INTERVIEW FOR THIS JOY+RIDE
Gracia Haby and Louise Jennison are visual artists who make artists’ books and all sorts of things most usually on paper. More often than not, they collaborate, and more often than not, they favour evenings over mornings. Through their artwork they hope to eke out a unique other world full of beauty and wonder, sadness and humour, all the while hoping to remain undetected. They work chiefly from their home-based studio in Melbourne, Australia.

On the nightstand…
Istanbul: Memories and the City by Orhan Pamuk
To Siberia by Per Petterson
Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald
A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh
Voyages of Discovery: A Visual Celebration of Ten of the Greatest Natural History Expeditions by Tony Rice
The File on H by Ismail Kadare
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch

Am loving..
Summer days, gradually. Summer evenings, wholeheartedly.
In addition, always the smiles of friends and the company of animals.

What inspires you about the summer?
Summer brings with it days laden with possibility and glorious extended hours of light. We feast on pineapples, blackberries, nectarines and slices of watermelon until our bellies are full and fingers stained.

What are three constants in your day?
Caffeine
Laughter
Much quietness

What three things do you hope to accomplish in 2009?
To exhibit a new body of work at Craft Victoria (in October through to November).
To make a more valuable use of the time available to us.
To fritter away time daydreaming of all we wish to do this year.

Summertime: And the livin’ is easy, just as Ella & Louis sang, a small zine by Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison made especially for this joy+ride.

this joy+ride, issue nine
poetry + photos + inspiration


Louise Jennison
Hair Ornaments from Ancient Afghanistan (detail)
2009
watercolour on paper