JUNE 2015 / Reykjavík Dance Atelier/ Saga Sigurðardóttir and Sofia Mavragani
A fascinating icelandic feature is the belief in the existence of “The Huldufólk”/ the hidden people. playforReykjavik draws inspiration from hidden people´s myths and truths and plays hide and seek with the city of Reykjavik.
PHOTOS by Sofia Mavragani
Hidden Music by Hallvardur Asgeirsson :
https://soundcloud.com/himna/hidden-people
they are somehow like humans and somehow not
they are somebody who is watching and noticing
an opportunity to believe in the unknown
an evidence of the lives of people in the old days, on how stories enriched their lives, – opposed to e.g movies nowadays
it is something you can not conquer but you can negotiate with
the other side of rationality
from another dimension, if that exists
they do have a lot of stories about them
one of the phenomena that have been manipulated by the tourism industry
they are lovely
but you cant trus’t them
they are here and now
you want to have them on your side
they can appear and disappear on will, as opposed to the construction of certain roads and buildings
they live in rocks
even if they are hidden/hiding they have guts
they are known to manipulate the inner workings of construction machinery
they are able to have children with people
they are curious about humans and humans are curious about them
they are anxiety
they are the shadows of our selves
supported by Reykjavík Dance Atelier and FINGERSIX 
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