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.