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. More to come.
“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.”
James Tate
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