Melbourne
Review: Terminus, Heide Museum of Modern Art (VIC)
Jess Johnson and Simon Ward’s exhibition combines virtual reality, textile works, and retrofuturistic aesthetics.
Finding the poetry in an AI world
What does poetry look like in an algorithm-dominated world? The Library of Non-Human Books is attempting to answer that question.
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest, Malthouse Theatre (VIC)
There’s never been anything quite like this iteration of Wilde’s sparkling comedy in which Jon Haynes and David Woods perform…
Art in the age of disaster
Hope and grief simmer at the centre of two extraordinary live works by Indonesian filmmakers premiering at Asia TOPA.
Review: What Every Girl Should Know, Brunswick Mechanics Institute (VIC)
Monica Byrne’s play is a subversive, feminist take on the familiar Catholic schoolgirl setting.
Review: New Balance, Theatre Works/Midsumma Festival (VIC)
New Balance is a tender, insightful and intelligent look at the collective experiences of what it is to be queer.
Michael Williams exits the Wheeler Centre
Williams is stepping down as Director of the Wheeler Centre after a decade of conversation, podcasts and ideas.
Review: The Feather in the Web, Midsumma Festival/Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre (VIC)
Life getting messy doesn’t begin to capture this web of intrigue.
Review: Boobs, Arts Centre Melbourne/Midsumma Festival (VIC)
Selina Jenkins’s mastectomy musical is a tender journey to the chest of one’s dreams.
Book review: Heide by Pi O
The third instalment in Melbourne poet Π.O’s trilogy is a playful journey through Australian art history.