Yzta Annesið

by Jón Helgi Pálmason​

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A collaboration between Risoom and Studio Cluster​​​

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Publication made for exhibition at Studio Cluster 2025

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At an unknown point in history, a great plague is said to have wiped out the entire population of Melrakkaslétta, leaving only two survivors: a man in the eastern part of the region and a woman in the west. As they journeyed through the landscape, moving from farm to farm in search of others, their paths eventually crossed in the middle of Melrakkaslétta, now known as Meyjarþúfa (“Virgin’s knoll”). There, it is said that a new generation was born.