Instances, Occurrences, Appearances, Manifestations & Evidence
Over the past years we’ve been sent things related to James Tate’s words, sometimes hand-made, sometimes digital or analog, video, audio, paper, wood, or print. We’ve been delighted and intrigued. This sent us to search for other instances: we found many, we found every register of love of language, image, sound—and what combinations of these, along with someone’s imagination, can do in collaboration with another artist’s material.
Jackie Dreger
“It feels increasingly like whatever ‘the fallen off zone’ is, we’ve all found ourselves in it lately. That's just one of the many metaphysical descriptions from James Tate's ‘Uneasy About the Sounds of Some Night-Wandering Animal’ that I adore. It’s from the essential collection Hell, I Love Everybody… I'm presenting a new tribute reading here, soundtracked by an unreleased recording of my combo JPW, featuring pianist Rob Kroehler, bassist Andrew Bates, drummer Zach Toporek and myself on guitar. It’s sweet sounding but not without considerable peril. Welcome to the ‘fallen off zone,’ glad to have you here with me.”
Bernardo Pacini reading two poems by James Tate in Italian
Nedduh
Tate’s Estate was able to secure permission to share the Instances reproduced above. Below are those we attempted to contact but were unsuccessful. Please contact us if you want these removed or to provide permission - estateofjamestate at gmail dot com.
Charlie Purcell - @charfishes
SANTECHIODO DRTT - @santechiododrtt
James Tate
estateofjamestate[at]gmail[dot]com