ARTISTS' BOOK: A HEMLINE OF WATER THROUGH SMOKE
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
A Hemline of Water Through Smoke
One from a set of three unopened artists’ books, 12 double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK pages with perforated fore-edge and eight double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK and black pages on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, with Indigo Digital CMYK covers on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White. Including a waistband on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, and paper knife on 1400gsm boxboard.
Printed by Bambra
Bound by the artists
(Each an) edition of 100, with 10 artists’ proofs Editions 1–75 sold as sets, editions 76–100 sold individually 187mm X 122mm X 14mm
The [artists’ books] began with a picture which began with a catastrophe.
[From fire service updates and images and videos posted from on-the-ground and at-the-scene in a still-ongoing-at-the-time-of-publication series of bushfires, read on twitter in the summer of 2019–20, assembled under the hashtags #AustraliaBurns and #ClimateCrisis. At the time of making these artists’ books,] the full impact on tree species and wildlife will not be known until more assessments are done as fire grounds become accessible. This is climate change in its most fundamental form.
[Collages pulled from] the snare of words [read at the time, and belonging to other people, in news articles, and a collection of books on the bedside table].
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
A Hemline of Water Through Smoke
One from a set of three unopened artists’ books, 12 double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK pages with perforated fore-edge and eight double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK and black pages on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, with Indigo Digital CMYK covers on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White. Including a waistband on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, and paper knife on 1400gsm boxboard.
Printed by Bambra
Bound by the artists
(Each an) edition of 100, with 10 artists’ proofs Editions 1–75 sold as sets, editions 76–100 sold individually 187mm X 122mm X 14mm
The [artists’ books] began with a picture which began with a catastrophe.
[From fire service updates and images and videos posted from on-the-ground and at-the-scene in a still-ongoing-at-the-time-of-publication series of bushfires, read on twitter in the summer of 2019–20, assembled under the hashtags #AustraliaBurns and #ClimateCrisis. At the time of making these artists’ books,] the full impact on tree species and wildlife will not be known until more assessments are done as fire grounds become accessible. This is climate change in its most fundamental form.
[Collages pulled from] the snare of words [read at the time, and belonging to other people, in news articles, and a collection of books on the bedside table].
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
A Hemline of Water Through Smoke
One from a set of three unopened artists’ books, 12 double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK pages with perforated fore-edge and eight double-sided Indigo Digital CMYK and black pages on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, with Indigo Digital CMYK covers on 148gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White. Including a waistband on 118gsm Mohawk Superfine Smooth Ultra White, and paper knife on 1400gsm boxboard.
Printed by Bambra
Bound by the artists
(Each an) edition of 100, with 10 artists’ proofs Editions 1–75 sold as sets, editions 76–100 sold individually 187mm X 122mm X 14mm
The [artists’ books] began with a picture which began with a catastrophe.
[From fire service updates and images and videos posted from on-the-ground and at-the-scene in a still-ongoing-at-the-time-of-publication series of bushfires, read on twitter in the summer of 2019–20, assembled under the hashtags #AustraliaBurns and #ClimateCrisis. At the time of making these artists’ books,] the full impact on tree species and wildlife will not be known until more assessments are done as fire grounds become accessible. This is climate change in its most fundamental form.
[Collages pulled from] the snare of words [read at the time, and belonging to other people, in news articles, and a collection of books on the bedside table].
About this work
This set of three unopened artists’ books was launched at the 2020 NGV Melbourne Art Book Fair, from our stall in the Great Hall throughout the 12th–15th of March, 2020.
5% of all sales of this set of artists’ books will be donated to Bush Heritage Australia to help protect that which inspired the work.
Please note
To ensure your purchase arrives safe and smooth, all artists’ books are wrapped in archival acetate and boxed with cushioning.
Where possible, we reuse packaging material on all orders.
