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Culture November 03, 2018
Nils Frahm’s melody makers
Nils Frahm brings a playfulness to his serious compositions for piano and electronics, which leaves audiences delighted as well as enraptured. He vividly remembers crying when listening to English jazz saxophonist John Surman’s 1987 album, Private City, which mixes synthesisers with improvised saxophone.“It’s overwhelmingly powerful, emotional music that made me feel things that I didn’t know were in me. And that’s a great discovery – when you realise that music is not just invoking emotions, but creating emotions.”
News July 29, 2017
Redeveloping social housing in Sydney’s Waterloo
As the NSW government moves towards redeveloping a pivotal public housing area of Sydney, many residents believe its motives are purely to profit from the planned ‘social mix’.
Culture September 23, 2017
Indigenous photographer Mervyn Bishop
As Australia’s first Aboriginal press photographer, Mervyn Bishop created history, helping to take control of how Indigenous people were portrayed in images. Five decades later, his passion for observing the human side of daily life has not diminished.
News September 10, 2016
Campus assaults
Despite a campaign to develop better support services for victims of sexual assault on campus, students say universities are more concerned for their own reputation.
