
SPIN — the art of understanding each other.
Hverfisgata 15, 101 Reykjavík
Dates
House of Collections
08, April 2025
Open from 10.00am - 5.00pm
General Admission See on official website
The SPIN project is an abbreviation for Sprogvenner i Norden — kunsten
at forstå hinanden or Tungumálavinir á Norðurlöndum — listin að skilja
hvert annað in Icelandic, which translates to Language Friends in
the Nordic Countries — the art of understanding each other.
The SPIN project started in October 2024 and will last for two
years. The participants are students in 6th grade from Melaskóli
and Háteigsskóli in Reykjavik, along with their peers from Eysturskúlin
in Thorshavn in the Faroe Islands and Skovvangskolen in Aarhus,
Denmark. The teachers of the children are involved in the project
on behalf of the schools.
The project is based on the fundamental idea that multilingualism is a valuable resource. The goal of SPIN is to increase
sensitivity to cultural diversity and promote inclusion. Children deepen
their understanding of their own linguistic and cultural diversity, as
well as of their peers in the Nordic countries, through various creative
projects and artistic expression. The project is being carried out in
collaboration with the National Gallery of Iceland and Dokk1 in Aarhus.
The project manager for SPIN is Kristín R. Vilhjálmsdóttir, and the Center
for Language and Literacy is participating in the project on behalf of
the Education and Recreation Department of Reykjavik City.
A total of 250 students have works on display at the exhibition,
and the participants have worked on creative projects based on
self-identities and diversity.