I think all the world is falling by Gracia & Louise
“I think all the world is falling” is the first in the Looped series. The overall theme of this series seems to be our relationship to our environment, to nature, to the world at large. This first book in the series begins with a quote from “Kylling Kluk” (1823) by J. Mathia Thiele which is also the title of this first book – “I think all the world is falling.” We imagine Chicken Little from this fairy tale running around thinking the sky is falling because a nut hit him on the head. That was long ago, perhaps now we are creating the ‘nuts’ that are falling all around.
There is a beautiful image of nature’s hands, or is it human hands. that comes together when the boards are placed side by side. The interior of the accordion shows a bird’s eye view of the world - but is it up or down?
Where there was water, there also was earth. And instead of the sound of birds calling, there was the white noise hum of standby power. It was familiar. Yet it was out of sorts. It was a left foot crammed into the right shoe.
Processes, Dimensions, and Edition Information
By Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
[North Vitzroy, Victoria, Australia]: Gracia and Louise, 2017.
Edition of 6 + 1 AP.8 x 4.75"; 8 pages. Concertina structure. Inkjet print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm. Covers mounted on gold-trimmed board. Housed in a printed slipcase on 225gsm Buffalo board. Covers and pages printed by Arten. Slipcase printed by Bambra Press. Bound by Louise Jennison. Numbered, dated, and initialed by artists.