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by Tacita Dean (First published 1999, 2nd edition, and special edition 2009)
Teignmouth Electron deals with the tragic and extraordinary story of the amateur yachtsman, Donald Crowhurst. A particpant in the 1968 Sunday Times Golden Globe Race, a single-handed non-stop around the world yacht race, Crowhurst secretly abandoned the race but filed false reports of his progress and position to suggest his continued participation. Two weeks before he was due home to a hero's welcome, his yacht, Teignmouth Electron, was found adrift and empty.
Today his boat lies beached and abandoned at its final resting place, Cayman Brac, an island in the Caribbean. Piecing together the fragments of Crowhurst’s story from books, articles, films and recorded testimonies from people who knew him, as well as her own visit to the island, Tacita Dean negotiates the pathos and tragedy of events by constructing a loosely woven narrative of striking texts and images.
A new special hardback edition book Teignmouth Electron, co-published by Book Works and Steidl, printed offset, full colour, with blind embossing on the front cover, and presented in a dark blue slipcase. 72 pages, 250 x 200 mm. Designed by Martyn Ridgewell, produced by Book Works Studio. Presented with a photographic print Teignmouth Electron, location photograph 1999/2009, paper size 405 x 500 mm, image size 240 x 300 mm. Published in a limited edition of 100, with both the special edition book and print, signed and numbered by the artist.
Price unframed: £373.75 INC. VAT
