Ivo Lovric

Ivo Lovric graduated from the ANU School of Art in 2011 with a Doctor of Philosophy in Visual Arts. Ivo remains committed to working with various media – poster design, animation and video production – in order to agitate for social and political change. The poster, ‘The Precariat’, resulted from a collaboration between Ivo Lovric and Professor Margaret Thornton from the ANU College of Law, as part of the ANU Vice Chancellor’s College Artist Fellowship Scheme (VCCAFS) in 2015. The collaboration produced a series of posters addressing the effects of corporatisation on the university sector.

The Precariat

The Precariat

By: Ivo Lovric

Levels of insecure employment within the university sector are increasing. Casual and contract staff have no guarantee of on-going employment. However casual and contract workers (both academic and professional staff) make up 50% of the workforce and this figure is...

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Knowledge for Sale

Knowledge for Sale

By: Ivo Lovric

“Knowledge for Sale” is one of a series of posters that address the corporatisation of universities. The posters are the result of a collaborative research project between Dr Ivo Lovric, a recent graduate from the ANU School of Art and Professor Margaret Thornton, ANU...

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Past Issues

PRECARITY

Precarity’s paradoxical force unites us in a condition of fragmentation and isolation.

CRISIS

The change and ruptures in our personal and collective lives, still lingers.

THE UNIVERSITY

Excessive managerialism, neoliberalisation and casualisation are some of the main challenges that are threatening the viability and the values of the university today. Lina, Amber and Scott kick off ‘The University’ issue, introducing the core themes and questions.

BODIES

This issue of Demos explores the ways in which the body moves through the world – how it labors and loves, how it treads the duplicitous thresholds of legality, how it is radicalised, and eternalised, how it is corralled and transgressed.

STUDENT ACTIVISM

Today’s student activists ask themselves: “how did we get here?”, “where are we going?” and “how are we going to get there?”. Issue 7 of Demos Journal concerns itself with these questions representing the history, practice and form of student activism.

FUTURES POSSIBLE

Introducing Demos issue 6: the editors take a look into what it means to imagine the future.

RESISTANCE

Introducing Demos issue 5: the editors take a look into what it means to resist and affect change.

PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES

Introducing Demos issue 4: the editors take a look into what boundaries mean to Australian identity today.

VOICES FROM THE GRASSROOTS

As a sneak peak into our latest edition, the Demos Editors bring together voices on grassroots organising and activism at ANU, in the Canberra community, and from beyond.

ARTICULATING SILENCE

The Demos editorial team bring you a preview of some of the exciting pieces to come with an exploration into the many meanings of silence.

CREATING DEMOS

To introduce the exciting diversity of voices that make up the first edition of Demos Journal, we embark upon a reflection on the relation between democracy and creativity itself.