Migration: The Icelandic- Canadian experience
Migration, the 9th Partnership Conference, University of Manitoba and University of Iceland will be held in Veröld – House of Vigdís, 29‒30 August 2019. The focus of this conference will be on history, languages, literature, and the life experience of Icelandic immigrants and their descendants in Canada.
An art exhibition has been set up in association with the conference. The exhibition, Transitions / Vistabönd, will open in Veröld - House of Vigdís at 16:45 on Thursday August 29 and will be on display until October 29. The participants are the composer Anna Þorvaldsdóttir, the artists Karlotta Blöndal, Olivia Plender, Unnar Örn and Ragnar Kjartansson, and the author Kristín Ómarsdóttir. With one exception, they all have in common the link of having been artists in residence at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, Canada, or have had work exhibited there.
Though its exhibits reflect the varying subject matter of the creative artists, they display nonetheless the strong connection between man and nature. Very different localities become the source for art that expresses itself in various forms and media, and the exhibition consists of visual images, texts and music.
