Visual arts project in the East Fjords of Iceland

I spent 2 weeks in the east Fjords of Iceland. The project was a mix between "nature works" and "visual arts works". We were 18 peoples from all around the world.

That's the best aspect of this "workcamp". Living during 15 days with 18 peoples with different culture, 24/7 , is a wonderful experience.

I was a little bit disappoint about the nature work because we were just cutting flowers in the next town. Cleaning area, beach, etc...
I expected something more close to the nature ( making path for hike, help farmers, helps fisherman,...)

The visual part was also a little bit confuse. It was difficult to start because no ideas were already propose by the lead. So we took a while to share our ideas and find a way.

We had free time ( weekend) and went in the surrounding areas. We met some Icelandic people. Icelandic are fantastic people. So kind. Only 300.000 Icelandic in a huge country as Iceland! The sharing adventure with all those 18 peoples from all around the world was the most exciting experience I had.

You learn a lot about the different culture. We make a short movie about our work camp with a time lapse technique. Nice result! One more nice thing : To get there ( our work camp), a mini bus drove on the north road and make some stop to show us some great spots in Iceland. For the return we make the same but on the south road! Great idea!

After the work camp, I spent 1 more week to see more about the country. Hope this review will help you and the next volunteers :)

Olivier ( Belgium)