From Gaffa Gallery

An exhibition by Skye O'Shea and Tamryn Bennett

Fires I Have Lit is an exhibition of the comics collaboration between visual artist, Skye O’Shea and writer Tamryn Bennett.

Magicians with machetes
torched the hall of mirrors.
Singing and smoking,
they set everything alight

save my silhouette.

And so begins the longest war…

Fires I have lit is an exhibition of the comics poetry collaboration between visual artist, Skye O’Shea, and writer, Tamryn Bennett.

This interdisciplinary collaboration comprises a series of process shows that explore the creation of a non-traditional comic book that combines painting and poetry.

Fires I have lit is set in a city where the artists are at war, the comic chronicles the lives of five muses who seduce for good and evil. These artworks reference myths of madness, memory and the power struggle between inspiration and creator. Within this realm, the muses are the only ones with the power to save this crumbling empire.

Artist Tamara Elkins will also perform a site-specific choreographed piece on opening night.

Via Australian Poetry Centre