Shouldn’t all people always collect great moments?
Summer is damn short in Iceland, and the sun doesn’t always shine as hard as it does in this photo. It’s still buds, but soon the treetops will be covered in opaque foliage, obscuring the view of the façade.
In a largely inanimate street scene, street art is a casual reminder to take each precious moment seriously.
Those who can read music may be accompanied by the chellist’s soundtrack for a while.
Created in 2016, the artwork was a collaboration with Herakut‘s Kronos Quartet. These are the two artists Hera and Akut, who merged their names and styles in 2004. Their common goal was and is to beautify the dark places of a city and – following a humanitarian approach – to create positive signs of life and thought. Hera, also known as Jasmin Siddiqui, who was born and raised in Frankfurt am Main, takes on the part of graffiti artist, while Falk Lehmann, also known as Akut and founder of the legendary Ma’Claim Crew, who hails from Schmalkden, devotes himself to conception, drawings and text work.
Wondrous Iceland Stories
Magical, mystical, whimsical. On our trip through Iceland, we experienced overwhelming nature, enjoyed the benefits of geothermal energy and tasted many an outlandish dish or of the beer that was only legalized in 1989. In Iceland there are leader sheep, but under no circumstances ponies. Instead, the descendants of the Vikings today have heated sidewalks, still seething volcanoes and a lot of creativity, which in the long dark months is the best recipe against the onset of winter depression. Other ‘Wait a Minute!’ episodes are about hairy beer bottles, petrified trolls and wishing stones. Fermented, cruelly stinking Greenland shark contrasts with rye bread baked in hot earth. The whales that regularly appear off Húsavík are a popular photo motif during whale watching.
