Archive: Arts and Culture

"Four Larks, the young theatre collective based in Brunswick, Melbourne, have a well-earned reputation for…

Four Larks’ Temptation of St Antony by Tom Rigby

Arena Magazine 122

Tom Rigby

Feb 2013

Four Larks, the young theatre collective based in Brunswick, Melbourne, have a well-earned reputation for ambitious adaptations. Having tackled Peer Gynt, Alice in Wonderland, The Master and Margarita and the Orpheus myth in the past, the collective has become highly adept at transforming its former auto repair shop into all manner of complex literary spaces. […]
"Walking the Israeli barrier with Mark Thomas By Bella Anderson

Laughter As Protest

Arena Magazine 119

Aug 2012

Walking the Israeli barrier with Mark Thomas By Bella Anderson
"John Cash

Obedience to Authority and its Discontents

Arena Magazine 117

Apr 2012

John Cash
"Free speech and doublespeak at The Australian by Justin Clemens

Killer Drones, Dieback and Democracy

Arena Magazine 115

Dec 2011

Free speech and doublespeak at The Australian by Justin Clemens
"Roger Nelson talks with environmental art activist Natalie Jeremijenko on creating future foods for humans…

Our Agency is Powerful

Arena Magazine 114

Oct 2011

Roger Nelson talks with environmental art activist Natalie Jeremijenko on creating future foods for humans and the planet
"Recent films like Strange Birds in Paradise challenge Australia’s silence on West Papua

Oz-tak-lihat (Australia Doesn’t See)

Arena Magazine 112

Jun 2011

Recent films like Strange Birds in Paradise challenge Australia’s silence on West Papua
"Recent restrictions on street photography are a symptom of the erosion of the public sphere…

Perverting Photography

Arena Magazine 109

Dec 2010

Recent restrictions on street photography are a symptom of the erosion of the public sphere under neo-liberalism
"New trends in contemporary jewellery

Diamonds are for Everyone

Arena Magazine 113

Aug 2011

New trends in contemporary jewellery
"Old-fashioned narrative meets contemporary culture

The Harry Potter Finale

Arena Magazine 113

Aug 2011

Old-fashioned narrative meets contemporary culture
"For all the successes of community broadcasting, the sector is at a crossroads writes Dave…

The Future of Community Radio

Arena Magazine 106

Jun 2010

For all the successes of community broadcasting, the sector is at a crossroads writes Dave Melzer
"Marc Hiatt interrogates the arguments used to support the Australian National Academy of Music

The Uses of Music

Arena Magazine 98

Dec 2008

Marc Hiatt interrogates the arguments used to support the Australian National Academy of Music
"In the wake of the Bill Henson affair, Robert Nelson argues that artists provide perspectives…

Saving Art’s Face?

Arena Magazine 95

Jun 2008

In the wake of the Bill Henson affair, Robert Nelson argues that artists provide perspectives that let us recognise the relativity among things that society otherwise deems axiomatic.