Day Dreams Start Fires

Mastermind Dominic Hoey a.k.a Tourettes is once again fusing his words with ten local New Zealand artists, including internationally renowned Misery, graffiti world champion Askew, plus Otis Frizzell, Cut Collective, Gasp, and many more. This November The Basement is set to bring you the second installment of this unique art experience. If you missed last year’s show or are yet to be enlightened, Day Dreams Start Fires can be described as a fusion of two creative spheres – art and poetry.

Tourettes infuses the indecency of hip hop with the emotional intensity of poetry. His rawness, sincerity and candidness often leave you feeling simultaneously elated and melancholic, but none the less enlightened. He released his second album this year, with his single reaching number one on the NZ independent charts.

“The idea for the show came to me after one of my poems was made into an A2 poster for Morph magazine”. Shortly after, Tourettes began seeing the posters everywhere; people’s living rooms, cafes, even a couple on Facebook pages.  He quickly realized that there was real interest in poetry presented as art. Dom approached some of his favourite artists with the idea of an exhibition and a fistful of poems for them to choose from. Most did not require much persuasion; they knew this was an incredible opportunity to do something truly unique and creative.

Artists include:

Misery, Otis Frizzell, Askew, Gasp, Deus, Cut Collective, Component, Enforce One, Trust Me, Flox, Valente, Krystal Gallagher and Tom McMillian.

“An important aspect of this re-contextualization of art is that the artists interpret their own meaning from the poems. The artist’s diversity as to how they interpret the poems visually is the key to what makes this concept so unique and special.”

A1 poster prints of the works will be available to purchase for only $70, making the art accessible to those who otherwise couldn’t afford it.

Day Dreams Start Fires
24th - 28th November, Tuesday to Sat, 6pm – 9pm. Exhibition launch on Tuesday 24th November at 8pm.