Tag Archives: consumerism

This cumulative kind of effect when you stop: an interview with Emily Maguire on Smoke in the Room, part one

In Smoke in the Room, three characters end up in a share house in Sydney. Katie works on instinct and is weighted by an overwhelming empathy. Adam, an American, is grieving and needs to save money to get home. Graeme, an aid worker, has rid himself of possessions and simplified his existence. In this novel, [...]

Avatar: a mash-up

This piece is a mash-up of an undergrad essay from a couple of years ago, plus present thoughts, imaginings and speculation on the narrative of self in a virtual environment.
Storytelling is as old as humanity. The human has always actively projected him/herself into realms of fantasy (through song, art, drama, writing). Modernity advanced the visual aspect of [...]

10 things about Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2009

After Ruby J Murray’s On Writing in the World: Ten Things About Ubud Writers and Readers Festival 2009.
1. Flying over the top end – veiny, crater-filled land, mercury lakes and billabongs. The corny sea creature carpet at Darwin airport where there’s a smoking area and men in matching shirts drinking VB. Realising in the past [...]

Melbourne Writers Festival 2009 diary part three: future cities, beautiful rhythms and a literal ending

‘I just blogged’ I said to my friends when I ran into them, flustered, between sessions. Chris Flynn looked at me and said ‘that sounds dirty’, like ‘I just did a blog’, ‘I just dropped one’ and other variations. And now, the word blog is RUINED for me.
But I was enlightened by two things: Chris [...]

The Human Zoo

Another photographic excerpt from my project with Sudeep Lingamneni.

These photographs are (c) Sudeep Lingamneni 2009. Please do not copy or reproduce without permission.
See more here, here, here, and here.

‘Yoofs’ Occupying Time

Another photographic excerpt from my project with Sudeep Lingamneni.

These photographs are (c) Sudeep Lingamneni 2008. Please do not copy or reproduce without permission.
See more here, here, and here.
Tomorrow … a ‘responsive’ interview with Melbourne writer Josephine Rowe.

Fashion (turn to the left)

Another photographic excerpt from my project with Sudeep Lingamneni.

These photographs are (c) Sudeep Lingamneni 2008. Please do not copy or reproduce without permission.
See more here, and here.

Fix

Another photographic excerpt from my project with Sudeep Lingamneni.

These photographs are (c) Sudeep Lingamneni 2008. Please do not copy or reproduce without permission.
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Spotless

 A photographic excerpt from my project with Sudeep Lingamneni.

These photographs are (c) Sudeep Lingamneni 2008. Please do not copy or reproduce without permission.

Capitalism is Funny – a Review of Max Barry’s Company

Company, Max Barry, Scribe, 9781921215643, 2008 (pb Australia)
Jones joins Zephyr as an enthusiastic employee, without even knowing what the company does. This doesn’t seem to be an odd thing at Zephyr, where Jones’ coworkers in the Training Sales department just accept that Zephyr is a ‘holdings’ company, and get on with their menial, perpetual tasks [...]