Note from the artist: This comic formed part of my final university arts project, B.L.U.N.T., my first attempt at a graphic novel. ‘History’ is one among a series of autobiographical vignettes that explore identity, secrecy and visibility. Everyday narratives are presented through symbolic words and imagery which are laden with personal meaning.
Read more about B.L.U.N.T. here.
About the author
Gabby Loo is an emerging artist, curator and workshop coordinator of Belonging. Her cultural background is Burmese (Shan) and Chinese. Gabby's practice involves documenting and reinterpreting fragments from her personal history, identities and localities. Her work is of an expressive nature that bears the sentimental quality of past memories and thoughts. Having recently graduated from a Fine Arts major at the University of Western Australia, she is currently focusing on drawing, comics and community arts. Her work has been published in The Lifted Brow, Voiceworks, and Pelican Magazine. She is currently a Gallery Attendant at Paper Mountain, Committee Member of Deadline Arts and Headspace's first CaLD Youth Reference Group, and creator of the CaLD Artists of WA Facebook group.