SLUICE Seyðisfjörður

The eleventh edition of Sluice’s peripatetic international
expo is alighting in the far east of Iceland in the isolated
town of Seyðisfjörður (population 670). Sluice Seyðisfjörður
is an international expo of artist and curator-led projects
each addressing the concept of world-building as a means
to explore how we build worlds within our own. How
these re-imagined, alternative worlds reflect back at us our
dissatisfaction with the world as-is and points towards utopic/
dystopic alternates. We recognise the danger of the current
historical moment, and also its potential.

Rallying under the title Sluice Seyðisfjörður: World-Building,
17 projects will exhibit over 200 artists in 11 venues around
Seyðisfjörður from 23 to 25 May 2025.

In tandem with the expo, Sluice Film Festival will be staged
at Herðubíó cinema, the only cinema in east Iceland. Sluice
Film Festival will show 17 artist’s short films on the subject of
world-building, culminating in a prize-giving for ‘best in show’
awarded by artists David Blandy and Kamilla Gylfadóttir

Exhibitions, screenings, talks, and performances will be
situated throughout the Seyðisfjörður community and industrial
areas. The exhibiting projects come from the UK, USA,
Sweden, Switzerland, Ireland, Iceland and New Zealand.
The World-Building expo has been jointly developed and
delivered by Seyðisfjörður based LungA School and London
based SLUICE.

Location: Various locations througout
Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. Headquartered
around LungA School, Austurvegur 4
710 Seyðisfjörður Iceland

When: 23 - 25 May
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