The Tang of Height

The Tang of Height was inspired by Phyllida’s discovery of recurring appearance of box kites in the biographies of nineteenth-century scholars. Taking that shape as a metaphor for philosophical method and 20th century thinking, the artist ties together the lives of Ludwig Wittgenstein, Alexander Graham Bell, and Nan Shepherd through archival fragments—images and ideas that resonate. These details connect across disciplines, flickering between the abstract and the particular; the philosophical and the personal—a poetry of facts.
The form of the book and graphic design conduct the reader and gesture towards alternate readings of reality. The screen-printed illustrations, as inserts, float freely of the text and reveal non-linguistic connections between the stories. The Tang of Height is coptic bound, with a wraparound board cover.

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Holdings

Ringling School of Art & Design, Virginia Commonwealth University, Yale University, New York Public Library, Scripps College, Vassar College, Rochester Institute of Technology, University of Michigan, University of Delaware, Indiana University Bloomington, Bucknell University, Bennington College, Library of Congress, The New York Public Library, Ohio State University, Claremont Colleges, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Vamp & Tramp Booksellers, University of Pittsburgh, Lafayette University, University of Washington, Cornell University, University of California at Berkeley

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Metadata

Title:

The Tang of Height

Date of publication:

2016

Place of publication:

Rosendale, NY

Publisher:

Women's Studio Workshop

Subjects:

flight, aeronautics, mountains, philosophy, 20th century, Kites

ISBN:

978-1-94303-05-0

Dimensions:

8 " x 7 3/4 "

Number in edition:

49

Paging:

80

Paper:

Mohawk Superfine and assorted papers

Printing method:

Silkscreen, digital

Typeface:

Adobe Garamond Pro and Gills Sans

Binding:

Case Bound

Structure:

Codex

Funding source:

New York State Council on the Arts, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, National Endowment for the Arts. Klock Kingston Foundation, the Wingate Foundation, Cowles Charitable Trust, Foundation, Stewart’s Foundation

Printer:

Phyllida Bluemel

Binder:

Phyllida Bluemel, Chris Petrone, Molly Berkson, Sarah Rose Lejeuene, Chloe Horsma