There is an exquisite beauty and loveliness to the writing of Sarah Winman. With every artfully-chosen word – artful in the sense that it is rich and poetic, not artificial or posed – and perfectly-expressed idea you are subsumed into stories that are suffused with humanity, joy, sadness, regret Continue Reading
Weekend pop art: Trapped inside Tweety Bird and other clever pop culture icons
While peeking behind the curtain to see what lies beyond doesn’t always the hoped-for dividends – exhibit A being The Wizard of Oz who turned out to be not so wizard-y after all – we can help wondering what we might see if we go beyond initial appearances an Continue Reading
The dystopian mash-up #AlteredCarbon is peak Anthropocene TV (curated article)
by Mitch Goodwin, University of Melbourne The opening image of Altered Carbon is of a male human form. We see him from below, suspended in the shimmering blue expanse of water, beams of angelic light creating a silhouette of his splayed body. The image evokes Scottie Ferguson on the Continue Reading