A peculiarly Faroese characteristic: talking about family, homeland and the meaning of life, which is what we did on that very day, and Høgni Reistrup certainly has picked an adequate place, the village of Funningur. Høgni: singer, musician, writer, editor, reporter, scientist, advocate of Faroese independence and Faroese language enthusiast …
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Electro Pop! Rannvá Helenudóttir, The Woman Behind HULDA
Unintentional wave-like finger ballet performance, hands swiftly gliding across keys and controllers, easily generating beats, bass lines and different layers of mysterious dark sounds. Visiting Rannvá Helenudóttir, the woman behind the Faroese electro pop project HULDA …
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Inseparable. The Islands and The Artist: Annika Á Lofti
Radiant smile, wind in her hair and that certain something. An afternoon with the Faroese artist Annika á Lofti. Coffee klatsch and gorge walk, pleasant and intense. Soon, we talk about the big questions, as for instance: knowing who you are and where you belong. Annika, born in 1983 in Tórshavn, raised in Sandavágur on the island Vágar …
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The imaginative universe of Rakel Helmsdal
A fake feathered parrot. Little bells, strung on a braided cord. Cut out paper figures. Artificial sunflowers. Nail polish, transparent. Shelves full of clothes. Document files. Swarming butterflies, in the shape of stickers. A double meter stick. Piles of books. Pictures and a postcard-mobile. At the heart: Rakel Helmsdal’s study. Rakel, writer, puppeteer, artist …
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Present knitting needles! Eileen Ejdesgaard, festival pioneer
Two cups of coffee, a table full of knitwear and one topic of conversation. The word itself implies what this wool-mountain-meeting is all about. Binding stitches, sharing skills and bringing people together: That’s the basic idea of the Bindifestivalurin í Fuglafirði. Eileen Ejdesgaard is one of the founders of the knitting festival …
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Arrival: Director Wim Wenders filming on the Faroes
Today, eminent film director Wim Wenders („Paris, Texas“; „Buena Vista Social Club“, „Pina“) has arrived on the Faroe Islands, together with his wife Donata Wenders and crew. For four days, Wim Wenders will be working on his film „Submergence“. „We are filming in Saksun and Gásadalur“, he told me …
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Ocean rower Livar Nysted: „No time for babysitting out there“
No one to help. Nowhere to stop. Only the other side. Ocean rowing. One of the hardest sports in the world. Many say: the hardest of all. More people have been to space than have rowed the Atlantic Ocean. I’m just about to meet up with one of them. Livar Nysted (45). Faroese ocean rower and painter …
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