The internationally acclaimed artist Ryoji Ikeda returns to Carriageworks with micro | macro. Curator Kelly McDonald joined Nick Terry on Thursday Drive to speak about the immersive installation. Developed during a residency at CERN, European Organisation for Nuclear Research in Switzerland, Ikeda contrasts our human scale to the microscopic and unobservable elements of the universe. Listen to […]
ALASKA Projects Director Sebastian Goldspink and Curator Alexander Jackson Wyatt joined Nick Terry on Thursday Drive to speak about their new exhibit Dream’n Wild. With support from the Austrian embassy, the exhibit brings together twenty-one artists from Vienna and Sydney. Listen to the interview below. Dream’n Wild runs July 21 – August 3 […]
Mari Andrew is a writer and flamenco enthusiast from New York. She began to illustrate with an old watercolour paint set left over from babysitting just two and a half years ago. Today she has close to one million Instagram followers and has published the New York Times best-seller ‘Am I There Yet?‘ She spoke […]
Have we been getting ‘failure’ all wrong? The fear of failure and pressure to build a perfect career can sometimes paralyse us from experimenting. Educator and entrepreneur Gauri Bhalla joined Nick Terry on Thursday Drive to explore how failure can be incredibly valuable. Listen to the whole interview below. How To Fail classes at The School […]
A nice cold white with some mussels. A warm full bodied red and a good book on a cold night. A frosty beer on a summers afternoon, after a hard day’s work. I can think of lots of ways in which I enjoy consuming my alcohol, and as you can see, with a night of […]
Australia’s most renown film critic David Stratton spoke to Nick Terry on Thursday Drive ahead of his retrospective of the Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki at this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Kaurismäki’s films celebrate everyday people in the darkest moments of their lives. His characters are broke, injured and sometimes refugees, but Kaurismäki always imbues his stories with […]
Nardean possesses a natural gift for words. It’s not often that you can genuinely say that, but as someone who has only been exercising her pen in the poetry realm for the last 4 years; this Sydney rapper has created explorative and thought-provoking poetry and music. Look no further than her debut EP Creatress – […]
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What is ‘Lucid Dreaming’ and how can I tell if I’m in a dream or awake? Dr. Denholm Aspy is a lucid dream researcher and Visiting Research Fellow in the School Of Psychology, at the University of Adelaide. His most recent experiment made waves around the world after discovering that a vitamin B6 may help […]
The hilarious and touching SBS series Homecoming Queens has struck a cord with Aussie audiences. Based on the real-life experiences of writers Chloe Reeson and Michele Law, the series dives into the lives of two twenty-something women dealing with life-changing diseases. Refreshingly honest and unflinching, Homecoming Queens faces the realities of death, sickness, and friendship […]
Hello EastSiders! I’m so excited to be joining the Take One team! Born and raised in Sydney, I’ve always had a passion for music. My family have been a big influence on my eclectic taste, with weekends and car rides spent listening to Elvis, ABBA, Bananarama, The Beatles, The Cure, The Smiths, Midnight Oil, Frank […]
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The album launch for Tina Harrod’s fifth album was originally set to be held at The Basement in Circular Quay. It’s unfortunate sudden closure meant a new venue for Tina’s launch was required. Thankfully the gig was moved to the Clovelly Bowling Club at short notice. For those unfamiliar with the Starfish Club it seems […]
When you think of MDMA, you might imagine a dodgy drug deal or a sweaty dancefloor, but the illicit party-drug may become a legal medicine in just three years. US researchers are conducting final clinical trials testing MDMA-assisted psychotherapy as a treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Dr. Gillinder Bedi is a Senior Research Fellow at the […]