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bassculture islands issue #9 Editor in Chief Ania Orlowska Creative Direction/ Graphic Design Kerron Riley Film Editor Emiel Martens Advertising & Creative Contribution Marko Depender Project Execution TheOrlowska Creative Talent Agency www.theorlowska.com Special Thanks Caribbean Creativity Caribbean Film Academy Bassculture Foundation Front and Back Cover Photography: Gaby Rguez Model: Chantel Davis basscultureislands
Editor’s Note
Since the first issue of this magazine we have been focusing on different tropical islands. Then one day, while I spoke to our film editor, Emiel, the name Iceland came up. Iceland is an island too and since we are all about island lifestyle... Surprise, surprise... this issue is all about Iceland and its’ absolute beauty, even though it’s winter beauty. It will take your breath away to see amazing landscape images by our featured photographer - Dagur Jonsson. We also prepared travel tips straight from fresh visitor to Iceland - Hendric Tay. Surely you will be pleased to read Iceland travel story by photographer Hamish Stubbs and almost feel the cold breeze coming through his images. But don’t worry we wouldn’t abandon magazine’s tropical soul, island flowers and hot beach bodies. It’s all there and more...absolutely recommended interview with a freediver - Daan Verhoeven, his life story and passion will warm up your hearts. Also check out our brand new section: cool stuff - items that we find worth recommending and island accommodations worth your attention when travelling. Enjoy the cool breeze blowing from these pages!
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Iceland in focus
Ocean Dreamer Florals
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Film
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Cool Things
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Dagur Jonsson -featured Photographer
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Location: Iceland
Featured photographer
Dagur Jonsson
Photography to me is... ...is an exciting form of expression. I have a background in drawing and painting since I was younger and learning the basic drawing skills helps me a lot in my photography. I love doing moody shots with lots of emotion and try to process my images so they look a bit dramatic with a story to tell. I love shooting landscape with dramatic scene like dark clouds or captivating sunlight. I mainly shot my photos within the Reykjavik capital area and the northwest Iceland.
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cloudy storms, then suddenly sunlight glowing through the clouds giving us captivating light and mood. So you have to be prepared for the weather elements to control your day. So warm clothing and good shoes are important gear to have here in Iceland. This also means that you need to have a lot of patience to get the right shot. To get the great moment you seek, you often have to stand outside for hours. If you really work at it you will be for sure awarded for it with outstanding pictures from this unique land.
What’s the most challeng- Some people say that ing about photographing Northern Lights look Iceland. much better on a photo than in reality, is it true? The weather in Iceland is a challenge. The weather The northern lights are here can change rapidly one of the most fascinatand very fast. On the same ing phenomenon to capday we can experience; ture and it is always a thrill wind, rain and snow even to witness them with your
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own eyes. I have seen the auroras many times but it is always a unique experience for me and I always see something different each time they show up. The feeling when they run over your head far above in space is something pictures can’t express but an image of the northern lights always has a captivating story and imagery to tell.
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Family oriented country with fascinating landscape and hard working but gentle people. - Dagur Jonsson
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Dive deeper Location: UK/NL
Daan Verhoeven
It is a rather close and personal talk with a ‘water man’, a freediver and underwater photographer whose turbulent life story brought him to his, overlooking the sea, house on the cliff. Living simple life while having the biggest and richest of all things - passion. Let’s start with a small introduction for those who don’t know, what exactly is free diving? How did you start to be interested in it? Freediving in the broadest sense is any type of underwater activity done on breath-hold. So it can include snorkelling and exploring reefs, or spearfishing, or underwater photography. Competitive freediving is when you strive to hold your breath for a maximum time, distance or depth. I think most freedivers were already freediving without knowing it - I was always swimming underwater as a kid. It was how I learned: I was afraid of water but my stepfather let me ride on his back, which felt very safe. The best thing was when he pushed off the wall and went underwater, and we would fly. I would hold onto him long as I could and let go when I needed to, and float back to the surface. I loved that. Years later I was reminded of it when I was on a scuba trip and we did a snorkelling excursion. A 12. basscutlture islands
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friend and me had fun trying to get as deep as possible, touching a wreck at 15 meters, and it felt much more free than having them big tanks on your back. When we got back home my friend saw there was a documentary called ‘Ocean Men’ playing in the Imax theatre, and it showed these men diving deeper than imaginable. I couldn’t quite relate to the competitive bit, but then one of the guys dove down to a wreck at maybe 10 meters, something I could relate to, and he went in it! That moment I decided I would like to train for that, it seemed achievable. Within a year I had stopped smoking and started training. I was an average freediver on an international level but because the sport is so small in the Netherlands I quickly set a few national records. There are 6 competitive disciplines and I have had records in 5 of them at various points. After a while it became too much about records and ego and I was losing my love for it, so I decided to focus more on safety freediving; the main part of freediving safety is to never dive alone, and in competitions there are dedicated safety divers who can make sure the competitors make it to the surface in case of trouble. A big part of what I find so appealing in freediving is also the community; we depend on each other in the water, and it creates a strong bond. I feel a real connection not just to the water,
