In May 2005 the CIA.IS – Center for Icelandic Art opened its doors for the public. The institution at Hafnarstraeti 16, 101 Reykjavík – in cooperation with SÍM – is the first location in Iceland where visitors can gather all relevant and up-to-date information on Icelandic artists and art institutions. Visitors can use the library or get basic information on current exhibitions. A selective videoarchive provides additional insight into the wide spectrum of the Icelandic art scene. It is a rotating presentation 11 artists who work in all different kind of media are introduced in this DVD-archive. The artists are free to use this medium to present videoworks, to use it only for documentation or both. After the first 11 Icelandic artists have been introduced in the DVD-archive in May 2005 now the forth round with following artists is opened:

Auður Jónsdóttir ( b.1970)
Egill Sæbjörnsson ( b. 1973)
Elín Hansdóttir (b. 1980)
Guðjón Bjarnason ( b.1959)
Heimir Björgúlfsson (b.1975)
Hrafnkell Sigurðsson (b.1963)
Katrín Sigurðardóttir (b. 1967)
Ólafur Árni Ólafsson ( b.1973) og Libia Peres De Siles De Castro (b.1970)
Steingrímur Eyfjörð (b.1954)
Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir (b.1955)
Ósk Vilhjálmsdóttir (b.1962)

Already in the archive are: Anna Líndal ( b. 1957), Ásmundur Ásmundsson (b. 1971), Birgir Andrésson (b. 1956), Bjargey Ólafsdóttir (b.1972), Eggert Pétursson (b. 1956), Erla Haraldsdóttir (b. 1967), Erling Þ.V. Klingenberg (b.1970), Finnbogi Pétursson (b.1959), Finnur Arnar Arnarson (b. 1965), Gabríela Friðriksdóttir ( b. 1971), Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir (b. 1972), Guðrún Kristjánsdóttir (b. 1959), Hannes Lárusson (1955), Haraldur Jónsson (b. 1961), Helgi Þorgils Friðjónsson (b. 1953) and Kristinn Guðbrandur Hardarson (b. 1955), Hlynur Hallsson (b. 1968), Hreinn Friðfinnsson, (b.1943) Húbert Nói Jóhannesson (b. 1961), Hulda Hákon (b.1956), The Icelandic Love Corporation (Sigrún Hrólfsdóttir [b. 1973], Jóní Jónsdóttir [b. 1972] and Eirún Sigurðardóttir [b. 1971]), Ingólfur Arnarsson (b.1956), Kristín Helga Káradóttir (b. 1968), Kristján Guðmundsson (b. 1941), Magnus Arnason (b. 1973), Markmið (Helgi Hjaltalín Eyjólfsson (b. 1968) and Pétur Örn Friðriksson (b. 1967), Ólöf Nordal (b. 1961), Ragnar Kjartansson (b. 1976), Rúrí (b.1951), Sara Björnsdóttir, (b.1962), Steina Vasulka (b.1940), Sigurður Guðjónsson (b. 1975), Tumi Magnússon (b.1957), Viktoría Guðnadóttir (b.1969).

In addition to this CIA.IS introduces foreign institutions or associations to the local scene. This time it is the Dutch new-media center De Waag in Amsterdam www.dewaag.nl