Unsettling Matter, Gaining Ground Reflects On Modernity's Reliance On Fossil Fuels And Explores The Various Means By Which Contemporary Architectural, Artistic, And Design Practices Challenge The Hegemonic Social, Spatial, Political, And Economic Systems That Uphold Mechanisms Of Extraction. The Publication, And Coinciding Exhibition, Turns To Its Immediate Territorial Context-from The Appalachian Plateau To The Subterranean Beds Of The Marcellus Shale-to Trace The Role Of Global Logics Of Extraction In Organizing And Disrupting Cities, Spaces, And Human And Non-human Communities And Ecologies. The Publication Features A Curatorial Essay; Interviews With Thinkers, Designers, And Scientists; And Information On Public Programs That Bring Into Dialogue Architects, Activists, Scientists, And Practitioners Across Discipline-- Provided By Publisher.