Price description
Free entry
Welcome to the art exhibition The Factory: Sky Dancers, which runs throughout the summer from 24 May to 12 September 2025, in the old herring factory in Djúpavík.
The Factory 2025: Sky Dancers explores the natural phenomenon of the aurora borealis with artworks as ethereal and ephemeral as the northern lights themselves. Utilizing both science and myth, the 10 artists lead the way through the old herring factory in Djúpavík, awakening the phenomenon rarely visible to our eyes during summertime – gesturing to the untouchable, connecting Earth and Sky.
“Aurora” comes from the Roman goddess of dawn, and “boreas” is the Greek word for north wind. The heavenly colour storms have spellbound humans for countless years, drawing body, mind and soul into a haze of darkness and light — and invoking spirituality, healing, joy, chaos, and fear.
Opposites attract, and it is said that darkness renders the self open, reducing our sense of restricted self, offering an entrance into the ‘other’. This otherness may suggest why the northern lights so easily allow us to travel beyond scientific comprehension into fable.
Thus, you are invited to surrender. You may wander back to the time of theoretical ignorance, or dwell upon the scientific explanations of the universe. However, light and darkness are always at stake, carving their way through Sky Dancers, enacting a multitude of choreographies.
Opening hours
Opening event 24 May, 9 pm.
24 May - 12 September, open daily 10am - 6pm
Free admission
Artists
Anna Ólöf Jansdóttir (IS), Björt Sigfinnsdóttir (IS), Edda Karólína Ævarsdóttir (IS), Kathie Halfin (UKR/IL/US), Kathryn Cellerini, Moore (US), Lyse Fournier (FR), Signe Emdal and Kristian Emdal (DK), Sævar Helgi Bragason (IS), Tinna Ottessen (IS)
Anna Ólöf Jansdóttir (IS), Björt Sigfinnsdóttir (IS), Edda Karólína Ævarsdóttir (IS), Kathie Halfin (UKR/IL/US), Kathryn Cellerini, Moore (US), Lyse Fournier (FR), Signe Emdal and Kristian Emdal (DK), Sævar Helgi Bragason (IS), Tinna Ottessen (IS)
Curator
Emilie Dalum
Emilie Dalum
Hosted by
Hótel Djúpavík
Hótel Djúpavík
Supporters & collaborators
Hótel Djúpavík
The Westfjords Development Fund
The Iceland University of the Arts
The School of Photography in Reykjavík
Náttúrubarnahátíð á Ströndum
Hótel Djúpavík
The Westfjords Development Fund
The Iceland University of the Arts
The School of Photography in Reykjavík
Náttúrubarnahátíð á Ströndum
About The Factory
Founded in 2017, The Factory is an annual group exhibition in the abandoned herring factory in Djúpavík in the Westfjords of Iceland. By integrating a broad variety of site-specific art, installations and sound, The Factory builds a bridge between the vanished fishing industry and contemporary art. Each work is inspired by the artist’s impressions of Iceland. The overall goal is to form a space of sensory explorations where past and present meet—a place for everyone to breathe, exist, and be.
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www.instagram.com/djupavikart/