Boom and Dust
Boom and Dust depicts a 40-mile stretch of highway between Midland and Odessa, Texas. This roadway serves as the backbone of the extraction industry in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil field in the world. Inspired by Ed Ruscha, we made hundreds of photographs from the back of a pickup truck of the unrelenting scroll of mancamps, pumpjacks, and oil outfitters collectively known as the "Petroplex.”
These were assembled as a 128-panel accordion fold book that extends to 58 feet in length when unfurled. A soundscape of field recordings and guitar improvisations from across the Permian Basin—featuring collaged sounds of highways, toxic artificial lakes, and oil fields, all layered with lap steel guitar—can be accessed through a QR code printed in the colophon on the bellyband, or as a special edition cassette.
Available for Purchase Here
Boom and Dust by Jason Reed and Barry Stone
Essays by Rebecca Bengal and Marcia Bjornerud Soundscape by Porch Swing Orchestra
Typography by Molly Sherman
A Sunset Commission and Victory in the Wilderness Museum Joint Publication
5.5” w x 8.5” h (58 feet in length when fully unfurled) 128-panel accordion-fold book with magnetic belly band
First Edition, Print Run of 175 Hand-assembled and printed on an HP Indigo Press on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell paper Typeset in Grotesque No. 9 and TWK Ghost
In collaboration with artist Barry Stone.
Boom and Dust depicts a 40-mile stretch of highway between Midland and Odessa, Texas. This roadway serves as the backbone of the extraction industry in the Permian Basin, the most productive oil field in the world. Inspired by Ed Ruscha, we made hundreds of photographs from the back of a pickup truck of the unrelenting scroll of mancamps, pumpjacks, and oil outfitters collectively known as the "Petroplex.”
These were assembled as a 128-panel accordion fold book that extends to 58 feet in length when unfurled. A soundscape of field recordings and guitar improvisations from across the Permian Basin—featuring collaged sounds of highways, toxic artificial lakes, and oil fields, all layered with lap steel guitar—can be accessed through a QR code printed in the colophon on the bellyband, or as a special edition cassette.
Available for Purchase Here
Boom and Dust by Jason Reed and Barry Stone
Essays by Rebecca Bengal and Marcia Bjornerud Soundscape by Porch Swing Orchestra
Typography by Molly Sherman
A Sunset Commission and Victory in the Wilderness Museum Joint Publication
5.5” w x 8.5” h (58 feet in length when fully unfurled) 128-panel accordion-fold book with magnetic belly band
First Edition, Print Run of 175 Hand-assembled and printed on an HP Indigo Press on Mohawk Superfine Eggshell paper Typeset in Grotesque No. 9 and TWK Ghost
In collaboration with artist Barry Stone.
