Studio Arts Professor Melissa Catanese’s artist book “Fever field” is included in the photobook exhibition at the 10th Daegu Photo Biennale, “The Pulse of Life”, on view September 18–November 16, 2025, at the Daegu Arts Center in South Korea.
“The tension, fragility and aging of its paper, the rhythm and flow of its sequencing animated by the viewer’s eyes and hands and the possibility of it easily migrating across the globe are just some of the elements that make a photobook a 'living' object. The publications in this exhibition exist as singular interpretations of the projects they stem from and, given the artistry and knowledge that permeates their design and making, they exist as “artistic objects” alongside the prints and sculptural objects with which they share this gallery’s space. Shifting from the solitary practice of leafing through a book’s pages to the more collective viewing of a print will hopefully bring about unexpected dynamics and conversations between the different artworks. The notes accompanying each artwork in the exhibition invite visitors to explore how the artist’s project or the book’s editorial vision engages with the biennale’s overarching themes of interconnection, reciprocity and care between human and non-human life on Earth and beyond.” Alan Eglinton, Curator
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