but to every being in it, and as a safety diver I could stay part of the community. I really enjoyed it and was very glad when I was awarded safety diver of the year. I’ve also set some world records: nobody’s been deeper in a tutu on breath hold than I have, I have worn Superman underwear to 65 meters deep, and taken a bite out of an apple at 20 meters. Between photography and freediving, what is your biggest love? Oh that’s a difficult question! They are so intertwined! Maybe it’s photography because I am rarely in the water without a camera these days, and I always bring a camera when I go out the door. They are two passions that slowly and separately grew around the same time, but when they met, the moment I first held a DSLR in an underwater housing, the shutter clicked, and so did something on a cellular level in me. That was 5 years ago and I can recall that moment and that sound very vividly. Things came together and to separate them into which one I love more is a bit like taking the cheese off a pizza. Taking underwater photos usually doesn’t feel like an effort at all, until afterwards, when I realize I am quite tired. It’s like playing water is a very playful element, it lifts you and let’s you sink, it sets you free to go in any direction
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you like, it plays with light and light plays with it, and you get to play along. The challenge is often the duration - I am in the water for 6 to 8 hours, I need to stay hydrated and safe. I might not realize it completely but at the end of day I have done 40, 50, 60 dives and I might be near the end of my energy and accidents are more likely to occur then. Plus the sea is unpredictable: there are currents, weird little stingy beasts, visibility issues, waves it’s a challenging element. How does it feel there deep in the water? Most people are terrified of such places. It’s tricky to describe, but for a lot of people it’s very peaceful. Part of that is caused by what is called ‘the mammalian dive reflex’, which is a set of responses your body goes through as soon as you submerge your face 16. basscutlture islands
underwater and which become more pronounced the deeper you go. One element of it is that your heart rate drops significantly. You notice that, and everything sort of feels like it slows down with it. You move slower, you think a bit slower. If you’re really lucky, you dissolve into the pressure, and become part of the water. This might sound very strange, but I have found most people can relate to another phenomenon which is similar: when you’re laying in bed with your lover and you’re holding each other, you’re sometimes not entirely aware whose arms is on which body part, you’re just a entangled mass of limbs and bits. That feeling of unity, but then with an element as powerful as water, is pretty magical. Then again, if you’re not relaxed it can feel as though an elephant is sitting on your chest.
What would you say about your relationship with water? Strictly Platonic! Platonic water… maybe a splash of gin? I kinda fall into grace when I enter water. Or so it feels, video graphic evidence suggests otherwise, but I feel a lot less cumbersome when submerged, to the point of being near-graceful. Water is such a wonderful element, it is hugely powerful yet it plays like a child, it can lift us and crush us, nourish us and starve us, it feels like home and entirely alien all at once. You know how the old views of elements were of earth, water, air and fire? I feel I’m mostly water and air. Often hot air, so there must be some fire in me as well, but I’m not much of an earth man. Earth is all the way down there, it takes forever to bend down to it, it’s harsh on the joints, drags you down, gets under your nails. Water buoys you,
engulfs you, sets you free. Of course I have been around water long enough to know that it will also chew you up and not even spit you out if you mess up or disrespect it - I’ve lost friends to the sea. I’m not naïve, and part of the thrill I feel when seeing a large body of water is that old fear I felt when I was a kid. Passions are often built out of conquered fears. I use that fear now, to stay aware of dangers while letting the waves lull me into relaxation. It’s like my father said: “Water is innocent of the temptations that well up from it; it even washes away its own sins.” What about your private life? What and who you surround yourself with to live this ‘water’ life? Was it always your dream? My dream was to become a writer, like my father. He was a philosopher and the deepest man I have ever met - yet he couldn’t swim. So I wanted to be a writer like Roald Dahl. But writing pet-
rifies me - the bar is set too high. Then when I didn’t get in to photography school I was a bit lost. I studied communication arts in New York, thinking about maybe going into advertising, but I found that field too manipulative. When my father was diagnosed with cancer I moved back to Den Bosch, The Netherlands, to be with him, and then I stayed to take care of his legacy. I was struggling with depression until I found freediving and photography, my own passions, which helped me pull myself out of a bit of a dark hole I had dug for myself. Then in 2010 I lost my job in the economic depression, and I drifted a while. At a freediving event I got closer to a girl I had met at events before. Within a year I was working for her gardening business and getting the occasional photography job. Then I first held a real underwater camera and things really clicked. After a year or so, I started making a living solely doing underwater photography and films.
