Upcoming events and exhibitions
Echo in the Underpass - Writers night at the National Museum
A writers night in the Photo Gallery on the occasion of the photo exhibition The Long Apartment Block in Upper Breiðholt. The comic artist Lóa Hjálmtýsdóttir, hosts the event. The writers Sjón, Eva Rún Snorradóttir, Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Halla Birgisdóttir and Sanna Magdalena Mörtudóttir read.
The Long Apartment Block in Upper Breiðholt measures 320 meters, bearing a resemblance to a great wall. With its twenty staircases and 200 apartments, it is home to a few hundred people. David Barreiro has photographed the building, the interiors of the apartments, and its inhabitants who share the experience of moving to Iceland from across the world.