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Feeding Culture - Growing Cities

As part of the Mengi(berlin) programme The Embassy of Iceland in Berlin and Mengi invited guests to the third round of Creative Cities Talk between the two creative and experimental cities, Berlin and Reykjavík, followed by a concert by Hildur Guðnadóttir

Welcome by Martin Eyjólfsson, Ambassador of Iceland
Talk moderated by Fríða Björk Ingvarsdóttir, Rector of Iceland Academy of the Arts
Burkhard Kieker, CEO of Visit Berlin
Svanhildur Konráðsdóttir, Director dept. of Culture and Tourism, City of Reykjavík
Bjarni Gaukur Sigurðsson, Founder of Mengi, Reykjavík
Tatjana Kaube, Advisor Musicboard, Berlin Senate Chancellery
Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, musician and founder of Cycle Music and Art Festival


Hildur Guðnadóttir is a cello player, composer and singer who has been manifesting herself at the forefront of experimental pop and contemporary music. In her solo works she draws out a broad spectrum of sounds from her instrument, ranging from intimate simplicity to huge soundscapes. "Guðnadóttir takes a cello and gentle voice and, through software manipulation, scales simple phrases up to celestial heights" - The Wire: Adventures in Modern Music.

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Mengi is an operation, created and managed by artists in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Mengi(berlin) is a three month long project in collaboration with the Embassy of Iceland in Felleshus, Berlin and sponsored by WOW air and Inspired by Iceland.