The animals confer that it will happen
Closer, still closer
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
A Hemline of Sky Through Smoke
A Hemline of Forest Through Smoke
and
A Hemline of Water Through Smoke
2020
Three artists' books, being hand-folded, -collated, and -glued
I’m a grey and blue landscape. An assemblage
of disparate scenes.
All the plants and algae, bacteria, invertebrates, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals.
[….] the animals confer that it will happen.
[….] a range of harsh screeches and metallic whistles.
[….] the moment of crisis has come.
The koala climbs right up to the top of the tree and curls into a little ball [….] they [….] burn their paws and claws while climbing down from smouldering trees,
which [….] leave[s] them
unable
to
climb
properly
again.
A collage of words and paper continues to take form.
Between the splicing and the collating, the folding and the gluing, between all of these tiny steps, we’ve also taken pleasure in sharing with you our latest zine, Poephila cincta. Launched recently at the Sticky Institute annual Festival of the Photocopier Zine Fair at the Meat Market, it is available now through our online store.
From seeing our print, Contemplating marble, stucco, velvet, and gilding, (on display as part of Dark Horse: Wild Beasts and Curious Creatures at Art Gallery of Ballarat) alongside Samuel Namunjdja’s magnificent kangaroo, Jacques Christophe Werner and Eugène Giraud’s koala, and an engraving by an unknown artist after George Stubbs to taking part in a Constructing Nesting Boxes event through Conservation Volunteers Bushfire Recovery (Melbourne), the days of late have intertwined by theme and feel and shown us that anyone can help make a difference.
We are, as the echidna knows, all connected. What happens to one, happens to all.
“It’s time for our elected representatives to stand up to corporate power and make the system fair.
To redesign our economic goals, rules, and institutions so they help people achieve their goals in harmony with nature.
It’s time for all business to serve our common good and create products and services replenish our living world.
Time for everyone — communities, corporations and governments — to take care of people and our planet.”
We will be launching these artists’ books, A Hemline of Smoke Through Sky, A Hemline of Smoke Through Forest, and A Hemline of Smoke Through Water, from our stall at the Melbourne Art Book Fair, and hope to see you there.
Melbourne Art Book Fair
National Gallery of Victoria
Thursday 12th – Sunday 15th March, 2020
#ahemlineofsmoke
Image credit: Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison, A Hemline of Water through Smoke (detail), 2020, forthcoming artists’ book