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But London life is tough, landscaping and gardening are bad for your back and we wanted a life more filled with sea. Plus by that time we’d gotten a dog and she yearned for more runs in fields than London could provide. We were on a trip in Cornwall when we saw a house on a cliff overlooking the sea, and we just fell in love with the place. The house was almost derelict, but it had a lovely vibe about it and the view was endlessly beautiful, so we sold the place in London and bought the place in Cornwall. We’re rebuilding it right now the scariest thing I’ve ever done, but it’s shaping up to be a real warm and gorgeous home, better than anything I could have ever dreamed up. I often find this with reality - it’s so much better than anything we can think up. I have the same with photography; I come up with ideas but I try not to hold on to them too much, as reality usually is much better. Letting go of your ideas and dreams and letting reality take over is one of life’s scariest joys.
In my case that means also that I am rich in experiences and people, but I don’t think I’ll ever be rich monetarily. I drive a 14 year old car, don’t have a TV, don’t vacation, don’t do watches or fashion or have any extravagances other than that camera. My girl is the same. We have suits, but they’re wetsuits. The thing I’m looking forward to most is sitting with my girl and the dogs by the fire-place and looking over the bay in our new house, maybe going of to the study room to be surrounded by my dad’s books and working at his desk, or going down to the sea for a dip, enjoying that green blue, the kelp, the carps, maybe a seal. That’s my dream these days - I finally found what I want to be when I grow up. I can do this, travel from here, photograph people and beasts underwater, and be happy till the day I die.
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Flower Artistry OCEAN DREAMER Location: Hawaii
Pamakane is a Hawaii based flower artist. Her job is to arrange flowers in a very beautiful way. According to us, it could be the best job on the planet but it doesn’t even feel like a job. To her it feels more like ‘an exciting adventure’.
‘Flowers are in my blood, literally. I grew up around flowers, my mother did flower arranging & specialty leis on Molokai and Maui. My dad was a botanist worked with plants. So it came naturally for me to get into flowers and the natural beauty of the islands inspired my creativity. My own venture with flowers fell into place about 3-4 yrs ago. I worked at some farms getting to know different flowers and plants and my creativity started flowing. I was making different styles of Haku leis (flower crowns) for friends and it stood out, word got around 24. basscutlture islands
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and I started to get an overflow of requests for flowers, weddings and events.’ The best job?
‘For me, it is the best job on the planet, because I am able to wake up everyday and do what I absolutely love to do. I get to play with flowers, travel and make people happy with flowers. It is amazing to see the happiness when people receive flowers.’ Flower tips ‘All flowers to me look amazing but I love using exotic looking flowers, these are long lasting like: Gingers, Orchids, Garden roses, Ranunculous, Ti-leaf.’
