“It’s often been said that science fiction predicts the future. I’d argue that this isn’t generally the case. In fact,…
Transmissions from the Resonant Zone
There is something in the aesthetics of contemporary art that’s familiar to anyone who also happens to be a fan…
Fashioned of vovax and adorned with bernital
“By way of illustration, I have chosen more or less arbitrarily the following fragments: (1) “A young lady with a…
The sword said ‘violence’ before it was swung
“Every technology is a metaphor. That much is clear. The difficult matter is to sort out whether this is a…
Into the Black
And so it came to pass that I was driving McLean Edwards in my wife’s car to an opening of his work at Goulburn Regional Gallery.
Memory City
“One also wonders what Sontag, or indeed Baudelaire, would have made of Sohei Nishino, a young Japanese photographer whose work…
An implacable syllogism
“This is the story of a man marked by an image from his childhood.” That’s the opening (the first voice)…
A flock of ducks flew through the room
“In 1951, when I sold my first story, I had no idea that such fundamental issues could be pursued in…
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