We discussed:

– maternity / paternity leave

– branding

– cult of personality

– popularity

– bias

– Teaching art

– constructive criticism

– artist grants

– too many strings attached to funding

– nation branding

People + Places Mentioned:

Iceland University of the Arts – https://www.lhi.is

reykjavik art museum – https://artmuseum.is

Timothy Morton – https://english.rice.edu/faculty/timothy-morton + http://ecologywithoutnature.blogspot.com/

Nebulous Heaps Exhibition – https://nebulousheaps.com

Kristín Loftsdóttir – https://english.hi.is/staff/kristinl

Trapped in clichés: masculinity, films and tourism in Iceland – https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/0966369X.2017.1372383

‘Inspired by Iceland’ marketing campaign – https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com

3 artist she is looking at:

Róska – http://www.roska.is

Elín Margot – https://elinmargot.com

Ragnar Kjartansson – https://www.luhringaugustine.com/artists/ragnar-kjartansson#tab:thumbnails

https://kolbrunkolbrun.net

Audio editing by Jakub Černý

Music by Peat Biby

Supported in part by: EEA Grants from Iceland, Liechtenstein + Norway – https://eeagrants.org

And we appreciate the assistance of our partners in this project: Hunt Kastner – https://huntkastner.com + Kunstsentrene i Norge – https://www.kunstsentrene.no

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