ljóðskógur: poem forest
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Ljóðskógur
poem forest
An evening of readings, soundings, co-creating, socializing, reconnecting, and snacking with angela rawlings, Eduardo Abrantes, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, and Helen Hafgnýr Cova
Loosely arranged around the launch of "sometimes, forest", Elee’s new poetry collection from Canada’s Talonbooks, this event plants the idea that an abundant creative ecology mimics healthy forest ecology. As collaborators and colleagues with diverse origins and shared interests and contact points, we are celebrating being in the same place at the same time.
Skálda bókabúð
Vesturgötu 10a
101 Reykjavík
28 August 2026
19:00-21:00
Come join us in this…
raddaskógur (forest of voices)
hljóðaskógur (forest of sounds)
hreyfiskógur (forest of movements)
frumljóðaskógur (the forest of the origin-poetry/poem)
Free, all welcome. Details available at skalda.is
BIOS
angela rawlings is a mineral, plant, animal, person, place, or thing. They are a Canadian-Icelandic interdisciplinary artist-researcher who seeks and interrogates relationality between bodies—be they human, more-than-human, other-than, non. rawlings’ methods over the past twenty years have included sensorial poetries, vocal and contact improvisation, theatre of the rural, and conversations with landscapes. They have performed throughout North America, Europe, and Australia and their books include Wide slumber for lepidopterists (Coach House Books, 2006), Gibber (online, 2012), o w n (CUE BOOKS, 2015), si tu (MaMa Multimedijalni Institut, 2017), Sound of Mull (Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology, 2019). Their book Wide slumber was adapted to music theatre by Valgeir Sigurðsson and VaVaVoom (2014). Their libretti include Að Hvala (for José Luis Anderson, 2021-3), Bodiless (for Gabrielle Herbst, 2014), and Longitude (for Davíð Brynjar Franzson, 2014). They teach at the Iceland University of the Arts in the MFA for Performing Arts and MA in Music (New Audiences and Innovative Practices). arawlings.is/bio
Eduardo Abrantes is a Copenhagen-based sound artist, researcher, and writer exploring listening, ecology, and embodied memory. Holding a PhD in Philosophy, he works transdisciplinarily across sound art, performance, and eco-critical inquiry. His practice unfolds through site-specific recordings, multi-channel installations, and collaborations with scientists, museums, and local communities. Recent projects include sonification works and performances for Medical Museion, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, and international festivals. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at The Polin Institute, Åbo Akademi University, focusing on blue humanities, sustainability, and artistic research. eduardoabrantes.com
Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the Poet Laureate of Vancouver, Canada. She is the author of three poetry collections: sometimes, forest which practices a theory of hylofeminism, an inclusive feminism of the forest, as well as Trauma Head and serpentine loop. She is also an editor of anthologies, including Against Death: 35 Essays on Living. A frequent collaborator with choreographers, musicians, sound and visual artists, Elee is currently collaborating with nature via a series of durational art installations that investigate the law of thermodynamics and cultural ideas regarding the passing of time. eleekg.com
Helen Hafgnýr Cova, born in Venezuela, is a published Icelandic writer, founder of Karíba organizer of Bókmenntahátíð Flateyrar. Helen writes children's books, short stories and poetry. helencova.com
poem forest
An evening of readings, soundings, co-creating, socializing, reconnecting, and snacking with angela rawlings, Eduardo Abrantes, Elee Kraljii Gardiner, and Helen Hafgnýr Cova
Loosely arranged around the launch of "sometimes, forest", Elee’s new poetry collection from Canada’s Talonbooks, this event plants the idea that an abundant creative ecology mimics healthy forest ecology. As collaborators and colleagues with diverse origins and shared interests and contact points, we are celebrating being in the same place at the same time.
Skálda bókabúð
Vesturgötu 10a
101 Reykjavík
28 August 2026
19:00-21:00
Come join us in this…
raddaskógur (forest of voices)
hljóðaskógur (forest of sounds)
hreyfiskógur (forest of movements)
frumljóðaskógur (the forest of the origin-poetry/poem)
Free, all welcome. Details available at skalda.is
BIOS
angela rawlings is a mineral, plant, animal, person, place, or thing. They are a Canadian-Icelandic interdisciplinary artist-researcher who seeks and interrogates relationality between bodies—be they human, more-than-human, other-than, non. rawlings’ methods over the past twenty years have included sensorial poetries, vocal and contact improvisation, theatre of the rural, and conversations with landscapes. They have performed throughout North America, Europe, and Australia and their books include Wide slumber for lepidopterists (Coach House Books, 2006), Gibber (online, 2012), o w n (CUE BOOKS, 2015), si tu (MaMa Multimedijalni Institut, 2017), Sound of Mull (Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology, 2019). Their book Wide slumber was adapted to music theatre by Valgeir Sigurðsson and VaVaVoom (2014). Their libretti include Að Hvala (for José Luis Anderson, 2021-3), Bodiless (for Gabrielle Herbst, 2014), and Longitude (for Davíð Brynjar Franzson, 2014). They teach at the Iceland University of the Arts in the MFA for Performing Arts and MA in Music (New Audiences and Innovative Practices). arawlings.is/bio
Eduardo Abrantes is a Copenhagen-based sound artist, researcher, and writer exploring listening, ecology, and embodied memory. Holding a PhD in Philosophy, he works transdisciplinarily across sound art, performance, and eco-critical inquiry. His practice unfolds through site-specific recordings, multi-channel installations, and collaborations with scientists, museums, and local communities. Recent projects include sonification works and performances for Medical Museion, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, and international festivals. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at The Polin Institute, Åbo Akademi University, focusing on blue humanities, sustainability, and artistic research. eduardoabrantes.com
Elee Kraljii Gardiner is the Poet Laureate of Vancouver, Canada. She is the author of three poetry collections: sometimes, forest which practices a theory of hylofeminism, an inclusive feminism of the forest, as well as Trauma Head and serpentine loop. She is also an editor of anthologies, including Against Death: 35 Essays on Living. A frequent collaborator with choreographers, musicians, sound and visual artists, Elee is currently collaborating with nature via a series of durational art installations that investigate the law of thermodynamics and cultural ideas regarding the passing of time. eleekg.com
Helen Hafgnýr Cova, born in Venezuela, is a published Icelandic writer, founder of Karíba organizer of Bókmenntahátíð Flateyrar. Helen writes children's books, short stories and poetry. helencova.com
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Skálda bókabúð, Vesturgata 10a,Reykjavík, Iceland, Reykjav
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