Thursday 11 – Thursday 18 September
Ethers / Digital
How to Fall in Love with the Internet Again
The internet. What does it mean to you? Endless doom, mindless scrolling, apathy at its finest? Or does it mean something different? Dare we suggest…connection, creativity, nourishment, and community?
There’s another side to the web just waiting to be discovered. Let these artists show you the way in this online suite of new writing, devoted to the thing we’re all mutually entangled in.
Aastha Agrawal
Aastha Agrawal (she/they) is an Indian poet, illustrator, and multidisciplinary creative based in Naarm. Her work has appeared in publications including Frankie, Refinery29, and Urban List, among others. Aastha was featured on UK billboards as part of the 2022 POCC Artist in Residence program for her poem Dhai Calligraphy, and was a 2024 finalist for […]
River Gammon
River Gammon is an artist and writer living in Naarm on unceded Wurundjeri land. He is interested in building alternative forms of cyberspace, and has a particular focus on how queerness is expressed online. When he’s away from the computer, he enjoys birdwatching and urban sketching around his local neighbourhood.
Zachary Kai
Zachary Kai is a queer writer and generalist who crafts space fantasy fiction about resilient souls among stars in between making zines and collecting skills. Australian-born, he writes with American spelling and British punctuation: a linguistic wanderer. The internet is his livelihood and lifeline, and he documents his existence at zacharykai.net.
Cormac Kirby
Cormac Kirby is a poet and urban planner who is interested in multi-disciplinary poetry and spatial poetry. He works in textual, concrete and audio-visual forms and is interested in how where we live influences our understanding of the universe. He has been published by Rabbit Poetry and No More Poetry and has also been shown […]
Bree Turner
Bree Turner (she/her) is a queer/feminist researcher and writer from Australia, currently based in Paris. Her research and creative practice explore gender, sexuality, digital cultures, and performativity. Her poetry and essays have appeared in Polyester, SIDE-NOTE, Veraison Magazine, Archer Magazine, So-Fi Zine, Jacaranda Journal, and Partial Magazine, among others. She has held research and teaching […]
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Writing Against Silencing: PEN Melbourne Workshop
By inviting workshop participants to write against the attempted silencing of emerging writers, we will consider what it means to create in danger, under censorship, and the importance of free creative expression.
Wednesday 17 September, 12PM-1PM (AEST)
3RRR Literati Glitterati: On Noticing
Tune in to Triple R to hear how these artists turn first impressions into creative expressions, examining what it means to develop intimate feelings into public work.
Saturday 13 September, 11AM-12PM
‘Where Do You Get Your Ideas?’
Three poets explore the fickle beast of inspiration across research, personal history, passion, and spontaneous insight, as well as the ‘slow burn’ of ideas that may take years to fully form.
Thursday 11 – Thursday 18 September
EWF at the Cinémathèque
Three writers absorbed by the inter-disciplinary, creatively respond to three unique seasons at Melbourne’s coolest film society: The Cinémathèque.
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