmundarsalur-on-the-go travels the city with a container where guests can experience an installation by artists Shu Yi and Þórdís Erla Zoëga. Tumi Magnússon presents Loop, a new video and audio installation, at the National Gallery of Iceland. Kling & Bang hosts two solo exhibitions: Magnús Sigurðarson's HAPPY TALES of DEATH and MELANCHOLY or THE GREAT AMERICAN FAILURE, and Guðrún Marta Jónsdóttir's Silfurgjá. The Living Art Museum presents a group exhibition, Course, which addresses the paradox of "exhibiting sound". Artist Yuliana Palacios will exhibit new video work, Here is my home, in Gerðarsafn. The Nordic House invites guests to experience an international group exhibition, (Post), tackling the anthropocene. Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir's solo exhibition, Future Fragments, will be held by the National Museum of Iceland.

The festival programme will be announced in its entirety in April - stay tuned!

Are you a techie? Do you enjoy creating a fun atmosphere as part of a dynamic team?

Do you have a unique eye for angles and moments?

Reykjavík Arts Festival offers a variety of indoor and outdoor art events: concerts, performing arts productions, art exhibitions, workshops, parties, talks and more. 

Reykjavík Arts Festival is guided by its accessibility policy and strives to reflect diversity among festival artists as well as staff.

TECHNICIANS WANTED FOR THE REYKJAVÍK ARTS FESTIVAL HUB

The Festival Hub is looking for technicians to take care of the technical operations of its exciting programme in Iðnó in June. The position involves a total of 80 hours as a contractor and a combination of day and evening shifts, spread across the Hub‘s opening hours, 1st-16th June. The hourly pay is ISK 7.500 + VAT (ISK 9,300 with VAT).

The Festival Hub hosts a variety of events: talks, workshops, exhibitions, concerts and parties for all age groups. The Hub is also a forum for dialogue and for more informal opportunities to connect and discover new people and ideas. Festival Hub Directors are Aude Busson and Sigurður Starr.

The Hub‘s technical staff must have a good working knowledge of sound engineering and some experience with lighting, be solution-oriented and have a positive attitude.  

Please send an email by March 24th to artfest@artfest.is stating your experience and skills along with examples of recent projects in audio/lighting work.

Education and/or extensive experience of sound engineering

Experience of technical work in Iðnó is an advantage

Reykjavík Arts Festival is looking for photographers to document its exciting programme from June 1 to 16. Photographers are needed for more than 60 events that take place at different times of the day during the festival. Photographs are delivered as soon as possible to the festival's PR Manager.

Please send a short CV and examples of your event photos by March 24 to kara@artfest.is.

Icelandic language skills are an advantage

Education and/or experience of event photography

Technicians and Photographers Needed

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