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Meet Hendric Tay, traveller, outdoor enthusiast. He already visited 42 countries. Recently he came back from Iceland and is giving us some travel tips. ‘Iceland is one of those places in the world that you have to visit in your lifetime. The natural beauty is crazy. From epic waterfalls, breathtaking terrain, to the northern lights, Iceland is a nature lovers wonderland.’ Stary sky ‘I was there during winter, so the landscape was particularly dreamy. The best moment would probably be floating in an natural outdoor pool at night with the stars above! The pool was warm despite the subzero temperature outside so it was very surreal.’ The plane wreck at Sólheimasandur ‘Another recommendation is to check out the plane wreck 32. basscutlture islands
at Sólheimasandur. It’s a little out of the way, but the photo opportunities on the black sand beach makes it worth it!’ Road trips, ice caving, northern lights ‘I would recommend that people go on a self drive around the ring road instead of taking day tours out of Reykjavik. Road trips are more cost efficient, flexible, and fun! However, do arrange for specialty tours like ice caving because it’s too dangerous to do that on your own. If you are there during winter, remember to stay up at night and hunt for northern lights.’ Here are a couple of countries on Hendric’s bucket list: - North Korea - Bhutan - Australian Outback - Philippines - Norway - Antarctica
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WARM BREEZE Location: The Bahamas
Photography: Gaby Rguez Model: Chantel Davis
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Iceland… An adventure around the ring road Location: iceland
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Photography by Hamish Stubbs Iceland the land of fire, ice and Vikings. With air so fresh it makes you feel more alive than ever. The night skies so clear you can’t help but wonder what is on all those stars and planets you see shining so bright above. Water so clean there is no need to buy bottled water just fill your bottle up from a glacier fed stream. A country side so vast you wonder if anyone actually lives here. Where the only sound is the waterfalls running down as the snow melts and the country transcends from a wintery white wonderland to a showing the volcanic history and raw earth that lies beneath. Where driving 12 hours in a day to chase clear skies to witness the aurora borealis feels like a drive down the road because you are so pre occupied with the mind blowing landscapes you will struggle to drive 5 minutes with out pulling over, and thought of seeing yet another display of the most amazing show on earth of dancing green glows from the sky will keep you going as long as you need. When Meaghan and myself decided on a trip to Iceland, the 44. basscutlture islands
thought of witnessing the aurora borealis - “The Northern light” just once would have been enough but we were more fortunate that we could have imagined. Having now seen The Northern lights 10 times in this trip, with all of the first 6 nights putting on a display to beat any cinematic creation. We were fortunate to team up with two guys who had vast knowledge of forecasting the aurora so we all travelled together chasing the clear skies even if it meant sometime back tracking to see it. Because after seeing it four times in a row you can’t just stop the streak without at least trying to witness it again. This all was made possible because we chose not to do tacky tours or stay in hotels but hire a camper so we could sleep wherever the aurora took us. We also got to sleep at some of the most famous waterfalls such as: Godafoss, Kirkjufell, Skogafoss and at the famous Iceberg lagoon. There we have seen how much it is retracting each year (around 90m per year). It has really put into perspective the effect global warming is having and how much we need to do to preserve
places like Iceland. Iceland is a place that makes you step back and appreciate what mother nature puts in front of you with all her might and also worry that the next generation may not get to see what I am seeing right now. Iceland is a country the rest of the world should look up to, not only for how beautiful it is, but also for how dedicated the people of Iceland are to keep it that way. text: Hamish Stubbs
About Hamish. Based in Australia, Hamish’s photography is mostly influenced by nature whether it be out in the wild weather, beautiful sunsets, swimming with turtles and sharks or sitting under the stars away from the city lights. He also has a huge desire to see as much of the world as possible and photograph it along the way.
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FILM review
Hrútar (Rams, dir. by Grímur Hákonarson, 2015) by Bas Visser
Two eccentric and estranged brothers living on the deserted Icelandic countryside are each other’s opponents in this ‘sheep-driven’ deadpan comedy. It’s the ideal setting for many comic moments of dry humour. The simple but touching story is also a great homage to Iceland’s sheep farming tradition. A highly enjoyable gem. ********* 9/10
Þrestir (Sparrows, dir. by Rúnar Rúnarsson, 2015) by Romola Lucas An intriguing coming-of- age story of Ari, a 16-year- old boy from Reykjavik who is sent to live in the countryside with a dad he does not know when his mother leaves Iceland with her new husband. While trying to find his way, he clashes with his dad and falls for the girl who is dating the village thug. ******** 8/10
Bakk (Reverse, dir. by Davíd Óskar Ólafsson) by Romola Lucas Gisli, a down-and- out actor with an overbearing father, comes up with the idea to drive in reverse around Iceland in order to beat his dad’s record, get all the attention he’s craving and help a charity at the same time. An amusing road movie in reverse. ******* 7/10
Íslenska krónan (The Icelandic Króna, dir. by Garðar Stefánsson, 2015) by Emiel Martens Well-made and balanced documentary on the króna, the Icelandic currency, addressing its history (including the 2008 Iceland banking collapse), current status and future prospects. Ever thought a film on inflation, indexation and interest rates is too boring or complex? Think again! Informative, understandable and entertaining. ******** 8/10
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Kristján Loðmfjörð. People and their Animals by the Grace of God
