A short film by my friend Vera and me is the short film of the week in RUV/Channel 1 in Iceland!

You can stream the film here, for this week only.
 It is in Icelandic, called Fuglar (Birds).
 It is a short visual poem made by me and my friend Vera Sölvadóttir, a great filmmaker. We wrote the text together, she shot the video with Bjarni Felix , another friend that is a great Director of Photography and I made the music.
 http://www.ruv.is/orvarpid 

An interview with me in french at the Holmi blog

An interview with me in french at the Holmi blog

"Le silence nocturne, les contours estompés des meubles dans la pièce obscure, le bruit lointain d’un véhicule, tout semblait si étrange quand elle se réveilla. Un calme profond rendait le monde extérieur insignifiant. Rien ne semblait avoir plus d’importance que cet état de quiétude à ce moment-là, moment aux limites diffuses qui se confondaient avec l’infini. Jara aurait pu être le premier disque de ce réveil. Petite interview de la jeune islandaise pour Holmi..."

My new album - Pale Blue Dot is finally out!

I am so happy, I hope you all enjoy!
You can listen to it and buy ot over here: jara.bandcamp.com

Welcome to my new home on the internet!

The sea

The biggest love of my life, the one that can always soothe me... 

I am born on an island and like for many islanders I have a very strong need to know in what direction the sea is and find it difficult to stay far away from it for a long time. The first time I sat in a rowboat I instincitly knew how to row and was very good at it. I have genertations of sailors on my mother's side...

Isn't it strange that this planet is called planet earth when it is clearly mostly sea?

i am so happy with this video that the amazing Logi Hilmarsson made for me...