We recognise the second strike of Iceland in less than 2 years as inspiration for current art.
(The first strike was related to the financial meltdown, duh! It's a shame that this isn't obvious to anyone...)
Create art about the real cause of your dilemma whilst waiting for your flight! We believe that's making the best of the current situation.
"XML scream" Uriel VII February MMXI
"Home Sweet Gate" Marco de Boer XXVII April MMX
"Vulcano IV" Carlota Flieg info more info blog XXIII April MMX
"Vulcano III" Carlota Flieg info more info blog XXIII April MMX
"Vulcano II" Carlota Flieg info more info blog XXIII April MMX
"Vulcano I" Carlota Flieg info more info blog XXIII April MMX
"A gust of wind" Celine Choo XXII April MMX
"eyja2" Marketa Broulova XX April MMX
"Monotype of the Krossa river" Claire Iris Schencke (Claire's Art Blog) XIX April MMX
(The Krossa river drains the Eyjafjallajökull as well as Myrdalsjökull.
Based on a photo by Iris' sister Sanna.)
"If I'd be the world..." Eva Brandstoetter XIX April MMX
But maybe this is also an event where we [...] can remind on
how powerful nature is
and we really have to save it. And art is one
way to make people think, I guess...
"Brushes" Rob Partington XVIII April MMX
"Eyjafjallajökull ash clouds monotype" Claire Iris Schencke (Claire's Art Blog) XVIII April MMX
(she is waiting for her cousins that are stranded in Helsinki)
"Plain air sketch of Eyjafjallajökull" Claire Iris Schencke (Claire's Art Blog) XVIII April MMX
"Mushroom" anonymous XVII April MMX (best viewed while listening to Can - Mushroom)
"Unbenannt-1" srm XVII April MMX
"Dennis, Brian, Ken and Glenda at Eyjafjallajökull" Uriel XVII April MMX
"Moment of calm" A.R.G XVII April MMX
"Stay where you are II" A.R.G XVI April MMX (Based on first version, but colorised)
"Icelandic Green" El figura XVI April MMX
"Stay where you are" A.R.G XVI April MMX
Publish your artwork in our famous art gallery [whilst waiting for your flight ;)]!
Make sure it is saved as PNG and not bigger than VGA resolution (640x480 pixels). Send it to
gallery@eyjafjallajoekull.com
After a successful approval we will publish it here.
By Ireland's Corrigan Brothers (the band who had the international hit "There's no one as Irish as Barack Obama")
Ohh watching the weather get windy
Blowing the ash down towards me
Planes on the ground are not going
We can't go tooing and fro-ing
A friend of a friend he got stuck there
An airport the far side of no where
Credit card maxed out and NO CASH
VOLCANO STILL PUMPING OUT BIG ASH
La-ah-ah, lalala la la la
Ah-ah-ah, lalala la la la
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
ANOTHER friend he took a bus trip
5 days to drive across Europe
He got to the ferry port Monday
The ferry had sailed out on Sunday
A friend of a friends stuck in Greece is
The economy's falling to pieces
He needs to get out of Athens
Before something the eventual happens
La-ah-ah, lalala la la la
Ah-ah-ah, lalala la la la
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
Ohh watching the weather get windy
Blowing the ash down towards me
Planes on the ground are not going
We can't go too-ing and fro-ing
La-ah-ah, lalala la la la
Ah-ah-ah, lalala la la la
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
And if there's anyone left out there
Who needs to get back in the air
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
"AY-yah-fyah-lah-YOH-kuul."
Thanks to "The Corrigans" for this, MMX-V-XIII
We're also open to publish music samples that resemble Eyjafjallajökull related art. Feel free to send us proposals.
You will retain all rights of your artwork. We only require your permission to publish your artwork on this website. We also set a link to your homepage if you so wish.
Sean recorded them around 2nd May 2010, they can be found here Iceland, Eyjafjallajökull - May 1st and 2nd, 2010. Great work Sean! MMX-V-XIII
More amazing pictures of Eyjafjallajökull MMX-IV-XXIV
More from Eyjafjallajökull can be viewed. It is absolutely fantastic. Check it out! MMX-IV-XX
Is it just us that think there must be a relation between the volcanic ash and the nice weather throughout Europe? Is it washing the rain away? MMX-IV-XIX
We also reason that the popular use of "ash", "ash cloud" or "volcanic ash" and their translations into other languages is related to the lack of people being able to speak "Eyjafjallajökull". MMX-IV-XIX
There seems to be a sublime relationship between the catastrophic Polish government air accident and the precautious action of the European governments to issue the current flight bans. MMX-IV-XIX
We achieved more than 5000 unique visitors looking at our gallery within the first 3 days after the launch and the response is increasing! This is great news and another prove that The Eyjafjallajökull Art Project is a big success. MMX-IV-XIX
According to this article of German newspaper DER SPIEGEL, German airlines question the current ban, because all bans across Europe seem to be based on data estimated by just one source and computer simulation of the Vulcanic Ash Advisory Centre in London. Traditionally there is always a bit of a suspicion involved when it is about British estimations, but we think the German airline questioning can't be dismissed easily. Do you remember when Britain closed all airports because of 1 or 2 inches of snow? MMX-IV-XVIII
...just now, within less than 36 hours after the website launch! The Eyjafjallajökull Art Project is becoming more and more popular! Send us your artwork! Many people will see your art, more than you will expect from a regular art gallery! And android users will soon be able to use our dedicated TMEAG app to view your art! 4pm MMX-IV-XVII
We currently develop "The Mobile Eyjafjallajökull Art Gallery" (TMEAG) for android phones. In order to integrate our gallery items smoothly, we created gallery.txt. It contains one gallery item per line (most recent first) where the line format is YYYYMMDD[n[n]].png, Title, Author, URL. Have fun. MMX-IV-XVII
According to Eurostar ticket prices with 5 days notice rocket at around 250 EUR one way from Paris to Ashford, not to mention that all other tickets are sold out already... MMX-IV-XVII
We are glad to announce that we had more than 1000 unique(!) website visitors within the first 20 hours after this website launch! This proves that The Eyjafjallajökull Art Project is a great success and we are looking forward to break the 10000+ unique visitors target during the next days.
We also received various link entries and a bunch of new amazing artwork submissions that are currently reviewed and will be published later today. MMX-IV-XVII
Celebrate the cult of Eyjafjallajökull! Sacrifice your soul to Eyjafjallajökull! Become part of the new movement of stranded fellows in Europe! Send us your artwork NOW! MMX-IV-XVI
Thanks to El figura for his CSS improvements today! He switched the style to light on black to focus on the artworks in our gallery. MMX-IV-XVI
(Source: DER SPIEGEL/REUTERS)
(Source sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net)
Thanks to Bjartur for the following clarification:
FYI the image from the BBC seems to be from the Fimmvörðuháls, the eruption which preceded the one on the Eyjafjallajökull -- according to my m0m, who whatched the Fimmvörðuháls eruption live for hours. Eyjafjallajökull spits ash (@Brits: oh, you ment cash?) exclusively (and boils ice). --Bjartur
Send us your links about Eyjafjallajökull!
After a quick review we will publish them. Send them to link@eyjafjallajoekull.com
Super project... --Marco
I really love your idea... --Eva
Wow, great stuff... thanks... --Eyjafjallajokull @facebook
The project is so crazy that it's brilliant --lavish
This art project is a fabulous idea! Keep up the good work! --Soeren
Eyjafjallajökull has saved many lives [of those that stay where they are now] --Freya Eiriksdottir
The next Black Swan --anonymous
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