An evocative chronicle of the power of solitude in the natural
world I’m often asked, but have no idea why I chose Iceland, why
I first started going, why I still go. In truth I believe Iceland
chose me.—from the introduction Contemporary artist Roni Horn
first visited Iceland in 1975 at the age of nineteen, and since
then, the island’s treeless expanse has had an enduring hold on
Horn’s creative work. Through a series of remarkable and poetic
reflections, vignettes, episodes, and illustrated essays, Island
Zombie distills the artist’s lifelong experience of Iceland’s
natural environment. Together, these pieces offer an unforgettable
exploration of the indefinable and inescapable force of remote,
elemental places, and provide a sustained look at how an island and
its atmosphere can take possession of the innermost self. Island
Zombie is a meditation on being present. It vividly conveys
Horn’s experiences, from the deeply profound to the joyful and
absurd. Through powerful evocations of the changing weather and
other natural phenomena—the violence of the wind, the often
aggressive birds, the imposing influence of glaciers, and the
ubiquitous presence of water in all its variety—we come to
understand the author’s abiding need for Iceland, a place
uniquely essential to Horn’s creative and spiritual life. The
dramatic surroundings provoke examinations of self-sufficiency and
isolation, and these ruminations summon a range of cultural
companions, including El Greco, Emily Dickinson, Judy Garland,
Wallace Stevens, Edgar Allan Poe, William Morris, and Rachel
Carson. While brilliantly portraying nature’s sublime energy,
Horn also confronts issues of consumption, destruction, and loss,
as the industrial and man-made encroach on Icelandic wilderness.
Filled with musings on a secluded region that perpetually
encourages a sense of discovery, Island Zombie illuminates a wild
and beautiful Iceland that remains essential and new.
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