POSTPONED Poetry Slam | Poems and rap

Please note that this workshop is on the 20th of January. See here.

Registration below. The workshop is in Icelandic.

The participants will be introduced to the origin of Poetry Slam as an art form. We will look at how poetry is used in Poetry Slam and the participants will get inspiration, encouragement, and guidance in writing their own poetry or prose. The course allows the participants to compare notes and get feedback from other participants, as well as the instructor.

All about the Poetry Slam of Reykjavik City Library

Instructors: Atli Sigþórsson (Kött Grá Pje)  and Jón Magnús Arnarsson.

Kött Grá Pjé is a poet and rapper from the north of Iceland. He has published (according to himself )several not so good collections of micro fiction and floundered along other areas of life. Words, nonsense and delusions are very much on his mind.

Jón Magnús 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. 

Nánari upplýsingar veitir:

Guðrún Elísa Ragnarsdóttir, sérfræðingur

gudrun.elisa.ragnarsdottir@reykjavik.is | 411 6100