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Roni Horn: Another Water
"What do you know about water? Only that it's everywhere differently." --Roni Horn.
In 2000 Roni Horn published Another Water , an examination of the water of the River Thames through extensively footnoted photographs. This new edition of Another Water includes a new edit of the photographic aspect of the work. Water is a central theme for as a component of weather, a defining feature of her beloved Iceland, and as a beautiful, changeable element on which life depends. Another Water is an ode to the substance of water but also to its impact on identity and imagination--in Horn's words, "You can't talk about water without talking about oneself."
In 2000 Roni Horn published Another Water , an examination of the water of the River Thames through extensively footnoted photographs. This new edition of Another Water includes a new edit of the photographic aspect of the work. Water is a central theme for as a component of weather, a defining feature of her beloved Iceland, and as a beautiful, changeable element on which life depends. Another Water is an ode to the substance of water but also to its impact on identity and imagination--in Horn's words, "You can't talk about water without talking about oneself."
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112 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2011
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April 9, 2024
Took me a long time reading this because the physical experience is exhausting and nauseating. The more than 800 notes below the huge photos of the Thames make me feel like I'm in a boat. My body is trying so hard to acclimate to the motion caused by little but constant imaginary waves.
I finished reading this the day after 4 people drowned the the beach I always go to, Tróia, among them a little boy.
It will be cold, stunning. Cramp you up and make you stop breathing - make your heart attack. And then you enter a place that is not visible. But that's an act of faith - you just have to believe it's there. When you enter the water it's shocking, and you breathe deep and you breathe the water in and you let go.
I finished reading this the day after 4 people drowned the the beach I always go to, Tróia, among them a little boy.
It will be cold, stunning. Cramp you up and make you stop breathing - make your heart attack. And then you enter a place that is not visible. But that's an act of faith - you just have to believe it's there. When you enter the water it's shocking, and you breathe deep and you breathe the water in and you let go.
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