
This extremely limited, handmade, book contains seven chapters presenting material residual of the artist’s studio practice in a form intimately tied to his sculptural work. Each chapter expresses a distinct subject that works in conversation with the other material throughout to create implied and idiosyncratic narratives. The volume was an opportunity for Zanke to revisit work produced over many years, and shape a way in which they could coalesce with more recent investigations and observations. Ultimately the book is a coincidence.
This book in particular took up hand collation and paper selection as a foundational part of the design process, leading to a very small edition enabled by the availability of certain papers. In fact, the amount of paper available was assessed first and folded into a desirable book block, before the artist revisited and shaped the contents. In some ways, this yields a book which is itself a sculpture, using found material to make a poem, with unfolding meaning.
can i look through your shadows
hang from dusty, settling, once happened powder
now in the square edges of a replica
released and fragmented
can i witness elsewhere
the smooth, shining, surface
casting shadows across the counter