Podcast 4: Readings from the library - Anne Carson by Artangel

Each summer in the coastal Icelandic town of Stykkisholmúr, different writers take up residency in Roni Horn’s Vatnasafn/Library of Water. Artangel asked the first six to record a reading of their choice in a series of short podcasts.

This reading is of Anne Carson’s poem 'Cage a Swallow Can’t You But You Can’t Swallow a Cage', written with Bob Currie during their residency, in honour of Roni Horn.

To find out more about Vatnasafn/Library of Water visit: https://www.artangel.org.uk/project/library-of-water/

Producer: Iain Chambers.
Icelandic field recordings courtesy of Ulfur Hansson and Arnþór Helgason.
Music: Sigur Rós member Kjartan Sveinsson composed a musical response to the poem, which was performed at the Church of St Paul the Apostle in New York last year, by The Hilliard Ensemble. A clip from this performance, courtesy of Q2, introduces the piece.
Additional performers: Michael Clemow and Penelope Thomas

Image: View from Roni Horn’s Vatnasafn/Library of Water (2007)