Arne Macpherson and Freya Olafson of the núna (now) curatorial committee are in Iceland now till the first week of September working on a collaborative performance with two artists from Iceland, Ingibjörg Magnadottir and Friðgeir Einarsson.
This co-production project between núna (now) and the Lokal International Theatre Festival in Iceland, www.lokal.is has been in development since May 2009 with the support of The Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council and the Winnipeg Arts Council and The Icelandic Ministry of Culture . The project will premiere this fall in Iceland at The Lokal Festival and will subsequently be performed in Winnipeg as part of núna (now) 2012.