Stone Washed...

Well, if you create a mess - even by mistake - you better clean upp. This is a typical example of how a small misunderstanding can have huge consequenses. This small misunderstanding led the Gralistar Group to the wrong place were they painted 40 odd stones. So here a picture of what will probably become the cleanest stones in Eyjafjarðarsveit. Our deepest apologies to Atli and his family at Rifkelsstadir but also to the artists who were directed to the wrong place for their project called "breeding place". We´ll be more cautious next time...

The opening...

The opening yesterday was a great succes...We would like to thank everybody for their help and kind thoughts. The ceremonie (pictures will follow soon) was held at Hrafnagilsskóli in Eyjafjarðarsveit.  First George Hollanders held a talk about the the general intake of the exhibtion, it´s origin and a thank you to all the sponsors and those who helped out during the process of realising it. Also he  mentioned some works that had a story behind them, started a dialogue or ruffled some feathers. One of them was the unfortunate event of an installation being installed in the wrong place due to a missunderstanding between the organisers. The worst thing is that it concerns about 40 BIG rocks (on the wrong side of a fence) that have been painted white to simulate huge eggs. We are now looking at a huge clean upp of this enviromental disaster "sponsored" by "Stationary Bird - Migratory Bird". Our deepest appologies go to the farmer who owns the land concerned and we will ofcourse do whatever lies in our power to clean upp this "mess". Having said this it comes to mind that it would be nice if more people and companies would do the same about "environmental accidents" created by them. Helgi Þórsson followed George´s talk with a very nice contemplation about birds using all kinds of metaphores twined into a short story. The traditional sung poetry society in Akureyri called "Gefjun" performed some beuatifull "stemmur" followed by George & Helgi playing" Krummi svaf í Klettagjá" with an icelandic didgeridoo. Than our new major Gudmundur Johansson, a migratory bird who hopefully becomes a stationary one, opened the exhibition. As a final topping we released 200 birds of peace...(wich were actualy helium filled balloons with the bird logo but we didn´t tell anybody). During all of this Anna Richards had a very exotic performance where she wondered through the crowd in a bright red birdsuit made by here artist friend "Billa". The opening was finished very succesfully with a guided bus tour around the exhibtion narrated by George. About 50 people joined us on this free tour in wonderfull weather. Later in the evening the artists got together for a drink and a meal discussing everything  between heaven and earth - not in the least a very succesfull bird exhibition in eyjafjardarsveit.

 work on Hrafnagilsschool by Joris Rademaker

opnun...

sýningin opnar á morgun - don´t forget!!! kl 1400 við Hrafnagilsskóli Eyjafjarðarsveit.

Main signs installed...

The main signs at the county limits where raised upp today...next week a variation of the poster design will be put on there showing the map of the exhibition area. Names and places will be marked on there just before the opening of the exhibition...

Grant from the German Embassy

The German embassy has decided to support Margret Schopka and Katja Henning, the German participants of "stationary bird - migratory bird" by financing their travel expences...Danke schön Herr Botschafter!

Bird crash...

Today a 10 year old Arctic tern also know as a Sterna Paradisaea was hit by a car. Every year it traveled around 38000 kilometers from it´s northern breeding grounds to the oceans around Antartctica. She leaves behind two chicks and a male partner. Arctic Terns mate for life and have an average lifespan of 20 years. Both sexes share incubation duties. Life cycle completed...

packaged birds moving inn...

Today some dutch birds arrived. One was stopped by the customs and put in isolation for two days...but made it in the end.

poster design for the exhibition...

Signs of birds on the move...

Here you can see the latest developments in the sign making business in Iceland...

Italian birds flying inn...

Here is the second mysterious package from abroad...flown in by an Italian bird called Claudia Losi...Can´t wait to put this one upp...