Western New York Book Arts Center: "The Ground is an essay book including photographs made between 20 in a geothermal area of Iceland and at hydrofracking sites in Tioga County, Pennsylvania, as well as writing that documents failures both personal and historical to access the ground as a source of energy and to grasp its power. This essay book is about personal and historical failures to access the ground – both literally and metaphorically – as a source of energy and grasp its power." The resulting images are interwoven with a personal essay where Tate recounts a period when he lived in a pastoral part of Pennsylvania now inundated by the natural gas industry. ![]() The photographs were printed with an inkjet printer on heavy printmaking paper and then water was applied to wash out areas of the ink. Preacher Biscuit's Books: "Tate Shaw's The Ground started with photographs made between 20 in a geothermal area of Iceland and at hydrofracking and former coal mining sites in Pennsylvania. Rochester, New York: Visual Studies Workshop Press, 2013.ġ2 x 8" 124 pages with 2 gatefolds. We simply accept that analog books are lasting objects but in order to last they call for our continual participation." My work comes into being through the collaboration of a reader and a book may always be further reenacted, and reinterpreted, and this makes it an ongoing thing. There isn’t a central subject to my work other than a concern for structure and a way of connecting to people through ideas. Tate Shaw: "I make books to directly connect with other people and to learn something about the limits of connectivity. ![]() Preacher's Biscuit Books: "Publications reliant on the material book as a metaphor to create meaning in works by visual, sound and language artists."
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