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.
Dust jacket.

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)
Installations (Art) Iceland Stykkishólmur Exhibitions.
Iceland Stykkishólmur

Form/genre:

Illustrated works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

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

Library of water

Holdings:

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