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Berlin! The German capital suffers a depression. Shortly after the elections there is a political vacuum in Germany. Will this effect the Berlin art automn? However, from the last week of September on for ten days the German capital will be in the hand of the visual art scene. More than 40 Icelandic artists, musicians and performers will invade various venues during the days and nights following the 28th of September. One of these will be Egill Sæbjörnsson who is being introduced in this issue. He will present one installation, who will perform and play with his band in several places.
While the future of KlinK & BanK in Reykjavík is uncertain a large group of this artist run experimental space is travelling to Berlin to show, perform and play mainly at Berliner Liste. LIST looks behind the curtain and introduces the phenomenon KlinK & BanK.

In the first part of the Interview Steina Vasulka said that "beeing an Icelander is an incurable desease". With the second part we publish here we concentrate more on her artistic approach. Could you imagine why Jimmy Hendrix should be responsible for Steina working with video?

The Reykjavík Art Museum is Iceland’s largest art institution though its mission has always been less certain than that of the National Gallery, charged with assembling and hosting a representative collection of Iceland’s visual arts. Its director, appointed for a limited term, is by default one of the most influential people in the Icelandic art world and a new one has just started work this month. His name is Hafþór Yngvason.

LIST wishes him all the best in his new job and good luck for all the artist who will take part in the exciting art automn in Berlin!