Words with Brad Cohen (Artistic Director of WA Opera) Pelican16 May 2016 "You could also think of opera as blue cheese - after all, they’re both forms of culture! You can talk about blue cheese all you like and you can present it to people while declaring it’s really fantastic. However, while some people will fall in love with it on their first taste, others will take some time to acquire the palate, and others will just always hate it." Brad Cohen talks to Samuel J. Cox about his journey, vision and role as WA Opera's new Artistic Director. Voice0 Comments116 views
Featured Artist: Clara Seigla – Trataka Pelican14 May 2016 Featured Artist from The Space Edition (Vol. 87, Ed. 3), Clara Seigla - Trataka. Voice0 Comments4 views
Why I Wrote 14 Articles for ‘Return of Kings’ Pelican8 May 2016 Kate Prendergast wrote 14 articles for sad-man shitty neo-masculinist website 'Return of Kings'. Why. Voice1 Comment839 views
Eating Fresher: A Comprehensive Exploration of the World’s Best Sandwich Merchant Pelican7 May 2016 What is our sub standard? Is every sub the same? Where is the Botticelli to my Sandwich Art world? To answer these questions, Fred Von Jorgs – foot-long merchant, scientician, and radical cultural thinker – takes us on a journey through the city and suburbs in this bold and explosive review of Perth's Subway restaurants*. *not real restaurants Voice0 Comments30 views
Words with Jarrad Seng Pelican4 May 2016 Perth-based travel and music photographer Jarrad Seng (and 2009 Pelican Music Editor!) takes creativity and adventure hand-in-hand in his daring pursuit of both. Lately in Iceland scaling sheer black rock faces for art and larks, he talks to Nathan Shaw on his life before and after dropping out of Law school to find meaning and a high-profile career behind the lens. Voice0 Comments37 views
Words with Alannah MacTiernan Pelican2 May 2016 Former UWA student and current ALP member for the federal seat of Perth since 2013, Alannah MacTiernan has lived and served at the local, state and fe... PoliticsVoice0 Comments108 views
How Far are we Willing to Go? Pelican1 May 2016 The Australian Government's offshore processing policy - introduced under Rudd and currently holding bipartisan support - is a project to side-step our humanitarian obligations by dumping the victims of global conflict into some of the most hopeless, isolated, and remote circumstances any individual could face. Ed Smith writes on the financial and human costs of this hard line strategy of so-called deterrence, and finds them hard to stomach. PoliticsVoice1 Comment16 views