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Sigur Rós' Jón "Jónsi" Birgisson and Parachutes' Alex Somers have been coming together for the sake of art under the name Riceboy Sleeps for some time now. Heck, they even managed to wrangle a picture book out of it-- one which, according to their manager, the duo hopes to release in the U.S. this fall.

But residents of Hot Springs, Arkansas and the surrounding areas will be the first Americans to see the works of Riceboy Sleeps in person as part of an exhibition at the city's Gallery 801 running August 3-September 7. Both members of Riceboy Sleeps will be on hand at the opening event, which marks the first time their new "window prints" will be seen outside of Iceland.

What's more, Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson-- better known as Sigur Rós-friendly ambient duo Hammock-- will perform live for the very first time at the Riceboy Sleeps exhibition opening afterparty, which goes down August 3 at Gallery@4048.

Riceboy will follow the Arkansas exhibition with a showing at the Melbourne International Arts Festival October 11-27; they'll then run to Reykjavik to shoot a new video piece for that city's Sequences Art Festival.

Of course, this is just one of many things the members of Sigur Rós have on their docket for 2007, though it's certainly among the most unexpected.