{"id":14231,"date":"2025-09-30T17:54:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:54:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/?post_type=event&#038;p=14231"},"modified":"2025-10-09T16:15:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T16:15:01","slug":"opening-lightning","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/event\/opening-lightning\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening \u2013 Lightning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\"><strong>Saturday October 11th at 3 p.m.<\/strong>, we celebrate the opening of <strong>\u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson<\/strong>\u2019s solo exhibition, <em>Lightning<\/em>, as the featured artist of <strong>Art Without Borders 2025<\/strong>. Logi Einarsson, Minister of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education, will open the exhibition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">In this exhibition, \u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson, also known as Listap\u00fakinn, invites us into a visual world that is both personal and playful. \u00de\u00f3rir draws inspiration from all around him \u2013 whether from bus rides, nature, or his runs \u2013 and he has an inexhaustible passion for sports, both as a devoted fan and marathon runner.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">\u00de\u00f3rir\u2019s art is full of vitality and spark, shaped by commitment, effort and curiosity. He works extensively with drawing and watercolour, approaching his mediums intuitively. Many works begin as sketches made during bus rides, where his attentive eye captures everyday life and fleeting moments, layering material and ideas into new realities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">\u00de\u00f3rir works at Listvinnzlan as an artist, consultant and assistant instructor, emphasising accessibility to culture and art education for people with disabilities. In recognition of this pioneering work, he received the M\u00farbrj\u00f3tur award from \u00deroskahj\u00e1lp in 2021. He has also been named Artist of the Year by the town of Mosfellsb\u00e6r and he has exhibited widely, including at the Nordic House, Ger\u00f0arsafn and the Reykjav\u00edk Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s\">Beyond visual art, \u00de\u00f3rir is a cultural advocate and music enthusiast who enjoys community and creative exchange. With this exhibition, he invites audiences to feel the force that drives him \u2013 joy, movement, creativity and dialogue \u2013 like a bolt of lightning that strikes and ignites new ideas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free entry \u2013 everyone welcome.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #00dbd2;\"><strong>Accessibility is GREEN<\/strong><\/span><br class=\"html-br\" \/><span style=\"color: #00dbd2;\"><strong>Accessibility is good: there are ramps at the thresholds, elevators between floors, an accessible toilet and a blue parking near the building.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday October 11th at 3 p.m., we celebrate the opening of \u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson\u2019s solo exhibition, Lightning, as the featured artist of Art Without Borders 2025. Logi Einarsson, Minister of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education, will open the exhibition. In this exhibition, \u00de\u00f3rir Gunnarsson, also known as Listap\u00fakinn, invites us into a visual world that is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":14173,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-14231","event","type-event","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14261,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/14231\/revisions\/14261"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.hafnarborg.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}