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08-May-2020
by Christine Johnstone
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 The 50th Anniversary of the Reykjavik Arts Festival in Iceland will go ahead this year under a different format. Preparations have been under way for the past two years planning ahead for a mind blowing 3 week festival in June. It should come as no surprise that the worldwide epidemic of Covid-19 has now interfered with these plans and it is clear that the people of Reykjavik will not be ready for a city-wide festival in June, even if the worst of the epidemic might be behind us at that time. The festival is devoted to both its audiences and artists and wants to find a way to materialise the programming without compromising anybody’s safety. So the Reykjavik Arts Festival has now made an agreement with all of its artists, partner institutions and venues to launch the full programme of the festival, in spite of the situation. The programme will be accessible from the festival’s website in full, including descriptions of the events and exhibitions, full credit lists and venues. Reykjavik Arts Festival will deliver its programme – even if it takes a full year to do so. In due course, when it is judged safe by the authorities and when the artists and audiences are ready to attend events, one by one will get a date and a time. The theme for this year’s festival is “Worlds”, which feels highly fitting at these strange times we live in. For further details email: edda@artfest.is |