HOW WILL THEY KNOW THERE’S NO-ONE LEFT
A telescopic view
Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison
How will they know there’s no-one left
2025
Peepshow artists’ book comprised of seven inkjet prints and five internal sections on Canson Arches 88 310gsm, with concertina wings in Hereford Book & Printmaking 140gsm, capable of expanding to 50cm (when open), with a single view hole to cover, with collapsable curtain opening
Housed in a two-toned paper sleeve, with cutout and adhered paper elements, on Fabriano Tiziano 160gsm (Blue Night) and Stonehenge Cotton Rag 245gsm (Black)
Printed by Arten
Bound by Louise Jennison, with hand-cut elements
Edition of 10
From a nightmare, sprung, quite literally, the impetus behind our first peepshow artists’ book, How will they know there’s no-one left.
An empty forest, in which no wildlife roamed, rootled nor had inhabited nor pollinated for a long while, was masked by AI simulations of wildlife inhabitants. Chipping away at the edges, replacing the missing with projection, for how long this had been so? What lay beneath the mirage was a landscape devoid of rich, biodiverse life, and this gave root to the abandoned stage which reveals itself to the reader upon peeping through the central hole. As the red curtain falls, it dawns, the stage is empty, the set abandoned.
The full moon, at journey’s end, now crescent, yet still no rustle of wildlife, furred, scaled, or otherwise. How will we, any of us, know what we have lost, when entire ecosystems crumble?
How will they know there’s no-one left was launched from our stall at the eleventh Melbourne Art Book Fair, NGV International (Friday 16th of May – Sunday 18th of May, 2025).
Editions of How will they know there’s no-one left have been acquired by Deakin University, the University of Melbourne’s Baillieu Library, State Library Victoria, and the Research Library and Archive of the Art Gallery of NSW.
How will they know there’s no-one left was recently exhibited as part of ALL STARS, 2025, at SITE EIGHT Gallery at RMIT School of Art.
ALL STARS
SOFI BASSEGHI, CIARAN BEGLEY, CHRIS BOWES, D A CALF, ALI CHOUDHRY, SIMON CROSBIE, MIG DANN & OLIVER HILL, CARLY FISCHER, GRACIA HABY & LOUISE JENNISON, PADDY HAY, KATRIN KOENNING, ELYSS MCCLEARY, LINDY MCSWAN, CHRISTOPHER EARL MILBOURNE RUTH O’LEARY, TINIEKA PAGE, ROBYN PHELAN, KERRIE POLINESS, CLARE RAE, CARMEN REID, FAIZA REZAI, STUART RINGHOLT, ANTONIA SELLBACH, KYLIE STILLMAN, INGRID TSENG, SARAH WALKER, DEBORAH WILLIAMS.
WEDNESDAY 16TH – THURSDAY 24TH OF JULY, 2025
ALL STARS SITE EIGHT GALLERY, BUILDING 2, LEVEL 2, ROOM 8 BOWEN STREET, MELBOURNE
Over the years, a number of staff exhibitions have been held that celebrate the remarkable practices of our community. These are often implicit in our work (although there will be surprises), but, we rarely have the opportunity to share and acknowledge publicly. Recent conversations within the School suggested we again hold such an event, this time as an all-staff exhibition, to recognise staff from across the entire School, whether administrative, technical or academic. The ‘all stars’ show was born.
This exhibition encompasses new and in progress works; some greatest hits, some bedroom recordings; some improvised, some in collaboration and some in homage. Not a formal gallery hang; rather, a brief blossoming as we turn the halfway point in the year. A survey and spotlight on the many creative identities that make us what we are.
I am very grateful to Nicholas Bastin, Bronwyn Hughes, and Bella Capezio for co-curating this second iteration with me; also to Ciaran Begley, Carly Fischer, Gracia Haby & Louise Jennison, Paddy Hay, Lindy McSwan and Faiza Rezai for their generous support. Most of all, to those who have taken this opportunity to share, connect and enjoy our collective calling.
Professor Kit Wise
Dean, School of Art
RMIT School of Art
