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Myrtle Beach
“These particular photographs were taken earlier this year during my last trip to South Carolina, where my parents migrated in the mid ‘90s. The series reflects on the strangeness of my southern...
View ArticleSummer; Sexier than Spring by DJ Dreaming
Hazel Brown is the co-director of Collingwood artist labyrinth Schoolhouse Studios and the co-founder of independent music label Two Bright Lakes. Lately she’s been “really getting into drinking more...
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Maxine & Jonny’s Coburg Cottage
Maxine O’Heare and Jonny Goldcoast are two of the most likeable people you might ever meet. You can imagine our excitement then, that they’ll soon be welcoming the fourth member of the...
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Balkans
“I generally travel alone, and this time I was drawn to the Balkans through a friend of mine who had spent a lot of time doing research in the region for her Masters. In my eyes, she’s a bit of an...
View Article‘Soukou jikan’ / transit time by DJ Susan
Themed soukou jikan (transit time, journey time), this mix charts the highs and (mel)lows that accompany solitary travel. Becky originally crafted this mix while on a shinkansen from Kyoto to...
View ArticleSleet mix by Moon Holiday
Alex has themed this mix “sleet… a bunch of my favourite tracks, ones to reflect the weather since it’s been nothing but miserable lately. Notable numbers are a new release from Melbourne artist Null...
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Edible only: the community garden
It’s a crisp but sunny autumn morning as we meet seven-months pregnant Kate Rhodes and her two-year-old son Rem at the front gate at the North Fitzroy Community Gardens Group Rushall Garden. Dressed in...
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Karlee, Oliver & Ced: crazy, creaky wonderland
Karlee Sangster and Oliver Hextall live above a shopfront in Sydney Road, Brunswick. A multi-talented couple, Karlee is a dressmaker, works at Mr Kitly, writes for car magazines, is an avid...
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Jane: house in the clouds
Jane formed SIBLING in 2007 with a group of friends. With an open-minded, many-limbed approach to architecture, SIBLING draws from a range of other disciplines including urbanism, economics, landscape...
View ArticleCiao winter, time for a swim (and a tinny)
Formed in 2007 by founding member Nicolaas Oogjes, NO ZU has evolved into an eight-piece percussive funk experiment and live big band (previous EARS mixer DJ Susan is included in the line up)....
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Japan: surface simplicity
“These photographs reflect two trips to Japan: the first in the middle of winter and the second in midsummer. Both trips represented something very different for me and these images reflect my...
View ArticleTwilight Mix by Assemble Papers
When sunlight scatters among the Earth’s upper atmosphere and illuminates the lower, it can sometimes feel as if the world is momentarily slowing to a halt. For many, the twilight time is sacred – a...
View ArticleWarm-up mix by DJ Manchild
Having travelled the world high and low, scouring dusty basements and garages from Abidjan to Tokyo to Mumbai and back, it’s fair to say that DJ Manchild knows a thing or two about funk. In the discos...
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Contentious spaces: Practise Studio Practise
We’re sure by now you’ve heard all about the Brutalist Block Party (BBP) – the May-long program of talks, workshops, lunches, dinners, social situations and a weekly produce market that we’re...
View ArticleDo you know me? mix by V/A
You may know Various Asses (V/A) – a.k.a. Melbourne musician Raquel Solier – as withdrawn leftfield RnB diva Fatti Frances. These days Raquel is focused on her new project, V/A, which she describes as...
View ArticleGentle Collisions mix by DJ Emoceans
DJ Emoceans (a.k.a. Melbourne artist Sheena Colquhoun) is a lover of pop music and dancing, and is always up for a conversation about why pop music is important. In this special mix for Assemble...
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One of a kind: 1-OK Club
Fed up by the lack of representation in Australia for objects produced outside of a commercial environment, Melbourne designers Dale Hardiman and André Hnatojko recently took matters into their own...
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Interior atmosphere: Berndnaut Smilde
Dutch artist Berndnaut Smilde is a cloudmaker. Interested in duality, mythology and the symbolism we humans infer on weather phenomena, the Amsterdam-based Smilde takes what we see in the sky – clouds,...
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Vanishing Suburbia: Warren Kirk
Looking at Warren Kirk’s photos of Melbourne’s western suburbs is like stepping back in time. Living in Seddon for the last two decades, the 65-year-old self-taught photographer developed an obsession...
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Compartment Studio
Completed in 1929, the majestically named Versailles building is just one of architect Claud Hamilton’s many art-deco mini-masterpieces in Sydney’s Darlinghurst and Kings Cross area. When interior...
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