Dip and bob : a 620cm long digital collage with an original watercolour cover
An artists' book that reveals a single long digital collage with the page turns of a conventional perfect (glue) bound volume, which is enhanced with a handcrafted wraparound cover decorated with original watercolour artwork. In this bookwork the artists dive into a kind of underwater world that submerges the body in a kelp forest of paper pieces. They dream of the sea, revisit an octopus and a crab, and retrieve other evocative images from their archive and some digital collections by searching “water” and pressing return. Their beautiful and playful assemblage surfaces with an environmental message: “Our only chance of a healthy, safe, joyous, and sustainable future is to return to being reciprocal with nature so nature can continue to look after us. Stand up and fight for the oceans and the waterways.” --Adapted from text on the artists' website, https://gracialouise.com/works/dip-and-bob, viewed March 2021
Print Book, English, 2021
Gracia & Louise, [North Fitzroy, Victoria], 2021