Fresh, thoughtful journalism and creative works produced by students
of the School of Art, Communication and English at the University of Sydney.
Essays
Comfort in history: Foucault’s guide to mental illness
“Just want you to fill out this form.”
Disinterested, she passes me a pen and a form with rows of boxes. How I answer these...
Conflict In My Outlook_We Met Online: Post-Internet Art and Dystopian Realities
In 1996, John Perry Barlow declared the future of cyberspace would be independent of government and corporate control. Utopian and idealistic, it reflected the...
Information: The Ruling Power
Introduction
The world is in a state of flux – power looks very different today. Human species have arrived at a Black Mirror age wherein...
The Spotify Assemblage: Why your playlist shapes both your Saturday night and the application itself
Introduction
Founded in 2006 by Swedes Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon, the music-and-podcast-streaming service Spotify has quickly become a ubiquitous presence on digital devices. Like...
