Time to go (almost) 30th May 2012

With just a few hours left here in Iceland, the Dublin 8 Space Program would like to acknowledge and thank everyone whose support and generosity helped to make this Icelandic Expedition and future projects possible.

My heart is broken to be leaving this amazing country :(

Dublin 8 Space Program Members:

Orna MacMonagle, Georgie Thompson, Fiona Mulholland, Shirley Somers, Dawn Mac Allister, Louise Marlborough, Sharon White, Jonathan Carroll, Chris Jones, Oisin O hAlmhain, Olive Barrett, Monica Flynn, Niamh Harte

Honorary Members:

Bryan Keane, Hilary Sexton, Jules Mulholland, Gentaro Ishizuka, Paula Fujiwara, Chris Meerdo, Daphne Plessner, Felipe Meres, Jaimes Mayhew, Verena Faisst, Yiannos Economou, Adrian Hatfield, Katia Carletti, Anna Reich, Lyndal Walker, Kaya Barry, Ruth Le Gear, Jim Zimpel, Gunnhildur Thordardottir, Anný Ætiþistillsdóttir

SÍM Residency May Exhibition: [78,982 km/49,077 miles] 29th May 2012

SÍM Residency May Exhibition at Seljavegur 32, Reykjavik

Adrian Hatfield (USA)
Jaimes Mayhew (USA)
Gillian Fitzpatrick (Ireland)
Katia Carletti (Australia)
Anna Reich (USA)
Paula Fujiwara (Spain / Japan)
Lyndal Walker (Australia)
Kaya Barry (Australia)
Felipe Meres (Brazil)
Ruth Le Gear (Ireland)

78,982 km/49,077 miles is the combined distance all the SIM residents traveled to Reykjavik

Stykkisholmur and the Library of Water : 25th May 2012.

' When you talk about the weather, you talk about yourself '
- Roni Horn.

 NASA transportation solution suggestion no. 3 - Take the bus -
Went on the bus to Stykkisholmur today with fellow SIM artist Anna Reich. It was grey, cloudy and very windy as we left Reykjavik on the two hour bus trip north to the small town at the top of the Snaefelsnes peninsula. I had hoped to re-visit to Snaefelsnes before my residency ended, although this time I wouldn't be going the whole way around the peninsula, I would at least get to visit somewhere we missed on our last trip. I also arranged to visit the 'Library of Water,' an installation by artist Roni Horn, in the old library building that overlooks the town.
Then we had the added bonus of a particularly fine example of Icelandic Church architecture. We decided to take a closer look, battling up the hill to reach the church in gale force winds, only to find the door locked, and as if the scene wasn't already dramatic enough, we could hear the sound of organ music just audible over the howling gale.

13th May 2012 : Svartifoss, dust-storms and Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon

Car-pooling again today, as we embarked on an epic 14-hour road trip. With our two drivers Ruth Le Gear and Felipe Meres, we travelled south from Reykjavik, along the coast to the Skaftafell National Park at the edge of the Vatnajokull glacier. Here we saw the Svartifoss waterfall, cascading through basalt columns before going further east to the Jökulsárlón glacier lagoon. There was a weather warning for gale force winds across Iceland, but I don't think any of us were expecting the dust-storms we encountered around Skeidararsandur, both on our way there and back.