Main entry:

Horn, Roni, 1955- artist.

Title & Author:

Vatnasafn = Library of water : Stykkishólmur, Iceland / Roni Horn.

Publication:

London ; Göttingen, Germany : Artangel : Steidl, [2009?]
Göttingen : Steidl, [2009?]

Description:

176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), 1 color map ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Journey to the Library of water / James Lingwood -- Storm of the eye / Briony Fer -- How like the world was all over after all / Adrian Searle -- Vatnasafn/Library of water -- Collecting Water, selected -- You are the weather (Iceland) -- Collecting words / Margrét Blöndal -- Glossaries -- Weather reports you. An introduction / Roni Horn ; Talking about the weather / Oddný EIr Ævarsdóttir ; Weather reports you (a selection) -- Library of water : one year on. The writer's residency at the Library of water / Fríða Björk Ingvarsdóttir ; A room with a view / Guðrun Eva Mínervudóttir ; Chess at the Library of water / Guðfriður Lilja Grétarsdóttir -- Roni Horn and Iceland. Making being here enough ; Island and labyrinth ; Anatomy and geography ; When Dickinson shut her eyes ; A hot water map ; Mirror, desert and mirror ; The other here ; My Oz.

Summary:

Situated in the town of Stykkishólmur on the west coast of Iceland, Vatnasafn/Library of Water incorporates many of Roni Horn's abiding artistic concerns with water and weather, reflection and illumination, and the fluid nature of identity. This book surveys the project.

ISBN:

9783865219428 (hbk.)
386521942X (hbk.)

Subject:

Horn, Roni, 1955-
Installations (Art) Iceland Stykkishólmur.
Water in art.
Weather in art.
Conceptual art Iceland Exhibitions.
Installations (Art) Iceland Exhibitions.
Eau dans l'art.
Temps (Météorologie) dans l'art.
Installations (Art)
Iceland Stykkishólmur

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Lingwood, James, 1959- editor.
Noord, Gerrie van, editor.
Artangel (London, England), publisher.
Steidl Verlag, publisher.

Library of water

Holdings:

Location: Library main 264108
Call No.: BIB 195428
Status: Available