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The future of culture, direct from the people shaping it
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What does it mean to be a maker of culture and content right now? We sat down with three young Melbourne-based creatives—musician Josh (Juniper Care), producer and DJ Isabel (bbsanii), and content creator Chewie (Chuyun Smith)—to find out.
Across forty-five candid minutes, the conversation moved from cultural responsibility and the influencer economy to power, platforms and the future of the internet itself. They pushed back on the maxing mentality, reframed social media as a landlord we’re all renting from, and made a strong case that the youth—not the people in power—are the ones shaping what comes next. READ
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Bright signals
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The Salvos Stores have built Australia’s first AI textile recovery facility in QLD. It can process up to 5,000 tonnes of textiles each year for reuse and recycling, helping divert textile waste from landfill. READ
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Colossal Biosciences has hatched live chicks from artificial eggs, a huge breakthrough for their South Island Giant Moa de-extinction project. READ
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It’s time to tap into cyber ecofeminism, a movement that is democratising tech by making it transparent and fun. Take a moment and search on your favourite platform, but here is one link to get you started. READ
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Jen’s top 5 links
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Neta Bomani is a New York based abolitionist, educator, whose work combines zine making, archives, oral histories, computation, social practices, printmaking, and paper engineering. I recommend her work to anyone interested in design, creativity, and DIY culture as a vessel for activism.
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A thoughtful contemplation of the mundane, Street Report is a publication series containing detailed observations from around the world—studying overlooked urban elements, with each report grounded in the particular culture of its city.
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Queer.Archive.Work is a nonprofit library, publishing studio, and residency space based in Rhode Island that centres queer, trans, and BIPOC artists through Risograph printing, zine-making, and experimental publishing.
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As part of the 2026 Adelaide Biennial, a series of 97 typefaces were generated every 24 hours, using local data sources—including the current temperature, wind speed and surface pressure in Adelaide—to inform the mutations of the letterforms.
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This 2004 animated film is crude, wildly expressive, and a truly psychedelic experience—all held together by its earnest exploration of the modern human experience.
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Community news
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Created by Wonnarua writer-directors Maddison and George Coles, with support from Studio Gilay and creative Brooke Collard, Dungeons and Damper is an immersive adventure that invites players to face the power of a Creation Spirit, while learning about the importance of Country, and the tradition of Indigenous storytelling. READ
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From sorry to action: a plan to act on bringing them home (2026–2028) outlines critical priorities and tangible actions to support leaders and policy makers in actualising a number of the long-standing recommendations of the 1997 Bringing them home report. READ
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Team news
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We’re looking for a Delivery Lead and a Community Data Engagement Coordinator to join the team in NSW. APPLY
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We launched our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan was recently endorsed by Reconciliation Australia. READ
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We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the lands on which we live and work. We pay our respects to Elders both past and present, and recognise and respect their abiding connection to this land, its waterways and community. First Nations Peoples have nurtured this land for more than 65,000 years and continue to do so today. Sovereignty was never ceded.
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