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Rise of the robot actor, crouching in your telephone
You want to sell your script? Leave it to your robot minions.
Working in Asia: The real time difference
Countless arts projects in Australia-Asia arts projects falter over different understanding of time.
Books at MIFF: how The Dressmaker was adapted into a film starring Kate Winslet
The film of Rosalie Ham’s 2000 novel The Dressmaker will gain greater recognition for the author. EPA/TAL COHEN The Books at MIFF event…
Leading a major performing arts centre
Successful leaders of major performing arts centres in Australia, Singapore, South Korea and NZ juggle financial, political and artistic challenges.
CSI art: forensics enters the gallery
Fascination with forensics is spawning a genre of death art, confronting mortality including some of the most gruesome aspects of…
What might Pluto sound like? Our musical love affair with the cosmos
Our love affair with the planets has influenced many composers, of whom Holst is just one among many.
Does pain make you more creative?
Emotional shocks and grief can blow your life apart but they can also be the very thing that connects you…
Kim Kardashian: an artist's guide to the future
A dystopian view of the future locks art and culture into a virtual world where everyone lives a Kardashian-style online…
How to be an artist activist
Artists have extraordinary power to change the way people think but it takes more than good intentions.
Negotiating the sharing economy
Online sharing has created new rules of exchange for artists who must find ways of converting followers who like their…