ISSUE 45.
things holding things:
holding things
holding things
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Listen.
A playlist full of songs and things ↴
Think.
Commissioned as part of ACCA’s exhibition 'Between Waves' 2023, Black Wattle #2 is a First Nations digital magazine by Naarm-based collective called this mob. Head into the magazine and explore the works: video, poetry, prose, essays, photos, collages.
↯ EXPLORE: Black Wattle #2 by 'this mob' ↯
Feel.
"Nobody writes a good sentence by accident;
it comes with care."
– Ocean Vuong
Ocean Vuong, winner of the revered MacArthur Grant (often referred to as the "genius grant"), has written several books of poems and has now published his second novel, called 'The Emperor of Gladness'. In this interview, he sits down with Oprah to discuss the craft of writing, kindness, and listening. We love Ocean a lot ↴
Wonder.
The art of flying is a short film about “murmurations”: the mysterious flights of the Common Starling. It is still unknown how the thousands of birds are able to fly in such dense swarms without colliding. Every night, the starlings gather at dusk to perform their stunning air show.
Filmmaker Jan van IJken captured this crazy footage in the winter of 2014/15 ↴
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