More strikingly than ever there's a collective burning desire to nix partisan pettiness in favour of a united front. Perhaps because we're, as a species, facing a pandemic that kills almost indiscriminately. The only group of people who seem largely unaffected are children. Arguably some of...
This world's getting a little scarier. Which is saying a lot since it's the home planet of paedophiles, mass murderers, the US electoral college and the soon-to-be progeny of the Musk-Grimes hivemind. But whilst we often get caught up in the plans of the more shapely villains,...
Viva La Channel Seven Wheel of Brisbane. 10) Women's Adventure Film Tour (Encore Screening) 13th March What: This film tour is a collection of award-winning short films celebrating the inspiring women around us who are doing extraordinary things in the name of adventure. This year’s playlist features an all-star cast...
Exotic constipation, by design. 10) Derek Gripper (Live) 10th March What: Derek Gripper is a classical guitarist who has taken a unique path. As a South African classical musician he felt limited by the music of the traditional classical guitar and so went on a journey through different musical styles,...
Accept your fate. 10) AI and the Bias of Machines: Robert Elliott Smith 9th March What: How do we stop the internet making bigots of us all? We live in a world increasingly ruled by technology, finding comfort in the idea that this technology is free of prejudice; only its...
You're afraid. We're afraid. Collective fear is perhaps the only indestructible force for unification because we're collectively profoundly concerned with individual self-preservation and that requires a tonne of disposable bodies around us as a barricade that we first must charm with faux brotherhood. These days there are...
It's an interesting world we live in. A phrase that has been uttered in various incarnations throughout the ages, though its defining implication is era specificity. These times are different to all the other times, just like all the other times were different. Our own...
Everyone's a madman these days. 10) Taboo Talk (March) 4th March What: Should migrants and refugees be expected to integrate into mainstream Australian culture? Taboo Talk is a real-life platform for people to engage in conversation around difficult and sensitive topics of concern. The idea is to create a ‘brave’...
Instability is poison. No matter how depressing the rut you're in is, the fact remains that the rut is a source of comfort, which is why, in the same way a human, when blinded, will always walk in an arc as opposed to a straight line,...
We're well into 2020 and the raw fear has abated. We've, on the whole, been reassured that the monotony of our everyday lives remains as indestructible as ever, and the terrified screams that echoed around our conscious minds have been relegated to our subconscious, like so...