Shiv­er me tim­bers, pre­pare to enter the wicked world of pirates.  Eight artists will sail the sev­en seas dis­cov­er­ing pirate trea­sure.  Jew­ellers Buster Collins, Vaune Mason and Aman­da How­ley are tak­ing on the acces­sories of pirate-ism with a vengeance.  From eye patch­es to col­lars, hooks to com­pass rings, these jew­ellers will pro­vide all the treats and trea­sures that real­ly make one feel ready for the high seas.

Michele Irv­ing depicts swash­buck­ling ani­mals liv­ing a life of adven­ture or tragedy as dar­ing pirates.

Stephen Tem­pler ques­tions the cur­rent clichéd pirate imagery, with anoth­er rich cul­tur­al and sym­bol­ic source “Dis­co”.  What if pirates were into dis­co as well as rape and pil­lage?

(Here’s a favourite nau­ti­cal themed video by Stephen Tem­pler)

Sam Broad explores the debate of mod­ern dig­i­tal pira­cy, free soft­ware, copy­left ver­sus copy­right and eco­nom­ic issues of prop­er­ty as theft.  Cen­tral to the pirat­i­cal notions too art the demo­c­ra­t­ic divi­sion of spoils and the explo­ration of new fron­tiers – all whilst keep­ing the “jol­ly” in Roger.

Also exhibit­ing are artists Buster Collins, Vaune Mason, Aman­da How­ley, Rieko Wood­ford-Robin­son and Mari­ta Green.

Head to ROAR! gallery near the cor­ner of Vivian and Vic­to­ria Streets for the open­ing night 5.30 – 7pm Thurs­day 3rd May, to meet the artists and have some wine.