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Performance art group from Reykjavík, Iceland

CGFC is an experimental performance art group from Reykjavík, Iceland. It was founded in 2015 by Arnar Geir Gústafsson, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir, Birnir Jón Sigurðsson and Hallveig Kristín Eiríksdóttir. Their work is driven by experiments with textiles and performance, and is often characterized by their use of recycled materials.

Background

CGFC was originally formed as a punk band in 2015, but the group's work has since then expanded into theatre performance, live art, video and textile installations. Its core members are Hallveig Kristín Eiríksdóttir (performer and director), Arnar Geir Gústafsson (performer and sociologist), Ýr Jóhannsdóttir (textile designer and performer) and Birnir Jón Sigurðsson (performer and director), who have all been with the group from the start.

Their most notable production, in co-operation with the Reykjavík City Theatre, is Potatoes which was nominated for Gríman - The Icelandic Theatre Awards as Best Play in 2020. During the devising process, the group painted a portrait of Helga Gísladóttir, an unknown potato farmer, and donated it to the Icelandic Ministry of Industries and Innovation where it now hangs. The play was picked up by the National Broadcasting Company of Iceland and premiered as a three part radio drama on March 6, 2021.

CGFC has collaborated with electronic musician Halldór Eldjárn of the band Sykur.

Projects

Production name Year performed Written by Place performed
Radio Activity 2015 Devised by CGFC Platform Nord - Kristiansand
""I Thought it was Brilliant, a Fantastic Performance" -Henrik Vibskov" 2015 Devised by CGFC Kaktus Art Space - Akureyri
STOP CGFC 2016 Devised by CGFC LungA Art Festival - Seyðisfjörður
HEADLINER 2017 Devised by CGFC Pólar Festival, LungA Art Festival, Möðrudalur, Sláturhúsið Residency - Egilsstaðir, Raufarhöfn, Klaksvík, Luleå, Helsinki
Brókun by CGFCrew 2018 Devised by CGFC Háskar Art Festival - Reykjavík
NAUJH! feat. Halldór Eldjárn 2018 Devised by CGFC & Halldór Eldjárn Mengi - Reykjavík
Potatoes 2019 Devised by CGFC & Halldór Eldjárn Reykjavík City Theatre
Potates: Peeled 2021 Written by CGFC RÚV

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