Artangel celebrates the first anniversary of Roni Horn's Vatnasafn in Stykkisholmur (Iceland)
Artangel celebrates the first anniversary of Roni Horn's Vatnasafn / Library of Water, on Saturday May 24. Stykkish�lmur (Iceland)
For the past 25 years, the work of Roni Horn has been intimately involved with the distinctive geography, geology, climate and culture of Iceland. In 2007, for Artangel?s first international commission, Roni Horn developed VATNASAFN/LIBRARY OF WATER - a multi-faceted long-term installation and community building in the town of Stykkish�lmur on the western coast of Iceland, north of Reykjavik. VATNASAFN/LIBRARY OF WATER is situated in Stykkish�lmur?s former library building, overlooking the ocean on one side and the harbour and town on the other. One of the most distinctive elements of the installation are twenty-four glass columns containing glacial water from around Iceland ? gathered from the glacial tongues of Vatnaj�kull, the glaciers of Hofsj�kull, Lang�kull, Snaefellsj�kull and glacial rivers. Horn describes VATNASAFN/LIBRARY OF WATER as a ?kind of lighthouse in which the viewer becomes the lighthouse in which the view becomes the light.?
For more information please contact [email protected] or [email protected], or see libraryofwater.is
For the past 25 years, the work of Roni Horn has been intimately involved with the distinctive geography, geology, climate and culture of Iceland. In 2007, for Artangel?s first international commission, Roni Horn developed VATNASAFN/LIBRARY OF WATER - a multi-faceted long-term installation and community building in the town of Stykkish�lmur on the western coast of Iceland, north of Reykjavik. VATNASAFN/LIBRARY OF WATER is situated in Stykkish�lmur?s former library building, overlooking the ocean on one side and the harbour and town on the other. One of the most distinctive elements of the installation are twenty-four glass columns containing glacial water from around Iceland ? gathered from the glacial tongues of Vatnaj�kull, the glaciers of Hofsj�kull, Lang�kull, Snaefellsj�kull and glacial rivers. Horn describes VATNASAFN/LIBRARY OF WATER as a ?kind of lighthouse in which the viewer becomes the lighthouse in which the view becomes the light.?
For more information please contact [email protected] or [email protected], or see libraryofwater.is
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