Skeylja
Skeylja was een internationale artist-in-residence van Nederlandse, Friese, IJslandse en Engelse muzikanten en videomakers. Elf kunstenaars brachten een week door in IJsland en brachten het opgenomen materiaal naar Terschelling voor negen optredens op Oerol.
Project promotional image (video still) for the Skeylja project. Photo: 33one3rd
Investigative music and video sessions were done during a stay in Iceland. Inspiration came from the landscape, the atmosphere, the culture and the mutual cooperation. At the invitation of Oerol, we brought these experiences and encounters to Terschelling. Skeylja stems from Seeljocht, the artist-in-residence project of Popfabryk and Into The Great Wide Open 2011.
During these intimate improvisation sessions in the church of Hoorn, soundscapes, Frisian poetry and video projections took the audience into a mutual encounter between Iceland and Terschelling.
Skeylja is a self-invented word that is composed of the Frisian word for Terschelling 'Skylge' and the Icelandic word for an island: 'eyja'.
Collaborative artists:
- Borgar Magnason
- Ingi Garðar Erlendsson
- Kira Kira
- Eiríkur Orri Ólafsson
- The Alvaret Ensemble (Greg Haines, Sytze Pruiksma, Jan Kleefstra, Romke Kleefstra)
- 33 1/3 Collective (Douwe Dijkstra, Jules van Hulst, Coen Huisman)
- Special Guest: Tsjêbbe Hettinga †
- Production: Popfabryk (Harmen van der Hoek & Peter Boorsma)