Big Slick
Art Vienna Curran-Stanovsek Art Vienna Curran-Stanovsek

Big Slick

“Through drawing, this emphasis is placed on the physical labor and materiality involved in archiving digital sensibilities. An intention to elevate elements often dismissed as ‘low-brow art’ — such as text

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Hum Dekhenge ہم دیکھیں گے
Art Murtaza Bandukwala Art Murtaza Bandukwala

Hum Dekhenge ہم دیکھیں گے

“When we - the dispossessed - the faithful - 

Who have been barred out of sacred places 

Will be seated on high cushions 

When the crowns will be tossed, 

When the thrones will be brought down.”

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The Intelligence of Contemporary Art - Review
Reviews Stella Feltham Reviews Stella Feltham

The Intelligence of Contemporary Art - Review

The Museum of Contemporary Art’s autumn 2025 season celebrates the diversity of Australian Contemporary Art with two exciting new exhibitions: ‘The Intelligence of Painting’, which features the work of fourteen women artists for whom the paint medium is a vital part of their practice, and Warraba Weatherall’s ‘Shadow and Substance’,  the first solo show by the Kamilaroi artist. ‘The Intelligence of Painting’ will run until 20 July 2025, while Weatherall’s work can be viewed until 21 September 2025. These two exhibitions are wildly different – just as the contemporary art scene itself is diverse and unpredictable. 

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Reviews Sam Harding Reviews Sam Harding

What Are We Left With? — A review of SUDS’ The Goat, or Who is Sylvia?

SUDS’ Slot 1 performance of Edward Albee’s The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? was an hour-and-forty-minute absurdist romp that left the audience in both stitches and a state of moral panic. The play, brilliantly directed by Felix Tonkin and produced by Ruby Scott-Wishart, documents the aftermath of a father’s bewildering extramarital affair, and serves as a hilarious allegory of liberal society. It is this element that SUDS’ production claws at so well, unravelling the philosophical thread that weaves its way through the narrative. 

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The Flesh of the Lychee
Literature Holly Gerrard Literature Holly Gerrard

The Flesh of the Lychee

“I think of her sometimes, on nights like this, when my shirt is low and the wind kisses my chest as greedy eyes stare. They don’t know there is nothing there anymore. I ate her years ago, splitting the tough skin with my front teeth to reach the fruit inside. But tonight, here, with the moon hiding behind low, yellow clouds, Beautiful Girl walks with me.”

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First
Literature Ella Nguyễn & Miles Hiroshi Huỳnh Literature Ella Nguyễn & Miles Hiroshi Huỳnh

First

When he slept, I chiseled out a keyhole 

in his back to peek inside the crushed 

velvet cavity, the bone cage of a person 

who did not: a traveling ball of saliva,

surging breaths, simmering bile.”

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I went to Joy Orbison and all I got was a great sense of joy, good music, and fun times
Reviews China Meldrum Reviews China Meldrum

I went to Joy Orbison and all I got was a great sense of joy, good music, and fun times

Walking past the slightly uncanny midnight pickleball league in a mostly asleep Entertainment Quarter, I wondered if anyone else was aware of the musical significance of what was going to happen inside Liberty Hall. Joy Orbison, the London-born and based DJ and producer, was about to play his first show in Australia. I reached Liberty Hall, pretty set in my conviction that there wasn’t a good chance many pickleball players knew about Joy Orbison. I was pleasantly and incredibly surprised

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Art Ashray Kumar Art Ashray Kumar

External influences, memories, and interactions are central to the formation of identity, continuously shaping the self. In this series, I scanned various elements — my own self, calligraphy, and found graffiti/visuals — and superimposed them to create a layered composition, reflecting identity as a performative construct that is not fixed, but always in flux.

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When Did I Become Bound by the Shackles of my iPhone?
Culture Kate Saap Culture Kate Saap

When Did I Become Bound by the Shackles of my iPhone?

My problem is not with staying informed. I am asking you to consider who you pay your attention-currency to. Traditional mass media and public service media are years behind the quality and reach of online-only news outlets like The Daily Aus or Impact. Being aware of world issues has shifted from an expectation to a strange, gatekept knowledge-club.

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True Nostalgia: PULP goes to salute
Reviews, Music Mia Retallack Reviews, Music Mia Retallack

True Nostalgia: PULP goes to salute

At the bottom line, salute rejected the pretension that seems to dominate much commercial dance music (read: the uninspired spoken word poetry of Fred Again). Eschewing these pseudo-philosophies of house heavy hitters, at the heart of TRUE MAGIC is a magical world of nostalgia, joy, and most of all, good old fun. Not only a testament to the varied influences upon salute’s signature sound, but the many influences that shape our first encounters with dance music.

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LIFE IS A LANEWAY? I WANNA RIDE IT ALL DAY-FESTIVAL LONG: PULP'S LANEWAY REVIEW
Reviews, Music Hugo Anthony Hay Reviews, Music Hugo Anthony Hay

LIFE IS A LANEWAY? I WANNA RIDE IT ALL DAY-FESTIVAL LONG: PULP'S LANEWAY REVIEW

Laneway 2025 was a refreshing return to normality for Australian music festivals. It featured a balanced and loveable lineup of fan favourites and internet sensations but was let down by its administration and infrastructure. Its artists provided fantastic and memorable performances that resonated but its vibes were either hamstrung by technical difficulties or over-police and surveillance

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SHAPES 2
Literature Aidan Pollock Literature Aidan Pollock

SHAPES 2

Just one insecure species trying to get an A+ at intergalactic show and tell. For as long as we can remember we’ve been left home alone and God we just wish our neighbours would drop by with some food and a hug.”

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I see spots.
Literature James Wily Literature James Wily

I see spots.

“Spots signify a pure kind of repulsive nothing [       ]. Possessing a type of purity that cannot be subsumed by any desire.”

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