Developed within the context of The Studio project at Underdogs Gallery, Burning in water, drowning in flame was hand-finished by Tamara Alves during her residency.

During her time in the gallery, the artist explored a more fluid and experimental approach to drawing, working with water-soluble graphite and watercolour to develop compositions shaped by unpredictability and emotional intensity. This same process extended into the edition through a direct hand-drawn intervention repeated individually across all prints, establishing a continuous visual concept throughout.

Created alongside a new body of works on paper developed inside the gallery space, the edition reflects the instinctive and process-oriented approach that defines the artist’s practice, where drawing became a space for testing, transformation, and expanded visual possibility.

Restlessemerges from Tamara Alves’ ongoing exploration of the body as a site of inscription, vulnerability, and resistance. Developed from a unique work first presented in her most recent solo exhibition at Underdogs,And Your Flesh Becomes a Poem, the edition translates physical and emotional intensity into an intimate object, where language is permanently engraved with a tattoo machine into layered acrylic. Through this gesture, writing becomes trace and memory, activating a sustained tension between presence, silence, and the passage of time.