The resounding ‘yes’ vote for marriage equality legislation came as a great relief, until those same politicians who instituted the postal process (avoiding parliamentary responsibility and hoping for an indifferent public response) commenced demanding discriminatory, theocratic rights out of place in a democracy. The fight continues. Keith & Virginia
AGRI-CULTURAL MAGIC Viewing boxes scattered across a paddock conjure a heritage-listed shearing shed and Kenyan elephants loom sonically beneath a starry sky in this year's Wired Open Day Festival in regional NSW, writes Neill Overton.
TOTALLY HUGE PLEASURES
DDC's Glitch maelstrom, A Wave and Waves' massive ebb and flow and Anne LeBaron's playful creations deliver sensory and dramatic pleasures for Jonathan W Marshall at this year's Totally Huge New Music Festival.
DANCING WITH DIFFERENCE
In FORM's Common Anomalies, Pauline Manley encounters a perpetually transforming Bhenji Ra, Imanuel Dado undoing the black and white of making choices, and Carl Sciberras cooking up soup and dance.
JUNGLE'S SENSORY JOURNEY
Greg McLean's "willingness to break away from realism into bold expressionistic territory, without ever losing sight of the real humans behind the drama, makes his new film, Jungle, striking," writes Katerina Sakkas.
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