Memories of an Unknown Island by Véronique Rolland

Memories of an Unknown Island is a project about a place that does not exist – a utopia created from a collection of photographs from a plethora of locations Rolland has visited. Together they visually and emotionally blend into one and transform into an ideal fictional land. In doing this the boundaries are blurred between the real and the constructed, it is the creation of an island that is not real, made up of previous memories and fleeting moments, it is grounded in the factual but transformed into a fantasy.

Although the images are a visual representation of an existing environment, this new created world becomes limitless, with endless possible narratives and dreams. This project is about an immersion in the natural world in search of an impossible place that only exists in Rolland’s imagination. The viewer is left curious and disorientated, as Rolland was, as to where and what the images depict. As familiar as one image may be, its reality is lost as it flows into the next image and one is left in wonder of this unknown island.

Each book in this first edition of 100 includes a signed c-type photographic print, and a poem by Susanna Brown.

Details
– 145mm x 200mm
– Foiled front cover
– 40 page concertina with signed print
– With signed print
– First edition of 100
– Hand numbered