Diana Costantini at The Other Art Fair: "My relationship with art is really just centred on my love to create."
“My relationship with art is really just centred on my love to create. I always encourage my staff and creative team to do that as well. Yes, we do this for a living, but we’re also following a brief. So, I encourage them to try and create outside of the workplace because that’s where you can actually, really explore your own creativity. I just really love it.”
“The big thing for me is it's not only the physicality of a place, but it's the people”: In conversation with Laurie Franklin at The Other Art Fair
“The big thing is if you don't believe in yourself, nobody else can and it's cliché as that is. You have to believe that you do have your own unique style. It might take a month, a year or 10 years. But you need to persist, you need to keep going.”
A parable in the Hills
Proverbs 3:9 “Honour the Lord with your wealth, with the first fruits of all your crops.
Public Space in a Private Time
What drew my attention to Acconci, however, was a small, maroon book whose pages bore his 1990 essay, ‘Public Space in a Private Time,’ to which the exhibition was titled in commemoration of.
What's the Craic?
Craic is my attempt to publish my own work, through championing Northern Irish culture. It started as a response to increasing tensions during the pandemic and through Brexit in the U.K.
Welcome to the (tragic) family, son
There is no definitive limit to our physique; it’s always “moving in and out of focus”.
A brief inquiry into chance encounters in the digital age
I realised that sometimes it's best to savour the memory of a spontaneous connection rather than holding onto people with the strings of technology.
With teeth: Why girls love vampires
Suspended between death and life, the vampire occupies a liminal space wherein typical boundaries can be blurred.
A night in the most popular sex shop on Oxford Street
For many people, the idea of walking into an adult shop can be intimidating or embarrassing, though it doesn’t have to be — buying a sex toy can be a fun and empowering experience.
The warrior women of Dahomey
These warriors are the only known army in modern history to be exclusively composed of women, and they protected the citizens of their kingdom for at least two centuries.
bAKEHOUSE's 'Human Activity' at KXT Broadway: Review
There’s a heavy weight here. Human Activity bears it exceptionally well.
Whose coffee culture?
There’s an almost irreconcilable discord between the Sydney coffee culture projected by mainstream food publications and the realities of most Sydneysiders.
Love unscripted: The culture industry’s romantic reel dance
Business is business, what else are you supposed to do?
I was caught walking home with a pep in my step: 'Make Love, Not Instruments' by Hat Trick Review
‘The Spare Keys’ in Make Love, Not Instruments take you by the hand on a vocal journey, sonically stunning with a rich setlist of showtunes, mid-century love songs and modern belters.
The dark economy of McBucks
In conclusion, fuck McDonald’s. Never work there. Never encourage your kids to work there either. If I’m ever desperate for cash, would I go back? I wouldn’t bet on it.
Sandstone Futurism
Sandstone Futurism is neither a proposal, nor a hypothetical solution, but rather, an inevitable utilisation of our environment.
Hard times for Mr Dickens
Eventually, he was lost to the mists of time, and a Charles Dickens Statue diaspora sprawled across Sydney.
Uncloaking witchcraft: exploring Paganism as a Muslim
Real-life paganism is beyond the blood, drama, and telekinetic miracles on television and is rooted in natural connection to the Earth’s seasons.
Anatomising the N64
Anatomising the N64 isn’t hard when you can peer into the bottle green motherboard, the nucleus of hypnotic rotating graphics, and the labyrinth that allows you to fire off that blue shell.
Heavenly bodies descending
Many things change across time; many things remain stagnant. Our angels do both.