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Hub Talks: G. Scott MacLeod; The Artist in his Reykjavik Residence
May 19 @ 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm
« Hub Talks » Sunday May 19, 2024 @ 2 pm. Tickets $20.
Montreal, QC- MacLeod 9 Productions is happy to announce the release of award winning Canadian film director G. Scott MacLeod’s lecture, The Artist in his Reykjavik Residence and travel journal, 29 Days on the Reykjanes Peninsula – Iceland, one of the worlds’ last natural wonders. MacLeod chronicled his day-to-day sagas on the Reykjanes Peninsula his film shoots, drawings, paintings and photos during his 2017, 2018, 2022 & 2023 https://www.sim-residency.info art residencies in Reykjavik. His friend and driver Einar Hedinsson showed him sites with his in-depth commentary on geothermal Iceland, cultural curiosities and traditions from the old and new Iceland including, boiling geothermal steam and power plants, rows of buses and tourists with selfie sticks waiting for their geyser and waterfall moments, black beaches, remote coastal cliffs with many varieties of birds. MacLeod also experienced the Reykjavik nightlife, postmodern art openings, numerous museums, the best arctic char and salmon imaginable and so much more that he recounted in his personal saga, delivered by the hand of an artist.
“A wonderful effort, written with clarity, insight, reflection and a good sense of purpose and direction.” Simon Davies (former teacher of Cinema/Communications at Dawson College)
Tickets ($20) are available online and at the door.
Contact: MacLeod 9 Productions 514 487 8766 macleod_nine@hotmail.com www.macleod9.com
