Poetry is Dead is a collaboration between writer/poet Josh Donellan and musician/soundscape artist Mike Wilmett. Josh is the author of A Beginner’s Guide to Dying in India and the forthcoming Killing Adonis, as well as the acclaimed new theatrical work We Are All Ghosts. He has been performing as a poet since 2012 and has appeared on stages at the Brisbane Festival, The National Poetry Slam and the Laura St Festival.

Mike is a sound/AV artist and designer with a visual art background. While also moonlighting in band My Fiction, works of note include Room 328 (World Theatre Festival 2012), Aurealian (Brisbane Festival 2013), Synapse (2013), This Is Capital City (La Boite Indie 2013), and Fifteen (Melbourne NextWaveFestival 2012, Brisbane Festival 2012).

Poetry is Dead takes Josh’s poetry - heavily influenced by everything from hip-hop to stand up comedy - and meshes it with Mike’s vast array of projections, sounds and samples to create a kaleidoscopic audiovisual experience.