Every Heart Sings is an illustrated children’s storybook by artist Patricia Piccinini: ‘a project that talks about nature, family, evolution, care and wonder.’ The book accompanied her gigantic anthropomorphic hot air balloon sculptures Skywhale (2013) and Skywhalepapa (2020) with their pendulous mammary and ascending bond. Whether tethered or soaring in the sky, this couple have an expanded purview, floating above land to reach the heavens. As Piccinini urges us: ‘remember to look up’ to this monumental couple who sway in the wind. In addition, Piccinini’s generous and capacious title evokes the beat of every sentient being, human and non-human reminding us of interspecies confluence. Her title was the poetic overlay for the lost Kathmandu Triennale 2026, and subsequently the name of this current, special issue of Art + Australia.
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