The Emerging Writers’ Festival work, learn and play largely on the land of the Kulin nation, and pay our respects to their Elders, past and present.

EWF celebrates the history and creativity of the world’s oldest living culture.

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Artist

Aaron Billings

Aaron Billings is comics artist and researcher from Melbourne, Australia. In 2018 he co founded Pink Ember, a queer focused art space, which is where he works out of. He is currently a PhD candidate at RMIT University researching the aesthetic of the cute in contemporary graphic narratives. He runs the seasonal comics reading night Speaking to Pictures. He has self published many zines and short comics, as well as publishing two long form works with Glom Press, an indie risograph publisher, Mystical Boyscout 2018, and Beatitudes of the Beat 2024

Wednesday 17 September, 6PM-9PM

Comics Off the Page Live: Exhibition Launch and Performances

RMIT’s non/fictionLab have teamed up with Speaking to Pictures & Pink Ember Studio to challenge 14 creators (Gutter Stars comics collective) to play with their comic practices and experiment with voice, performance and 3D forms. See and hear new work by visionary creators.