A liveable city breathes and doesn’t just survive — this is achieved through the fusion of art and its people.

PlaceJo StaasApril 19, 2023dam, Sydney, art, graffiti

A former military base, it suffered urban decay before it was embraced by a group of anarchists who made it their own.

PlaceStella ZikosApril 19, 2023Denmark, commune, anarchist

Unremembering

To me, art is no longer about memories, but narratives.

CultureArnav GuptaApril 19, 2023photography, painting, memory, narratives, nightlife

Disco Sucks!

In times of hopelessness and despair, the glittering beats of disco never seem too far behind.

MusicMeghan PriceApril 19, 2023disco, rock, rock n roll, LGBTQIA+, POC, people of colour, marginalised communities

Forbidden Fruit

This installation is also a showcase of my appreciation for my two cultures as well as the difficulties I have avoided as a queer woman by growing up in Australia.

CultureKumiko DelaneyApril 19, 2023photography, art, clay, fruit, queerness, identity, Japan

Bài tập về bản thể luận / An Assignment on Ontology

What would the hill be but a dried steppe // On the falling back of an afternoon

LiteratureMong NguyenApril 19, 2023poetry, vietnam

Eternal sunshine of the spotless alumni

It wasn’t until I opened an alumni account that I finally came to terms with losing access to my university emails.

CampusNicole CadelinaApril 19, 2023University, alumni, emails, ephemera, internet, digital cultures

Sprinkle with cheese if desired

A microwave lasagne made me want to cry

RecessPatrick McKenzieApril 19, 2023microwave, lasagne, mouth, food, food writing, nostalgia, family

This will get bigger (if you know what I mean)

What I have described has been, in many ways, a coming-of-age. Or perhaps more appropriately, my ‘cumming-of-age’.

ComedySimone MaddisonApril 19, 2023the 1975, dick jokes, music, sex

Cynicism is a whale fall

I often dream of Lutīyā the cosmic whale.

LiteratureNathan PhillisApril 19, 2023poetry, whale fall, environment, ocean, Lovecraft, societal collapse

At the nucleus of beauty

A symbol of undying beauty, the sari is not a temporal phenomenon.

Fashion, FilmLameah NayeemApril 19, 2023sari, Hindi, Hindi cinema, Hollywood, vintage, retro

A 60x zoom into camcorder aesthetics

Camcorders are in a renaissance.

Culture, FilmNandini Dhir and Harry GayApril 19, 2023camcorders, film theory, film history, the body, nostalgia

The zine anthology

Unfettered by the strictures of publishing criteria, a zine-maker is empowered to create whatever they want.

CultureAriana Haghighi, Harry Gay and Rhea ThomasApril 19, 2023zines, zine, counterculture, workshop

No one, not a single soul, is still mad about Tropic Thunder

After all, if there’s one thing that the left loves to do, it’s making sure that no one is allowed to enjoy a film from 15 years ago.

4 Listicles That Best Utilise The Conventions and Structure of The List

It ain’t quite a list, it ain’t quite an article, it’s a listicle!

ComedyMarlow HurstApril 12, 2023USU, USyd, LIsts, Listicle, Buzzfeed, SEO

19 Pictures of lichen that give me LIFE

It ain’t moss, it ain’t algae, it’s LICHEN!

ComedyPatrick McKenzieApril 1, 2023USU, USyd, STEM, botanic gardens, lichen, plants, nature, Kate Moss, algae, april foolz 23

What’s On this week at USyd? April 1st to 8th

With this handy guide, you won’t miss out on all the activities and events on offer.

ComedyHarry GayApril 1, 2023USU, USyd, University, activities, boar, april foolz 23 RIGHT

Review: Euterpe EP launch at the Factory Theatre

With their shaggy hair and electric sound, the quartet seemed like a relic from the 1970s rock scene blended with 21st century anxieties.

MusicMae MilneMarch 28, 2023review, gig, Sydney music, rock, factory theatre, EP launch, live music

Review: SUDS' Arcadia makes the pendulum swing

Binary opposites become whole in SUDS’ vibrant reimagining of the play, and though its discussions of thermodynamics, aesthetics, and sex may at first seem arbitrary, they have profound intention.

CampusLameah NayeemMarch 15, 2023SUDS, student theatre, review, romanticism, gothicism, castle, manor, estate, Tom Stoppard

Tote bags suck, so why are we still so obsessed with them?

Exploring my complicated relationship with the tote bag: a symbol of the modern intellectual elite.

Culture, FashionLizzy KwokMarch 8, 2023fashion, tote bags