Many artists are expected to organise their own ticket sales and event promotion. This is coupled with low pay from venues and having to juggle music with other full-time jobs.
It was the comic strip and movies that unleashed the legendary Australian comedian, and many of his characters, on the world.
A group of mostly white academics applauding the statement “I hate rap” diminishes the historical and socio-cultural contexts surrounding the form.
Discover how escapism, from TV to games, offers a vital break from daily life and fuels hope.
Discover how music, fiction and other creative works can offer solace and foster empathy amid the complexities of climate change.
Play has the power to boost focus, innovation and wellbeing. A new “What Happens Next?” episode offers expert insights into its transformative effects.
This week on Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, a live panel of experts in Australian politics and gender discuss the issues around gender equality and women's safety.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we delve into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) – their potential benefits, and downsides.
On a new episode of Monash University’s ‘What Happens Next?’ podcast, we delve into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and the associated legal ramifications.
Scientists’ feelings about nature’s existential threat have been brought to life in a musical and multimedia project.
A new wave of digital “gestural” instruments aims to address the underrepresentation of practising musicians with a disability in the Australian music industry.
Afghan women have resisted the discriminatory policies imposed on them, and actively advocated to reclaim their shrinking space to practise their rights. In this, music plays a role.
Think tank A New Approach claims the federal government spent more than $4 billion supporting the arts and culture in 2020 alone. Sadly for the arts, the figure is too good to be true.
Music and public transport infrastructure might not seem a natural pairing, but for Adele McCarthy they’re the complementary bookends of a rich education.
From Monash to the Subantarctic and the Pilbara, Tim Ealey was a trailblazing academic and adventurer.
The Australian government can’t afford to neglect music and arts as an important tool in the classroom.
So what can you do to save us all from a world without art? In this podcast episode of What Happens Next?, our experts share all their best tips for finding art in new places.
In our last episode, we pondered a world without art and now we hear from two people who push the boundaries in fields you wouldn't normally consider creative.
During the COVID-19 crisis, we need the arts more than ever to feel connected, but it's also exposed the fragility of the sector.
We hear from Ali Alizadeh, a literary critic, poet and writer on the philosophy of art, who sees the biggest threat to art as the growing need for it to have function.
Our post-coronavirus pandemic future will be very different to the one we anticipated, as it reshapes relationships, governments, business, and broader society.
The cancellation of cultural events will be devastating for artists and arts workers. A $186 million stimulus package could help stem the damage.
More women artists are stepping into cultural leadership, benefiting the arts and the wider community.
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