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Interview by Emiel Martens of Caribbean Creativity
Kristján Loðmfjörð is a visual artist and filmmaker working and living in the Icelandic countryside. His first documentary, Drottins Nad (Grace of God, 2015), received its international premiere at CPH:DOX, the Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival, known as the third largest documentary film festival in the world, and was nominated for the NORDIC:DOX award, the award for the best documentary from the Nordic countries. EM: Could you briefly introduce yourself? Where did you grow up and how did you get involved in filmmaking? KL: I grew up in Reykjavík, so the city was my playground throughout my childhood, during my teen years as a skateboarder and during my early adult years hanging around in bars and cafes. I got into filmmaking when I was a teenager, first making skateboard videos
and later making short films and documentaries with a group called Lortur. I gained quite a lot of attention for my editing skills, so when I came back home from my studies in the Netherlands, where I did visual arts, I was offered some editing jobs right away. For the past eight years I have had these two separate carriers as a film editor and working on my own art. EM: Drottins Nad takes place in Iceland’s rugged countryside and reflects on the relationships between farmers and their animals, notably sheep, cows and horses. Why did you want to make a film there and about that subject? KL: Grace of God is my first work as a ‘conventional’ documentarian. When my wife was offered a position at an art centre in the small town of Seyðisfjörður in the east of Iceland, we move away from Reykjavík. My first winter there I came across an Icelandic writer called Elínborg Lárusdóttir. In
True Animal Stories, a short book she wrote, Lárusdóttir tells stories of the animals that she had in her life. Her stories became the stories I was looking for in my film. When interviewing farmers about their animals, I noticed a certain magical look in their eyes and it was this magic that I wanted to capture. It became clear to me that for those who are able to connect with and understand animals, this subject is very dear to them. EM: Your film is also a portrait of Iceland’s Christian community. The people you interview express a genuine emotional, almost spiritual connection to animals, while at the same time sometimes having to make the decision to kill these very same animals for human consumption. What questions about faith did you want to bring up? KL: When I began filming I was interested in the spiritual nature of relationships between men and animals. The religious aspect grew
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during the course of making the film. The title of the film, Grace of God, is taken from the lyrics of the reverends’ final song. The meaning of this biblical phrase reflects on the dilemma of these relationships. It means that God will accept us even for our flaws. It is this loophole in the religion that allows Christian people to live their lives with contradictions. Because even if there are laws that allow us to kill and exploit animals, every good-hearted person knows deep inside that there is something not quite right about it. My film is about decent farmers who live by Christian values and exploit animals in the way that their community demands. It’s a collection of stories of beautiful encounters between masters and servants. www.kristjanlodmfjord.com
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Icelandic films on a winning streak at international film festivals Written by Jorn Rossing Jensen and edited by Emiel Martens
A small country, with a population of 331,000, Iceland nevertheless produces up to ten feature films a year. Last year, the feature output was somewhat down, to eight. Still, Icelandic films were selected at almost 300 international festivals, going on to win 102 awards, up significantly from 34 in 2014 and 31 in 2013.
The highlight of the 2015 banner year was Icelandic director Grimur Hákonarson’s Rams, shot in the remote valley of Bárdardalur in northern Iceland and centring on two brothers, who live side by side but have not spoken in 40 years; now, they must come together to save what is dearest to them: their sheep. Rams was victorious in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes International Film Festival – Iceland’s first prize on the Côted’Azur. The title picked up 22 awards in total. Rúnar Rúnarsson’s Sparrows – a coming-of- age story about 16-year- old Ari, who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik, but is now sent back to his father in the remote Westfjords – received the 62. basscutlture islands
Golden Shell for Best Film at the San Sebastián International Film Festival and was named Best Film in the 1-2 Competition at the Warsaw International Film Festival. In total, it raked in ten awards. Dagur Kári’s Virgin Mountain – the portrayal of a 43-year- old man who still lives with his mother, and whose monotonous life and old bachelor habits are suddenly turned upside down – was awarded the prestigious Nordic Council Film Prize. In addition, it won in another three categories at New York’s Tribeca Film Festival, besides pocketing prizes at other gatherings. It snagged a total of 14 awards.
abounding for veteran director Baltasar Kormákur’s thriller The Oath, produced by Magnús Vidar Sigurdsson and Kormákur for RVK Studios. Scripted by Ólafur Egill Egilsson and the director, it tells the story of a respectable heart surgeon and father of two, whose life is seriously affected when his daughter introduces her manipulative, drug-dealing boyfriend to the family.
Hopes are also high for award-winning director Gudmundur Arnar Gudmundsson’s feature debut, Heartstone, which is being staged by Anton Máni Svansson, Lise Orheim Stender, Jesper Morthorst and Gudmundsson for Iceland’s Join Motion Pictures This year, six to seven new and Denmark’s SF Film. It Icelandic features will open, follows two boys sharing a with high expectations journey of friendship and
love, as one tries to win the heart of a girl, while the other discovers new feelings towards his best friend. This article was originally published at Cineurope.org by their Nordic correspondent Jorn Rossing Jensen on January 26, 2016.
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