Culture

I thought at first she might be drowning
she seemed to be floundering so,
but when I swam near she was speaking
and signalling with her hands,
so then, instead of drowning I thought
she was speaking on some kind of waterproof phone,

Sriwhana Spong’s solo exhibition HA HA HA at Monash University Museum of Art is a complex series of meditations on colonialism that refuse rote identity.

Outer Urban Projects, long known for its work amplifying marginalised voices, reflects a hidden history of women in public transport for its latest project, VIGIL.

Kacey Musgraves, one of the most interesting voices in contemporary country music, goes back to basics on her new album, Middle of Nowhere.

On the 50th anniversary of Taxi Driver, the film that made her famous, actor and director Jodie Foster breaks new ground, in French.

We live here with a shark, a snake, a fox and a kangaroo. And with words. The moon rises, we live thus. With words. We turn off the lamp and go to sleep and dream of all these things.

Now in its second year, ALT: GAMES, run by Sydney’s Powerhouse Museum, offers a vision of gaming as a cultural touchstone of community.

Cinema Reborn allows audiences to experience some rarely seen and remarkable 20th century films in a rewarding program.

Incidental Architecture’s off-grid house Gingkin, west of the Blue Mountains, exemplifies the desire for a life with less ‘stuff’.

Novelist Robbie Arnott writes about the realities of the non-human world in ways that grant them meanings separate from the human.