FOR YOUR POCKET
1/ Gracia Haby
We are dreaming of the sea
May, 2010
Digital print zine
Edition of 75
“If only I were hiding under the cliffs,
in secret among the rocks,
and that Zeus might transform me
into a flying bird”
For your pocket. A 7cm X 30cm, six page colour concertina zine with a B&W text on paper wrap held in place by a blue circle sticker.
We are dreaming of the sea. It holds us mystified.
This zine is the second in an ongoing series of zines especially made for your pocket. Views in my pocket (February, 2010) is the first in this series.
One of four zines released at the Emerging Writers’ Festival’s Page Parlour annual event held in the Atrium at Federation Square, 2010.
We are dreaming of the sea, together with A folded drawing of a Sulphur-crested cockatoo, and Views in my pocket, were on display at State Library Victoria as part of their permanent exhibition, World of the book, in December, 2017.
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RELATED POSTS (OR 'A ZINE TAKES SHAPE SLOWLY'),
IN THE HOMES AND HANDS OF OTHERS
A MENAGERIE AND THE SEA
AND THAT ZEUS MIGHT TRANSFORM ME INTO A FLYING BIRD
EMBRACING THE SEASONAL CHANGE
2/ Gracia Haby
Views in my pocket
February, 2010
Digital print zine
Edition of 75
A 7cm X 30cm, six page colour concertina zine with a B&W text on paper wrap held in place by a pink circle sticker.
This zine is the first in an ongoing series of zines especially made for your pocket. We are dreaming of the sea is the second in this series.
One of seven zines released at Sticky Institute’s Festival of the Photocopier 2010 annual zine fair held in the Degraves Street underpass.
Views in my pocket, together with We are dreaming of the sea, and A folded drawing of a Sulphur-crested cockatoo, were on display at State Library Victoria as part of their permanent exhibition, World of the book, in December, 2017.
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Looking up, I see clouds in loose formation. I see the sky flecked orange, yellow and pink. I see streamers of red and green light. I see the aurora borealis. At long last. I've had these views in my pocket all the while. Little views of wonder. Look up.
3/ Louise Jennison
A folded drawing of a Sulphur-crested cockatoo (Cacatua galerita)
A folded drawing of a Southern boobook owl
(Ninox novaeseelandiae)
A folded drawing of an Australian Pelican
(Pelecanus conspicillatus)
February, 2010
Digital print zine
Edition of 60
Three 21cm X 15cm B&W double-sided zines, folded and fastened with a yellow thread tie.
Three of seven zines released at Sticky Institute’s Festival of the Photocopier 2010 annual zine fair held in the Degraves Street underpass.
Sulphur-crested cockatoo voice: raucous, shattering screeches; sharp squawks; whistles
Southern boobook voice: well-known; quick, falsetto ‘boobook’ or ‘morepork’, oft-repeated; also, seldom heard, falsetto ‘yo-yo-yo-yo’, mostly in autumn; near nest, drawn-out, rising, cat-like ‘brrrwow’ and low, monotonous ‘mor-mor-mor’, young birds; cricket-like trills
Australian pelican voice: gruff croaks
A folded drawing of a Sulphur-crested cockatoo, together with Views in my pocket, and We are dreaming of the sea, were on display at State Library Victoria as part of their permanent exhibition, World of the book, in December, 2017.
“To define a zine is to delve into the do-it-yourself culture of self-publishing and self-expression. The term ‘zine’ originated in the science-fiction ‘fanzines’ of the 1930s, and now encompasses any non-commercial, non-professional, short-run publication that seeks to be defined as a zine. They can be traded, sold, gifted or collected, while remaining ephemeral at the same time. The Library has over 15,000 zines, making it the largest public collection in Australia.”
