The great first day

After all, the Quad was a great place to be lost in, every path ended in a class, a corridor or a gateway.

CampusEeshitaSeptember 6, 2023USyd, the quad, quadrangle, first year

You couldn’t look back if you tried: SUDS 'Eurydice' Review

A sensory aigís, expect an odyssey of emotion, talent and stagecraft.

CampusHugo Anthony HayAugust 31, 2023SUDS, theatre, student theatre, drama, Greek, eurydice

New Self Wales

The Sydney sulk followed me to the country.

PlaceKate SaapAugust 26, 2023Australia, nature, animals, perspective, Australiana, self-reflection

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.

CultureAmelia RainesAugust 25, 2023culture, Nintendo, N64, nostalgia

From Guangdong to Goulburn

There is perhaps one thing that unites every Australian town — an institution that has been embedded in our national story since the 18th century: the Australian-Chinese restaurant.

Food, Place, RecessAidan Elwig PollockAugust 25, 2023food, food writing, Australiana, Australia, China, restaurant

Heavenly bodies descending

Many things change across time; many things remain stagnant. Our angels do both.

CultureLameah NayeemAugust 25, 2023opinion, film, Neon Genesis Evangelion, angels, Renaissance, art, religion

Eulogy to the notes app

Open sesame

Show your truths to me

CultureEmily O'BrienAugust 24, 2023internet, technology, poetry, notes, notes app, apple

Friendship, nostalgia, and isolation: SUDS 'Play On' Review

Play On, written and directed by Gemma Hudson, is an ambitious and exciting cross of And Then There Were None with Heathers.

CampusAngus McGregorAugust 23, 2023SUDS, theatre, student theatre, netball, nostalgia, high school, drama, friends

Long Live the Drag Kings and Queens.

This series of photographs places drag artists in the everyday realm – from convenience stores to adult shops – capturing their glamour even through the most mundane of activities.

CultureBipasha ChakrabortyAugust 22, 2023drag, identity, queer, photography

I have a parasocial relationship with a man from the 16th century

You talk to me as if I exist. I am not real. I am not Cosimo. I am oil paint on a panel.

Art, CultureChina MeldrumAugust 20, 2023art, Renaissance, Art Gallery of NSW

Artificial stupidity

Humans are smart. Unfortunately, humans are also annoying, trite, boring, unimaginative, clichéd, derivative, etc, etc, etc. AI seemingly thrives off all of these worst aspects.

CultureHuw BradshawAugust 7, 2023Wes Anderson, Tim Burton, AI, technology, opinion, film

SFF 2023 REVIEW: Joonam (جونم)

Urich’s soulful connection with the documentary as well as the subject matter is one that is felt palpably.

FilmDanny YazdaniAugust 7, 2023film festival, SFF, cinema, Iranian cinema, Iran, social realism, tradition, mystery, thriller, psychology

BroadSlay: sashay away

In investigating BroadSlay’s tragic death, I discovered the event’s spirit.

CultureZara UpfoldJune 28, 2023broadslay, mardi gras, world pride

SFF 2023 REVIEW: Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

I felt cheated by an experience that capitalised on Murakami’s name and a trailer that hinted at his many stories, but had very little to do with the collection itself.

FilmDanny YazdaniJune 27, 2023film festival, SFF, cinema, anthology, literary adaptation, animation