IS (not) is the result of an artistic collaboration between five Polish photographers from the Sputnik Photos collective: (Jan Brykczyński, Michał Łuczak, Rafał Milach, Adam Pańczuk, Agnieszka Rayss) and Icelandic writers (Hermann Stefánsson, Kristín Heiða Kristinsdóttir, Sindri Freysson, Sigurbjörg Þrastardóttir, Huldar Breiðfjörð). While the travelled together they matched themselves against clichés of Iceland, trying to look at this country from inside and outside, by word and image. As part of the project they created an album IS (not), exhibitions in Poland and Iceland, multimedia work, and a website. The curator of the project is Andrzej Kramarz.

 

 

 

Organiser:

Sputnik Photos

 

Partners:

Gerðuberg Cultural Centre in Reykjavik (Menningarmiðstöðin Gerðuberg) and the Reykjavik Museum of Photography (Ljósmyndasafn Reykjavíkur)

 

The project falls within the auspices of the Consulate General of the Polish Republic in Reykjavik. The project has been achieved thanks to support provided by Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway through the EEA Financial Mechanism and the Norwegian Financial Mechanism.