Eydís Kvaran is a composer, songwriter and string instrumentalist based in Reykjavík, Iceland. Her work weaves together mystery and narrative, often through improvisational methods. Her style fuses contemporary classic, avant garde and folk music.
Eydís has played in bands such as Ólafur Kram (2018-) and Turturi (2024-), the former won the Icelandic competition Músíktilraunir in 2021. From 2019-2022 Eydís was a member of Icelandic artist collective Post-dreifing, an organization built to platform independent artists. Projects include the music-festival Hátíðni, concert series Smá í tánna and collective albums Drullumall. since 2022 Eydís has performed solo with instruments such as the Halldorophone and Proto-langspil in collaboration with Intelligent Instruments Lab (IIL).
Öldur afkimanna is a music-dominant short film, weaving together Icelandic landscapes and human movement. Shot on super-8, the film invites an organic experience as the film’s texture layers the movements of camera and subject. As the human moves, so does the mountain. As the mountain stares, the human retreats. And as the music intensifies, so does the image.