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Workshop | When everything comes together
Location: 5th floor
Please Note: Registration is necessary.
This course gives those who have registered to participate in the City Library’s Poetry Slam the opportunity to compose or refine their performance for the Poetry Slam on Culture Night (Safnanótt).
Everything about the Poetry Slam of the Reykjavik City Library
Instructors: Kælan mikla og Jón Magnús Arnarsson
Kælan Mikla are an Icelandic three-piece that has been an active part of the Icelandic music scene for the past decade. Their fourth full length album, Undir Köldum Norðurljósum, has gained a worldwide audience and has become a household staple for any fans of the dark and dreary, as well as Nordic witchcraft. They’ve recently toured with esteemed artists such as Alcest and Ville Valo as well as having performed alongside The Cure, Pixies, Placebo and Slowdive to name a few. The music of Kælan Mikla revolves around Nordic folklore, dreams, nightmares and anything in between. Their sound is described as equally eerie and ethereal, taking inspiration from all directions, post-punk as well as shoegaze, black metal, trip-hop and folk.
Jón Magnús Arnarsson has been involved in Poetry Slam in Iceland from the very beginning. He first became interested in it in 2001 when witnessing Saul Williams, US champion of Poetry Slam, perform at Roskilde. Jón Magnús graduated from the theatre program at The Commedia School in 2013. He is one of the founders of the Golden Gang Comedy group, which has been running a weekly stand-up show in Reykjavík for five years. In 2017, Jón Magnús won the City Library’s Poetry Slam and subsequently participated internationally in prestigious competitions in that art form. His first play, Tvískinnungur, premiered at the Reykjavík City Theatre in November 2018. He also translated the dramatization of Romeo and Juliet, which was performed at the National Theatre in 2021.
For further information contact:
Guðrún Elísa Ragnarsdóttir, specialist
gudrun.elisa.ragnarsdottir@reykjavik.is, s. 411 6100