URBAN NATION @ICELAND AIRWAVES // WALL POETRY 2016

Once again, URBAN NATION brings “WALLPOETRY“ to Iceland Airwaves Festival. 10 musicians, 10 street artists – what emerges out of this mix are exceptional song interpretations adorning house walls in Reykjavík, visible for everyone before the festival starts on the 2nd of November.

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DOTDOTDOTREYKJAVÍKURDÆTUR
HERAKUT – KRONOS ORCHESTRA
ONUR & WESOF MONSTERS AND MEN
LORA ZOMBIEWARPAINT
HEATHER MCLEANMINOR VICTORIES
PHLEGMMÚM
PØBELFM BELFAST
ANDERS GJENNESTADMAMMÙT
INOSAMARIS
DON JOHN – SILVANA IMAM

ICELAND CALLING!

WALLPOETRY is taking shape and the artists and bands are inspiring. Here is a first look at the collaboration between artist Heather McLean (Canada) and the amazing musicians from Minor Victories (UK)!

Heather McLean will work on two paintings inspired by these songs given by the band:

Song No. 1 – 100 ropes

“You told me not to take a look
Never thought this could happen
Here we are on an open sea
With no way to go back
You hold me as you shiver
The coral beneath us glows
There’s so much to discover
All my senses are numb

And a storm is rising
The blood rushes and the current swirls
Lungs full about to burst
Like a pulley of a hundred ropes
As you come back up for the next breath
The ocean is at war
Reckless, scattered and torn
There is everything to fear my love
The tide is out and the fight is up”

Song No. 2 – Scattered Ashes

“Tell me what it’s all about
Shed tears for God’s rejected
Cut the cord, rewind the ending
Take my life back to the start
Pick up the pieces of my heart
Let it be over

Smoke another cigarette
Draw into the cavern of my failing
Lungs with heightened senses
Scattered ashes
All that’s left of a lifetime that we had planned
I am here and you are not”

We do NOT miss a beat!

Next collaboration introduction is the one between pop punk goddess Lora Zombie (Russia)  and Los Angeles indie rock band Warpaint (USA).

Inspired from the vey first moment and already familiar with the band  –  before we even approached her –  Lora Zombie immediately decided to dedicate no one but several works to this collaboration. True to the idea of a concept album her plans for the project are to paint all four walls of her little house in Iceland.

All paintings are inspired by the 12 songs on Warpaint’s 2014 album title ‘ Warpaint’.

I had the chance to see some of her sketches for the walls and I can’t wait to experience the finished project.