Roni Horn
VATNASAFN / LIBRARY OF WATER
Artangel / Steidl 2009
Exhibition catalogue
Hardcover
17 × 23 cm
Texts in English
Very rare
With texts by Briony Fer, James Lingwood, Adrian Searle and Roni Horn
The distinctive geography, climate and culture of Iceland has engaged Roni Horn for over 30 years.
Her intimate relationship with the island has led to a multidisciplinary series of works, including books, drawings, sculpture, texts and photographs. Located in a converted library building on a promontory overlooking the ocean in Stykkishólmur on Iceland west coast, VATNASAFN / LIBRARY OF WATER incorporates Horn abiding interest in water and weather, reflection and illumination, and the relation of these phenomena to the fluidity of human identity.
The installation houses 24 glass columns containing local glacier water that reflect outside weather conditions onto a rubber floor embedded with weather-related adjectives. It also functions as a community space, a writers studio and an oral archive of local weather reports.
This publication which documents the project also includes a selection of writings by the artist inspired by her experience of being in Iceland.
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