The city as a garden of earthly delights

Although Australia’s natural landscape has been decimated by concrete and industry since colonisation, if you know where to look, the city remains a rich supermarket of edible delights.

RecessMae MilneNovember 16, 2022Sydney, nature, local, Inner West, food, Indigenous Australians, lemon myrtle, dandelions, mulberries, figs, foraging

I visited Esperanto House: Now I know world peace

Headquarters, lodging, and museum all hide modestly on the Redfern Run. Dressed in camouflage, they escape the ocular frisk of students rushing to Abercrombie.

Mash or pass: An abridged history of mashups

Though it’s gone through periods of both mainstream success as well as being on the fringes, mashups have exploded in online popularity in recent years.

MusicMatthew ForbesNovember 16, 2022mashups, tiktok, remix, history, music history, meme culture

Tits out for PULP

Big tits are awesome until you’re the person who has them.

CultureKate SaapNovember 16, 2022breast reduction, perspective, tits, body

Quaroutine

As cases spread beyond the gates and walls of our camp, an unlikely sense of community bloomed from the confined freedoms we enjoyed.

PlaceKhoi DangNovember 16, 2022COVID, COVID-19, quarantine, Vietnam, film photography

Why is Chinese popular music so sad?

Themes of loneliness, heartbreak, and loss are commonplace, but for some reason they felt more sorrowful and melancholic than their English-language counterparts.

MusicLizzy KwokNovember 16, 2022China, pop music, melancholy, sadness

Bourdainification

Bourdain’s overbearing influence on food writing inscribed all the marks of the ‘real’ into the show as much as any set designer or method actor.

CultureHuw BradshawNovember 16, 2022food writing, Anthony Bourdain, The Bear, TV, television, cooking

"Just make more"

The choctop shift can be tranquil, humbling, and quietly frustrating.

RecessPatrick McKenzieNovember 16, 2022movie theatre, choctop, movie snacks, ice cream, chocolate, food

Liminal reality

A visual representation of the liminal space between dream and reality.

PlaceJustine HuNovember 16, 2022liminal spaces, experimental video, video art

An art tour of A26

Paintings, photographs and sculptures are scattered throughout campus, sitting on walls and perched in unassuming corners.

Place, CampusAnthia BalisNovember 16, 2022art, library, curation, tour, hidden spots, photography

Clown dancing in the theatre

The clown bridges ordinary people of the world with the world of fantasy.

FashionWenmiao XinNovember 16, 2022clowns, movie theatre, dancing

They/She

In a world where labels and definitions equal success, 'They/She' visually portrays the undefinable through the lyrical limbs of the model, Archer Rose, in 35mm film format.

Art, CultureEstelle YoonNovember 16, 2022gender, art, bodies, film photography, label, queerness

Tel Malish

It became routine for my family to gather in the living room every Friday night, with blankets, snacks and bowls of oil in tow.

CultureNishta GuptaNovember 16, 2022coconut oil, olive oil, almond oil, castor oil, hair, family, culture, tradition, Hindi

It Girl

i aim to be discerning, use my camera like a scalpel capture the city; full of life, love, and clarity.

Art, CultureSimon HarrisNovember 16, 2022It Girl, photography, fashion, street, urban, city, perception, George Simmel

SCA undressed

Forget the whole schtick about the wagging art student drinking turpentine, University is making art purely academic.

Art, CampusSolomiya SywakNovember 16, 2022USyd, usyd, campus, University, SCA, art, art school, Rozelle, cigarettes, pretentious

The Tunnel

Make me continue my casual hospitality job after graduating from a four-year Arts degree with advanced studies and honours. But never, ever make me walk through The Tunnel.