Pessimism seems to be the default emotional and intellectual position of humans in 2020. This isn't without reason. War, famine, torture, slavery, over-consumption, environmental catastrophe and indoctrination of children are all as present as they ever were, but now we have to read about it and...
"Psych!" is something you don't tend to hear as often as you once would have in the 90s. The average lexicon has been taken over by words that seem to no longer have identifiable roots, which, funnily enough, has left the words previously warped by slang...
We're all chasing a buzz. No matter how clean, sober or morally opposed to gluten you may claim to be, the fact remains that humans are, by nature, drug addicts. Anything to get that warm squirt of dopamine and serotonin that makes our limbs feel squiggly...
Don't laugh. When you're in your seventies you'll look ridiculous in black leather too. 10) Double Exhibition Opening: Marianna Simnett & Sancintya Mohini Simpson 22nd February What: See London-based artist Marianna Simnett’s CREATURE, which brings together three of her most significant film and installation works for her first exhibition in...
Better stock up on the saline. 10) St Kilda Wine & Cider Walk 22nd February What: The St Kilda Wine and Cider Walk will bring together 15 of your favourite St Kilda venues with wineries from across the state for an afternoon of wine, cider and entertainment. Immerse yourself...
Autumn is approaching. Beware the white snakes. 10) Pentatonix 2020 Tour 22nd February What: Pentatonix are coming to Australia this summer! The three-time Grammy Award-winning and US multi-platinum-selling pop a cappella group bring their awe-inspiring world tour to arenas in Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney this February 2020. Unaccompanied by...
Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing. 10) Visualising the Future: Open Forum 22nd February What: How can emergent technologies, methodologies and practices enable us to understand complex information, and harness new perspectives to help solve complex issues that we are facing right now? Industry and UNSW...
Electrify yourself. Fried neural tissue makes EDM far more tolerable. 10) The Disco Affair feat. Beth Yen and Supermini 22nd February What: A disco collaboration between some of Sydney’s premiere music brands for a night of groovy ecstasy. It’s a Disco Affair. Hot Sunday Records, Disco Fiasco Records, Sunset Soulection...
As humans we are constantly searching for ways in which to transform. Whether it be via a change in appearance, a change in consciousness or a change from one social media platform to another whose chosen form of communication is more metonymically relevant to whomever's...
That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet. Which is to say, vaguely sour. But the point is, no matter the name, the effect of the rose on body chemistry is imperative. No matter how much one claims 'mind over matter',...