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online magazine of the national school of arts, acu

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2022

2022

EDITORS

India Baker
Celine Sheeran
Stephanie Lyons
Lincoln James

Naomi Thorpe
Eliza Turner
Louise Seager
Matthew Ryan
(General editor)

LOOK

An Honest Chat with Lucy

Belle Formica

An interview with Lucy Hotchin, an art therapist, lived experience consultant and textile artist.

Tiny Sketchbooks

Lara Girgis

A growing collection of small-scale drawings

Tint

'It's A Colourful Life'

Iona Easton, Meg McKenna and Madelena Scott

A collection of artworks inspired by colour

Made in Melbourne

Celine Sheeran

A collection of photographs taken around Melbourne, Victoria.

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Artworks by Zoe Brewer

A vibrant collection of gouache portraits illustrating one of the biggest bands of all time

The Count

Multiple artists collaborate on a project with a unified theme

P.O.V. Perspective Optics. Vision.

By Alicia Loe, Kate Ren & Carla Sol.

An interpretation of inner feelings and expressing the ‘soul’ of a chosen landscape.

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Reflecting on the Natural World

Multiple Authors

A collection of poems and essays reflecting on our relationship with nature

Artichokes

Courtney Burke

A poem

Dazed

Katarina Sadek

A story of a new life mission

The Skills We Need are the Skills We Already Have

Haydn Aarons on the problems of high-skill humanitarian entrants to Australia

Haydn Aarons

Ode to Spring

Courtney Burke

A poem

Fortnite: Five Years on the Island

Simon Ryan

Simon Ryan shares his adventures in Fortnite.

Hope

Timothy Chan

A poem

Post-Covid Hope

Ella Mackenzie

Comparing pre- and post-covid life

Crown

Stephanie Lyons

A story on the future of a royal family

Time Together

Matthew Ryan

Matthew Ryan on being and time in the novels of Sara Baume

Horror in the Mundane

Louise Seager

Louise Seager discusses Julia Armfield’s debut novel Our Wives Under the Sea

The Byronic Hero vs
Mother Nature

Eva Katinic

Eva Katinic explores the gender archetypes of Romantic literature.

Life's Little Lessons

Jennifer Lowe

A poem

Welcome to the Future

Sandra Thom-Jones

A story looking forward to a new beginning

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Swimming In The Past

Lorinda Cramer

Lorinda Cramer explores the history of Foy & Gibson’s woollen bathing suits.

Turning Towards Suffering

Maggie Nolan

Maggie Nolan considers the common concerns of Tara June Winch’s The Yield and Melissa Lucashenko’s Too Much Lip

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Digital Sunrise

Sebastian Trew

A poem in words and images

Man vs Mountain

Jason Parmaxidis

A story recalling the past

WATCH

Plath on Film

Chanel Campbell & Eliza Turner

An exploration of American poet, Sylvia Plath.

Rainbow Companies

Jacob Baker

Companies go 'rainbow-fishing’ during pride month

The Way In and The Way Out Are One And the Same

Diane Charleson

Poetry, identity, dreaming and the past

Falling; peace tranquility

Naomi Thorpe

Finding nature and silence in a busy world

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Sharon de Kleijn Exhibition

Amiel Matthews

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Sounds of the Impossible

A series of podcasts exploring video game creature vocalisations

2021

EDITORS

Catherine Jaworski
Ashlee Merucci
Caitlin Riddell

Georgia Wheaton
Matthew Ryan
(general editor)

LOOK

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Artworks by Brent van Abkoude

An exploration of Brent van Abkoude's artwork and creative process.

ACU Grad Show

Nicholas Tsekouras takes us behind the scenes of the 2020 ACU Grad Show

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Artworks by Annie Hallowell

Digital paintings by Annie Hallowell exploring the intimacy of public transport

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Odor Patris Tu

Catherine Bell connects scent and loss

Christian Rhodes-Wolfe

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Religion and Climate Change

Pedram Rashidi on politics, religion and climate change

Rainbow Light Art

ACU ALLY Network

Noah Riseman on the formation of the ALLY Network at ACU

Pandemic Participation

Jen Couch on young people's response to the Melbourne tower lockdown

Image by Shinnosuke Ando

2020 Olympics

Haydn Aarons reflects on the 2020 Olympics

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Art Problems

Elvis Richardson surveys the pitfalls of art

The Rooney Effect

Matthew Ryan on the novels of Sally Rooney

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The Crooked Scene

Gus Mather explores the gender politics of the Australian Metalcore community

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YA Fiction

Polly McCauley reviews newly released Young Adult fiction

Computer Programming

AI and the Humanities

Georgia Wheaton interviews Baylee Brits

Boolean Soul-Rot

Annie Hallowell

A collection of artworks exploring technology, gender performance, and media consumption

A-I-B-O-H-P

Lani, Josh & Vivienne

An exploration into fear, formative pain and phobia.

2021

Interview with Nick Tsekouras

Caitlin Riddell interviews one of Melbourne's up-and-coming artists

Open Books

Shadow Libraries

Caitlin Riddell on Open Access

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Interview with Stelarc

Stelarc sits down to discuss his artistic practice and the future of technology

Snow Covered Field

The Lunatic

A short story by Francis Gibbs

Apathy

Thomas Maruskanic on apathy, politics, and society

Donation Boxes

Something Bigger

Ashlee Merucci reflects on volunteering

Football Match

The Finals

Meg Mikelson watches her family watch the footy

Abstract Lights

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A short story by Edward Mason

Beneath Freedom's Skin

Anti-lockdown protest and old hatreds

Sylvia Plath: Living in her Poetry

Eva Katinic considers the poet and the woman

Tui

A short story by Blake Guttridge

Freckles

Some feelings on paper

A poem by

Georgia Wheaton

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Euca Magazine

Euca is a forward thinking magazine, designed by designers for designers.

Stage Mist

Real

A poem by Sarah Giddy

Image by Krisztina Papp

There's always room for dessert

A short story by Zac McLaughlin

Pride Parade

LGBTI History

Noah Riseman on the LGBTI history of the Australian Defence Force

Rainbow Sprinkles

Fairy Bread

Exhibition review by Anna Woods

Green Water Hose

Faust

Review by Renae Burton

WATCH

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Indoors

A short film by ACU design students that describes the routines, moods and perspectives we were all experiencing during lockdown.

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CAKEFACE in Colour

Jet Krusec creates performance art through the character of CAKEFACE

60 Second Documentaries

ACU Students produce short documentaries exploring the fascinating people in their lives

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Inside 4 Walls

A short film by ACU design students that showcases brief, intimate moments that occur in one's personal space. The film is structured around an apartment building and captures a day in the lockdown life

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New Normal

A short film by ACU design students that examines the 'new normal' that has emerged as a result of

COVID-19

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Research Project Audio Bites

Mini-podcasts from ACU students talking about their 2021 research projects

Jack O' Lanterns

Spooky Spook

Harrison Jenner's music for mock-horror

Trees in the Wind

Windborne

Minimalist music by Harrison Jenner

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