“Telling tales of the rugged landscape of love and life experience…Flawless blend of folk, alternative country, roots rock, and American-Scandinavian artistry…Charged with emotional depth, warm and with a dash of magic and melancholy.” These are just a few of the words European critics have used to describe Beyond The Grey, Faroese singer-songwriter Guðrið Hansdóttir’s third full-length album. The album, also recently reviewed […]
Bygdarlívið Exhibition Featured In Morgunblaðið
The Village Life images were photographed in various villages throughout the Faroe Islands. The series disputes the romanticized narratives that people have often used to portray Faroese villages as storybook communities where time stands still and villagers live in perfect harmony with nature and one another. Bygdarlívið presents a much harsher reality, one fraught with symbolic specters […]
The Village Life Exhibition In Norræna Húsið
BYGDARLÍVIÐ Myndirnar í bygdarlívinum eru tiknar í ymsum bygdum runt um í Føroyum. Ætlanin er, at tær skulu mæla ímóti tí romantisku umrøðuni, sum er vanlig hjá fólki, tá ið tey lýsa Føroyar og føroysku bygdirnar, t.e. sum ævintýrakend støð, har ið tíðin stendur still, og øll liva í samljóði í utopiskum fjarskotni. Framsýningin bygdarlívið sáar iva um hesa sjálvsøknu […]
Photographs Displayed In Faroese National Art Gallery
Three photographs by Randi Ward— “Mørk,” “Bygdarlívið II,” and “Bygdarlívið XIII”— were selected for the juried Ólavsøka Exhibition that is on display at The National Art Gallery of the Faroe Islands in Tórshavn. The annual exhibition opens at Listasavn Føroya during the Faroese national holiday, Ólavsøka, and lasts throughout the month of August.