POLISH CULTURAL MAGAZINE
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EVERY JOURNEY BEGINS WITH A FIRST STEP.
It is a gesture so ordinary, yet full of meaning, for it opens the door to a world of fleeting beauty and unknown paths. This very step is what "At Dusk and Dawn" speaks of - the moments when the world seems to pause between the brightness of day and the stillness of night.
Dusk and dawn are more than times of day. They are thresholds - sometimes imperceptible, other times as sharp as the horizon line after rain. In these moments, the world takes on a shade of transience, as if every color, every sound lasted only for a breath before dissolving into the next change. These are the moments when everything feels in its right place, if only for a fraction of a second...
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Stories. They pass from generation to generation. They build new ones, look at the old ones, take the present ones back to life. Not always complete. Not obvious. One life goes far beyond one's own time. The memory of the story passes from one...
It is said that times are dynamic. The sentence returns with such regularity that the dynamics begins to look not as a feature of a specific moment, but as a permanent component of each present. The 1990s were dynamic. Dynamic was...
Hellissandur. A small town located at the western end of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. For several days in August, it was here that the routes of people coming from different parts of the world crossed. There was one reason: a total solar eclipse. Light. Phenomena,...
In 2014, a thousand spruces were planted on the outskirts of Oslo. In ninety or so years, their wood will become paper. Books that already exist will be printed on this paper. The Future Library (Framtidsbiblioteket) project was initiated by...
Culture is one of the most natural forms of human presence in the world. A space of experience, memory, and relationships. It allows us to preserve memory, organize experiences, and build meaning. It emerges in a meeting, it is a trace of presence. A story.
On 3 September, the Iceland Symphony Orchestra will perform under the baton of Barbara Hannigan as she begins her tenure as Chief Conductor and Artistic Director.
The programme features works by Charles Ives, John Cage and Gustav Mahler, alongside the world premiere of Undark by Icelandic composer Hugi Guðmundsson.
Eldborg, Harpa, Reykjavík
BOOK
A journey through Egypt becomes a confrontation with memory, mortality and the uncertainty of what remains. Colin Thubron’s latest novel, described by The Guardian as a “gem of a novel” and selected as its Book of the Day, explores love, identity and what remains when the future suddenly becomes finite.
FILM
Decades after publishing a forgotten book of poetry, Ed Saxberger is unexpectedly rediscovered by a group of young New York artists. Kent Jones’ Late Fame, starring Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee, looks at recognition, artistic ambition and the strange distance between the life imagined in youth and the one eventually lived.
ART
Three large-scale audiovisual works transform the National Gallery of Iceland into a space shaped by sound, image and voice. Ancestress and Sorrowful Soil, created in honour of Björk’s mother, are presented alongside Nerve Bloom, a new work derived from her forthcoming album.
PLACE
Turquoise coves, prehistoric stone monuments and one of the Mediterranean’s quietest landscapes. Menorca offers a different rhythm from its neighbouring islands, where protected nature, coastal paths and small fishing villages shape the island’s identity.
“At Dusk and Dawn” is an independent magazine built on the understanding that every moment can become a beginning-sometimes subtle, barely perceptible, other times groundbreaking. The texts describe psychology, philosophy, and inner transformation, focusing on how humans experience the world. It is a quiet study of choices, memory, and relationships. Out of respect for complexity and in silence, the publications emerge from what lies between the words.
MARTA KĘPSKA
Founder | Editor-in-Chief | Creative Director
Based in Reykjavík, Iceland
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