CV
Haukur Már Helgason
b. 1978 | 2381km@gmail.com
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SELECTED WRITINGS2005 Rispa Jeppa – prose collection
Publ. Nýhil, in the collection Nordic literature.
2005 „Önnur Másabók“ – 2nd part of a rhapsody
Appeared in the collection Ást æða varps. Publ. Nýhil. Ed. Ófeigur Sigurðsson & HMH.
2002–2003 We Are Water – radio play for the BBC World
Co-author of a 60 min. piece for The Royal Court Theatre in London. Premiered on BBC-World, March 29, 2003.
2003 Sókratesarfélagið – play
Premiered by the theatre group Living Theatre, in Reykjavík, August 16, 2003.
2003 2004 – book of poetry
64 pages. Publ. Nýhil.
2002 Untitled monologue for Iceland State TV (RÚV)
Director: Lárus Ýmir Óskarsson. Premiered 2006.
2001 „Fyrsta Másabók“ – 1st part of a rhapsody
Appeared in the anthology Ljóð ungra skálda 2001. Publ. Mál og menning.
2000 Eini strákurinn í heiminum sem kunni að telja – book of poetry
42 pages. Publ. author.
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EDITING etc.2005-2006 Editing of catalogue for gallery Klink&bank
2004–2005 Writer and journalist for Reykjavík Grapevine magazine
2004 Editor and film festival correspondant for Land & synir magazine
2003 Af stríði – essay collection on the war in Iraq
132 pages. Editor and writer of introduction. The first in Nýhil's Af-series. Publ. Nýhil.
2003 Heimsendapestir, book of poetry by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl
64 bls. Editor. Publ. Nýhil.
2001–2002 Berlin culture correspondant for State Radio 1
Summer 2001 Journalist at newspaper Morgunblaðið
2001 Nýhil
Co-founder of Nýhil, collective and publishing house. Among other things, some 15 titles have been published under the label, by now generally considered the most noteworthy publisher of new Icelandic literature.
2000-2001 Editing of the University of Iceland's Science Web
Editor of humanities.
1999
25 lexíur í upplýsingatækni for secondary and grammar school
Co-author. Two text-books on Information Technology.
Publ. Námsgagnastofnun (the state-run publisher of paedagogic material).
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TRANSLATIONS2005 The Plague of Fantasies – book by philosopher Slavoj Zizek
A current undertaking. Will be published by Iceland's oldest running publishing company, Hið íslesnska bókmenntafélag.
2002–2004 Translations for philosophy periodical Hugur
Maurizio Ferraris „Phenomenology and the Messiah“, 2005. Italian.
Sara Heinämaa „Descartes and the Unity of Soul and Body“, 2005.
Slavoj Zizek, „Kant with (or against) Sade“, 2004.
Minna Koivuniemi, „In the Spiderweb – Spinoza on Affects“, 2004.
Guðfríður Lilja Grétarsdóttir „The limits of Logic“, 2004.
Bernard Williams, „Philosophy as a humanistic discipline“, 2003.
Teresa Orozco, „The art of insinuation – Gadamer's philosophical appearance in the Third Reich“, 2003. German.
Hans Georg Gadamer, „Man and Language“, 2002. German.
2003–2004 Translations for Nýhil's Af-series
Slavoj Zizek, „The Ongoing Soft Revolution“, Af okkur, Nýhil 2004.
Slavoj Zizek, „The Iraq War – where lies the real danger?“, Af stríði, Nýhil 2003.
Arundhati Roy „Instant-mix Imperial Democracy!“, Af stríði, Nýhil 2003.
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SELECTED FILMS & VIDEOS2006 Papagena – Voyager 1
Author. The first in a planned series of ten documentaries on the obscurity of desire. 16 min.
2003 Áróður – Propaganda
Writer/director. Premiered in Festival Shorts&Docs, Reykjavík 2004. 13 min.
2002 Annað fólk – Andere Leute – Altre Gente – Other People
Writer/director. A short film made in three different versions, where poetry of three different authors is employed as musical score.
Poets: Veronica Raimo, Italy; Reto Pulfer, Switzerland, and HMH. 12 min.
2001 Homo activitus
Writer/director. Comedy on nihilism. 7 min.
2001 In the Trenches – short film about a priest
Writer/director. 15 min. Awarded. Bought and shown on State TV.
2000 Vei! Hryðjuverk! – Yibbie! Terrorism! – TV film
Writer. Produced by Böðvar Bjarki Pétursson for State TV. 25 min.
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HAPPENINGS 2006 Kviksaga – the Reykjavík Academy's documentary film center
Founding member of Kviksaga. The center produces, screens and gives courses on documentary filmmaking.
2005 La dolce fucking vita in Berlin Expo, Germany
Poetry happening on art fair Berlin Expo. A joint project with gallery Klink&bank.
2005 La dolce vita in Lys over Lålland, Denmark
Poetry happening in in co-operation with gallery Klink&bank.
Summer 2003 Poetry parties – touring Iceland
Nýhil toured Iceland giving readings and throwing parties 5. til 24 júlí 2003.
2002-2003 Nýhilkvöld – Neuhil Abend
The first Nýhil happenings took place in Berlin, 2002, organized by Eiríkur Örn Norðdahl and HMH. Among appearances were the members of Icelandic group múm.
2000 Spakstundir, philosophical happenings
Open discussioins of philosophical matters, that I planned and started as head of Soffía, The University of Iceland's Philosophy Students Club. They are still held monthly, in Reykjavík.
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TEACHING2005-2006 Associate Professor, Iceland Acadamy of the Arts
Courses: Útópía/Alkemía and Political Visuality, design department.
2005-2006 Part-time teacher at Iceland Film School
First year Film-analysis.
Spring 2001 Assistant to Prof. Erlendur Jónsson, University of Iceland
Spring 2000 Kindergarten Instructor, Tjarnarborg, Reykjavík.
1998–1999 Secondary School Instructor, Ísafjörður.
1998 Director in Teenage Drama Club, Ísafjörður.
Staged: Grease, the musical.
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EDUCATION2003–2004 Cinema Studies, at FAMU, Prague Arts Academy
Emphasis: Screenwriting. Instructors included: Jean-Claude Carrière, J. Sofr, Brendan Ward, Linda Aronson, Pavel Jech, M. Bregant, Vojtechosvský and Barbara Ericsson.
2003 Kurz&Gelb, course in film directing at UdK, the Berlin Arts Academy
Instructors: Edward Berger og Lars Kraume.
1999–2003 Graduated in Philosophy from The University of Iceland
2001-2002 Exchange studies at Humboldt and Tächnische Universities, Berlín
– two semesters, supported by the Erasmus programme.
2002 Attended the congress Espaces d'action – espaces de perception
at Université de Technologie, Compiègne, France. Funded by the Socrates programme.
2001 Attended the congress Cognitive Science and Philosophy
at Brighton University, UK. Funded by the Socrates programme.
1998 University Admission Exams at Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð
Physics major.
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LANGUAGESFluent: German, English, Icelandic.
Limited: French and Danish.
Can read: Italian and the Nordic languages.