Esther Carlin
Esther Carlin is a Subeditor at Demos Journal.
Cultural Mixing in the Globalised World
The concept of cultural mixing is strongly felt in today’s world where the boundaries between nation states, people and communities are more porous than ever before. On the border between the United States of America and Mexico, generations of Mexican migrants have...
Looking at Photomedia Artist Wei Leng Tay’s ‘The Other Shore’
– Olivier Krischer interviewed by Annette Liu and Esther Carlin As you enter Wei Leng Tay’s exhibition ‘The Other Shore’, you are drawn in by the darkness. The space is contained, and the dark grey walls allow the lightboxes mounted on the wall, and in frames on the...
A Place to Call Home
Avara. First year at Fenner. South Tower. Seventh Floor. Came from near Maitland. Julian. Second year at Fenner. South Tower. Seventh Floor. Came from Yass. Soni. First year at Fenner. South Tower. Seventh Floor. Came from Alice Springs. Dan. First year at Fenner....
A Minute’s Silence
“Silence was a deeply established tradition. Men used it as a form of self-protection; it saved those who had experienced the horrors of war from the emotional trauma of experiencing it all over again in the telling. And it saved women and children, back home, from...
State of the Arts
Public Funding and Why it Matters If we start with the basic idea that the arts, in their many forms, from theatre, music, and film to visual practice, enrich, challenge, and comfort us, then it seems clear why liberal democracies such as Australia support public...Past Issues
