Making Trouble : John Waters

interview by Dr Mark Halloran

Q. I was interested in your childhood, and your parents Patricia and John, and being raised as a Roman Catholic in Baltimore. I was raised a Roman Catholic as well so I feel as though … Read More

The Road to Darwin

part one

Ben Laycock

Chapter 1 – Hattah

We leave Castlemaine on the last day of July, heading for Darwin and beyond. We don’t see anything to write home about on the first day. Inglewood seems like a thriving little … Read More

Our Bodies, Our Voices, Our Marks

Immigration Museum

until 6 October 2019

A suite of exhibitions and experiences exploring the art of tattoo, alongside themes of identity, self-expression, culture and community.

In order of appearance: 

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2019 COVER: From Paul Stillen’s Connected Bodies, Vess 2019. Photograph … Read More

The David Roche Legacy

by Inga Walton

On an unassuming street in North Adelaide can be found one of Australia’s more recent, and arguably most lavish, house museums. The David Roche Foundation is the first private museum in Adelaide established without public funding, and … Read More

The Fashion Force

by Inga Walton

Krystyna Campbell-Pretty’s passion for fashion has endowed the National Gallery of Victoria with a substantial number of exceptional couture and prêt-à-porter ensembles, accessories, sketches and studio drawings, photography, fashion journals and supporting textual material over the last … Read More

Deep Trouble’s War on The Chaser’s War on the 2019 Election Result

In this SPECIAL EPISODE of Deep Trouble we interview Charles Firth of the Chaser. He offers an analysis of the state of play for the major parties in 2019, why the Labour Party lost the ‘unlosable’ election, as well as … Read More

Bob’s Convoy

by Ben Laycock

PART ONE : The Long Road to the Far North

We set off from Castlemaine on a glorious afternoon: three enthusiastic, intrepid activists on a journey into the heart of darkness. We are not alone. Bob … Read More

IVE

Ive Sorocuk – Comics Face Supreme

Trouble met Ive Sorocuk at the same comic con called Supanova in 2008 where they met Mandy Ord. We were immediately attracted to his weird sense of humour, his superheroes, The Diggables, and … Read More

SALON April-May 2019

APRIL/MAY 2019 COVER: Richard NGUYEN, All mixed up (detail) 2018, digital video, duration 1:57 min. Canning Vale College. Pulse Perspectives, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth Cultural Centre, Perth (WA), 6 April – 22 July 2019 – artgallery.wa.gov.au

Yvette COPPERSMITH, … Read More

ORD

Mandy Ord – COMIC SUPREME

Trouble met Mandy Ord at a comic con called Supanova in 2008, when the popular culture convention was expanding into Melbourne for the first time. We were immediately attracted to her inky alternative narratives, … Read More