Category: Transformer Station

April 18, 2014 Press

Jordan Tate: SUPERBLACK at Transformer Station featured in ARTslant

Read on ARTslant “Black as Midnight on a Moonless Night” by Natalie Hegert That’s how Special Agent Cooper likes his coffee, and that’s what I thought of when viewing SUPERBLACK by Jordan Tate, at Transformer Station in Cleveland, Ohio. “That’s pretty black,” says Pete Martell, as he pours a cup of coffee for Cooper in that first episode of Twin Peaks. SUPERBLACK is pretty black all right. In fact it’s the blackest black you’ll ever see. It’s… excuse me… really…Read More


April 18, 2014 Press

Jordan Tate profiled in WCPO Cincinnati

Read on WCPO Cincinnati “Black Hole Sun: Cincinnati Artist Jordan Tate Plays with Perceptions of Light and Dark ‘Superblack’ is Result of Both Art and Science” by Matt Peiken CINCINNATI — Unlike most artists, Jordan Tate cares more about triggering reactions in viewers than he does about the objects he creates. Raised in Cincinnati and now an assistant professor of photography at the University of Cincinnati, Tate devotes his parallel careers in art and academia to shaping “how we come…Read More


April 02, 2014 Outside Exhibitions

Jordan Tate: SUPERBLACK opened at Transformer Station, Cleveland

Exhibition runs March 29 – June 14, 2014 Link to Transformer Station website SUPERBLACK is the result of a two-year research project in collaboration with scientists at the University of Cincinnati. SUPERBLACK is a physical body designed to absorb nearly all electromagnetic radiation (visible light, infrared light, ultraviolet light, etc.) and offer the experience of a localized, contained, and absolute darkness. At its core, SUPERBLACK is an exploration of certain dualities – subject/object, void/full, black/white. Tate’s larger photo-based practice further…Read More


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