September 10, 2021
Risk – Hannah Vesey
Risk Hannah Vesey @hannah_vesey_ One of Yoko’s ears is smaller than the other. Sometimes she wears a different earring on each ear, so that people will notice. Right now, I can only see her smaller ear. She’s sitting slouched on the council bench, playing with her hair. Apart from the noise of cars speeding along…
September 10, 2021
ATOMICX – EVOLUTION (2021)
EVOLUTION (2021) ATOMICX @atomicx__ www.atomicx.com.au ATOMICX is a persona created by emerging, multi-disciplinary artist Olivia Bridge. She utilises an experimental and emotional approach to create art, which is heavily influenced by popular culture and experiences that have had great impact on both society and herself. ATOMICX's work explores themes such as femininity, sexuality, anxiety, passion…
September 10, 2021
Newton Orange Blues – Mackenzie Castley
Newtown Orange Blues Mackenzie Castley Jules’ head is on his thigh, and Frankie is peering down at the mess of curls and freckles, hands clenching and unclenching at his sides. There’s darkness filling up the room, grasping at the edges, greedy and saturated. Frankie is wading through it, waist-deep. Jules’ painful eyes, begging, demanding: look…
September 10, 2021
Litany of Love & Rifle Shots – Grace Harvey
Litany of Love & Rifle Shots Grace Harvey @graceharveywrites We meet in a bar. Paris, France. The place is gaudy and macabre, high pressed tin ceilings and a dark wooden bar. This whole city is still obsessed with the twenties, there’s a plaque on the wall that says Fitzgerald used to drink here. The bartender…
September 10, 2021
When We Drowned Them – Chris Holdsworth
When We Drowned Them Chris Holdsworth Collingwood: 11 July 2076 I heard about it in the worst way possible. A masked man in a suit, an officer, knocked on the door and asked to talk to me. The words spilled out of his mouth like a curse: ‘I’m sorry. It’s your parents. It’s a shame…
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