The Pop Manifesto

The word ‘empire’ is usually associated with the grandiose. A term as loaded as a Bonaparte cannon, it conjures up images, words and disjointed...

Is Not Magazine. A magazine. A poster. Known locally for insane parties and lauded internationally for original, prize-winning design: it confused...

LA-based artist Mike Kelley, one of the most influential contemporary artists today has collaborated with Perks and Mini and Medicom Toys from...

It could be tempting to compare American superstar artist Barbara Kruger with pop superstar Madonna - both have been continually producing hits for...

Dave Hickey is the love child of Hunter S. Thompson, Lester Bangs, Giorgio Vasari, Anais Nin, Mark Twain, Hannah Arendt, Susan Sontag and, still skimping...

You can’t talk about Neil Burger’s The Illusionist without talking about The Prestige. Both are recent films about stage magicians...

The world changes quickly. Before you know it you can plug your iPod in and use it for either running or sexual pleasure. These are two things that...

Arising from a concern that homosexuality and mediocrity were beginning to blend TSHDT? is, so they say, a look book for gay men and their admirers...

From this Thursday night, Green-Wood Gallery are placing works by 17 local illustrators at your fingertips, showcasing some of the Melbourne artists...

In this instance, the singer is songwriter Markland Starkie. Known as Sleeping States to you and I, Markland has produced an earnest charm of an album...

I'm so white. And gay.

So it will sound pretty ludicrous when I tell you about the dope beats and mad flow this Chicago duo gots. But from their name...

No matter how hard you try, sometimes it can be difficult to carve your own identity in the fashion hyper bowl. However, local label Jaakan refuse to...

For a lot of us the idea of ‘organic’ clothing conjures up images of baggy hemp pants, the kind that make your ass look the size of Jamaica...

There is something so alluring about people who should have it all, but seem perilously close to losing it all instead. In Bright Lights Big City, Jay...

You might not be able to pronounce his name, but designer Alexandre Herchcovitch first rose from the streets of São Paulo ten years ago and ...

Remember what was said above about bloated running times and limited attention spans? Ignore it. New documentary Into Great Silence runs for nearly...

When friends focus their energy into something, great things inevitably occur. Melissa Loughnan's Utopian Slumps gallery in Collingwood is testament...

Don't ask how they got up there, but those sixteen full-sized palm trees on the roof of the Carlton Hotel are but the icing on the cake - the tassel on...

Loop is one of the few inner city bars that has managed to maintain its chic for more than a few months. A beautifully crafted angular bar and great lighting...

Sergio Leone has been a punchline for too long. Half the time someone faces off with an enemy - whether in comedy, soap opera, or sci-fi - suddenly...