{"product_id":"tamryn-bennett-title-forthcoming","title":"Tamryn Bennett, Icaros","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWith illustrations by Jacqueline Cavallaro \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003e ... the poems within this collection are devoted to recognising and remembering the value of species more-than-human for the continuity of all life on Earth and for healing the human soul ... Reading \u003cem\u003eICAROS\u003c\/em\u003e feels like surrendering: you are no longer in control, and you are no longer on the outside looking in. In Bennett and Cavallaro’s world you will rediscover what you are made of, and you will know that you are alive inside the life of all matter—algae following the deep-sea current, tumbleweed travelling over millions of grains of sand.' Angela Aris in \u003cem\u003eWesterly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eICAROS\u003c\/em\u003e returns to the shared roots of plant, animal and human existence. From the evolution of a single ancestor some four billion years ago, the poems entangle plant and human experience, song, ceremony, medicine and healing. The poems grow from Bennett’s childhood in a plant nursery as well as experiences of vegetal ceremonies during her time living in Central and South America where botanical knowledge is revered and plants are known the wisest of teachers. Illuminating the poems are artworks by Jacqueline Cavallaro who layers human and non-human connections. Below the surface of bodies, we’re invited into a realm of molecular questions and mark-making that invites new interpretations of word, image and ways of being. \u003cspan\u003eThe poems of \u003cem\u003eICAROS \u003c\/em\u003eare offered as rituals for remembering nature, what we are made of and in turn what makes us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Icaros is a conversation between human and planet, a songbook of ancient and earthly wisdom, a mixture of mourning and adoration for plants, animals, and people. These pages act as a healing spell, reminding the reader to listen, look and commune with our beautiful world as it aches and blooms.' Jacqueline Suskin\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTamryn Bennett\u003c\/strong\u003e is a poet, artist and Artistic Director of \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/redroompoetry.org\/\"\u003eRed Room Poetry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e. Her book \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.tamrynbennett.com\/2017\/09\/phosphene\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003ephosphene\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis published by Rabbit Poet Series. A second collection,\u003cem\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/collections\/forthcoming\/products\/tamryn-bennett-title-forthcoming\"\u003eicaros,\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is forthcoming with Vagabond Press. She is the editor of \u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.australianpoetry.org\/apf\/lineas-en-tierra-lines-in-land\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLíneas en tierra \/ Lines in land\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e a bilingual collection of Mexican poetry. As Artistic Director of Red Room Poetry, Tamryn has developed numerous national and international projects spanning \u003cem\u003ePoetry Month\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePoem Forest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNew Shoots\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eExtinction Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e that actively engage communities in creation, conservation, and tangible climate action. She has been poet-in-residence at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (UK), El Centro de Cultura (MX), Bundanon Trust and Wollongong Art Gallery (AU) with poetic works and exhibitions held in Australia and overseas. Her poems, comics and essays have appeared in Covert Plants, Australian Poetry, Cordite, ImageText and Image [\u0026amp;] Narrative amongst others. Tamryn has a doctorate in ‘comics poetry’ from the University of New South Wales. She was awarded the 2018 Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship and Australia Council for the Arts Professional Development Grant. She lives on unceded Dharawal land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJacqueline Cavallaro \u003c\/strong\u003ehas a meditative artistic practice which culminates in enigmatic worlds that draw the viewer in and invite them to bring their own interpretation. She studied at COFA UNSW where she received the Basil and Muriel Hooper Scholarship from AGNSW. Her works are held in private and public collections and have been exhibited with Sheahan Galleries, Flinders Lane Gallery Melbourne, NG Art Sydney, JanKossen Contemporary New York, Wollongong Art Gallery as well as numerous prizes. In 2016, after many collaborative projects with the poet Tamryn Bennett, along with performance artist Tamara Elkins and the composer Guillermo Batiz, Wollongong Art Gallery hosted an exhibition of Jackie’s work \u003cem\u003ephosphene\u003c\/em\u003e. Subsequently, a poetry book including her images was published as part of the Rabbit Poetry series. Jackie was born in London and migrated to Australia at age six. She currently lives on Dharwal Country on the NSW South Coast.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTamryn Bennett,\u003cem\u003e Icaros\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith illustrations by Jacqueline Cavallaro\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2023. 148mm x 210mm. 96pp. \u003cbr\u003eISBN 978-1-925735-56-7\u003cbr\u003eRelease: February 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/files\/aca_logo_horizontal_small_rgb-54322b14eed17_480x480.png?v=1600310698\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vagabond Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47241767876,"sku":"","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0182\/8349\/products\/Bennettcover.png?v=1669514288","url":"https:\/\/vagabondpress.net\/de\/products\/tamryn-bennett-title-forthcoming","provider":"Vagabond Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}