The moving image project, ‘strange attractors […1,000 years]‘ by Sandra Crisp LG has been selected for the inaugural festival in eastern Iceland.
Launching during the Sluice Seyðisfjörður Expo 23rd -25th May 2025 in eastern Iceland at the Herðubíó cinema, and will be the key space for artists working with film and video to engage with the theme of the 2025 event: World Building.
The theme of the 2025 Sluice Film Festival (and Expo) looks to the creation of other, speculative-until-summoned worlds. These worlds are a chimera, falling apart just as easily as they fall together.
Located at the head of a fjord on the far side of the remote island nation of Iceland in the harsh North Atlantic Ocean, often cut off from outside supply routes – the town of Seyðisfjörður is only accessible via the Fjarðarheiði mountain pass or the weekly (summer months) ferry arrival.
In a country whose geology and climate seem to actively reject human colonisation, the theme is a jumping-off point to explore our relationship with the world, and the stories we tell ourselves about our place within it.
Sluice was founded by Karl England and the art historian Ben Street in 2011 and works exclusively with artist and curator-led projects and non-profit galleries.
