The Fljótstunga Artistic Residency is a young project interested in the relationship between nature and travel as a way to reflect upon our own social/artistic role and practice.

 

Since 2010 Halldór and Lilian have been building up a small foundation based on ideas of exchange and the complex value of structure and infrastructure in order to develop the project. In 2013 they were able to start opening their doors to artists and offer each artist a grant for the artistic residency.

 

The residency is intended for creative process work and its objective is to support artistic research, with an awareness on the working environment. The residency allows artists to focuse on their individual work, as it is in a very isolated place. At the same time it offers a personal and professional exchange between the residents that share this isolation.

 

The residency is located in Fljótstunga, Iceland, a 20 km2 land which is a 1 hour drive away from the nearest town. The land is preserved by the residency and it is part of the Saga Geopark project in Iceland.

 

The residency is interested in hosting national and international artists and promoting connections to the Icelandic nature, culture and art scene. These connections can be offered through exhibitions and workshops at the residency, events that intertwine with cultural rural Icelandic activities or by helping artists to establish contacts within the corresponding Icelandic scene in the capital city of Iceland for production aspects.

 

The residency project is in a developing stage, and is afected by each resident. Each residency period is unique. The outcome of the residency depends on each artist.

 

The residency is a eco-friendly establishment and is surrounded by exotic nature. The residency offers private and shared cottages for each artist or artistic group and has a simple communal working space. Each artist is expected to bring their own working tools which need to be ecologically friendly. This means bio-degradable products and materials or recycled materials, or to avoiding projects that create a lot of trash. The residency is free of charge and can host up to 50 artists per year.

 

Artists can come either by invitation, a selection through an application process or by cooperation between other organizations such as festivals. Foreign artists are expected to have their own funds to arrive to the residency, but can be offered up to full living and travel expenses during their stay, depending on the program.