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Took me a while to get the photos out of my cameras, they're still disorganized. And I have photos on Instagram too. And videos on YouTube.
Anyway! So I went to Iceland for the Airwaves festival. Our flight was delayed due to Sandy and I had my first hot shower and did my laundry when I arrived in Iceland
BTW I don't know anything about Iceland nor the Airwaves festival because it's mostly a band thing so apologies in advance if this is a disorganized bunch of pictures with vague descriptions.
Gus Gus was one of the headliners of course, they founded the Airwaves festival. Sigur Ros closed the festival. I have videos of them.
Visiting Iceland was on my to-do list when I came to NY, I've wanted to visit since watching the Screaming Masterpiece documentary. I'd love to go back during a different season like summer.
This was the view from our room at Hotel Borg. Apparently the hotel has some local historical significance because a lot of local bands and musicians played there, you can find videos of Bjork @ Hotel Borg on YouTube. Funnily enough we did see Bjork giving an interview in the hotel lobby, all the more coincidental as I found out upon returning to NY she now lives in Brooklyn
This is walking uphill towards the main shopping street for lack of a better description:
You'll see a lot of random pictures of buildings because I love the architecture there. This here is some expensive seafood restaurant:
In the distance is Harpa, one of the main venues for the festival. It's a huge venue with many concert halls. I'll have pictures of it lit up at night. It's kinda like the Borg spaceship"
A few building sides have these glittery sequin stuff that glitter in the gusts:
Unfortunately the weather was pretty shit most days we were there. Overcast, gloomy, and rain. No snow though except when we got out of the city.
I'm always fascinated by graffiti when I visit an unfamiliar place. All the places I've been to, graffiti seems like a pretty universal expression but of course with different cultural contexts. Except Singapore, there's no graffiti there
If this is the place I read about, I THINK it used to be a syringe-ridden park until some people in the community took the initiative and turned it into this. Except now it's getting torn down for some real estate development:
The first glimpse of the festival going on. Airwaves happens all over Reyjavik in different venues big and small: Cafes, cinema foyers, basements, concert halls, hostel—I would recommend it to everyone on the board if you're a music fan. Even if you're a clueless one like I am.
This is the Kex Hostel, one of the venues near the water. Walking there, the wind was so strong it blew my friend to her feet, crazy crazy winds. The Kex Hostel had a tent for outdoor drinking and smoking, it was in tatters. The inside was naturally warm and cosy. I loved this little setup for performances:
The people on the right are facing the performance area above. You can see the sound guys, and in the background is the bar and tables:
I didn't expect much after all the cold food and crap during Sandy, but the food in Iceland was surprisingly good.
Tentage in tatters:
This was a cinema venue:
This was just so awesome. This was outside the Icelandic Bar which was right next to our hotel. We didn't even go in cos it was packed to the rafters. All we could hear from the outside was what sounded like droning heavy metal, kinda Metallica-ish. And we standing outside and behind the band, looking into the crowd. Imagine this horde of Icelanders bobbing their heads to heavy metal:
This is what I imagine Icelanders doing at the end of the world or a zombie apocalypse:
A view of Harpa's glass facade. It's a honeycomb design that lights up:
First concert experience. Sorry I have no idea who this was:
Err this was some band called Monotown:
This was Me & My Drummer from Berlin (I think). They were so raw and genuine, cracking awkward jokes and laughing at themselves before the crowd knew to laugh:
Anyway! So I went to Iceland for the Airwaves festival. Our flight was delayed due to Sandy and I had my first hot shower and did my laundry when I arrived in Iceland
BTW I don't know anything about Iceland nor the Airwaves festival because it's mostly a band thing so apologies in advance if this is a disorganized bunch of pictures with vague descriptions.
Gus Gus was one of the headliners of course, they founded the Airwaves festival. Sigur Ros closed the festival. I have videos of them.
Visiting Iceland was on my to-do list when I came to NY, I've wanted to visit since watching the Screaming Masterpiece documentary. I'd love to go back during a different season like summer.
This was the view from our room at Hotel Borg. Apparently the hotel has some local historical significance because a lot of local bands and musicians played there, you can find videos of Bjork @ Hotel Borg on YouTube. Funnily enough we did see Bjork giving an interview in the hotel lobby, all the more coincidental as I found out upon returning to NY she now lives in Brooklyn
This is walking uphill towards the main shopping street for lack of a better description:
You'll see a lot of random pictures of buildings because I love the architecture there. This here is some expensive seafood restaurant:
In the distance is Harpa, one of the main venues for the festival. It's a huge venue with many concert halls. I'll have pictures of it lit up at night. It's kinda like the Borg spaceship"
A few building sides have these glittery sequin stuff that glitter in the gusts:
Unfortunately the weather was pretty shit most days we were there. Overcast, gloomy, and rain. No snow though except when we got out of the city.
I'm always fascinated by graffiti when I visit an unfamiliar place. All the places I've been to, graffiti seems like a pretty universal expression but of course with different cultural contexts. Except Singapore, there's no graffiti there
If this is the place I read about, I THINK it used to be a syringe-ridden park until some people in the community took the initiative and turned it into this. Except now it's getting torn down for some real estate development:
The first glimpse of the festival going on. Airwaves happens all over Reyjavik in different venues big and small: Cafes, cinema foyers, basements, concert halls, hostel—I would recommend it to everyone on the board if you're a music fan. Even if you're a clueless one like I am.
This is the Kex Hostel, one of the venues near the water. Walking there, the wind was so strong it blew my friend to her feet, crazy crazy winds. The Kex Hostel had a tent for outdoor drinking and smoking, it was in tatters. The inside was naturally warm and cosy. I loved this little setup for performances:
The people on the right are facing the performance area above. You can see the sound guys, and in the background is the bar and tables:
I didn't expect much after all the cold food and crap during Sandy, but the food in Iceland was surprisingly good.
Tentage in tatters:
This was a cinema venue:
This was just so awesome. This was outside the Icelandic Bar which was right next to our hotel. We didn't even go in cos it was packed to the rafters. All we could hear from the outside was what sounded like droning heavy metal, kinda Metallica-ish. And we standing outside and behind the band, looking into the crowd. Imagine this horde of Icelanders bobbing their heads to heavy metal:
This is what I imagine Icelanders doing at the end of the world or a zombie apocalypse:
A view of Harpa's glass facade. It's a honeycomb design that lights up:
First concert experience. Sorry I have no idea who this was:
Err this was some band called Monotown:
This was Me & My Drummer from Berlin (I think). They were so raw and genuine, cracking awkward jokes and laughing at themselves before the crowd knew to laugh:
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