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The Refinery takes you to ANAT SPECTRA 2025 :: Reciprocity with Provocateur Kieran Swann

Three days of critical discussion, experimental art and sci-curious ideas. Experience the full ANAT SPECTRA 2025 program with $1,500 bursaries…

Exhibitions

Maroondah City Council

An Alternative Prehistory (Reality Optional): Matt-Bissett Johnson

An exhibition by Matt Bissett-Johnson presenting acrylic paintings and animated short films that combine to offer a sensory experience with…

Exhibitions

Maroondah City Council

Psychology of Sound: Ourania (Rani) Amvrazis

Psychology of Sound by Ourania (Rani) Amvrazis, presents immersive, thought provoking and playful works that manifest sound and light into…

A dark room full of mirrors lit only by the colourful blue and yellow lights scattered in oceanic patterns across the floor.
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Immersive VR wonderland: Bubble Planet Experience Sydney prepares to touch down

Explore an enormous bubble bath ball pit, a glowing undersea LED room and a fully immersive VR room at Bubble…

The mushroom case has sparked dozens of true crime podcasts, but why do listeners keep returning? Image: Andrew Ridley, Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

The mushroom case and the allure of true crime in podcasting

A high-profile case underscores the popularity – and ethical complexity – of true crime storytelling.

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Awards & Prizes

Woollahra Libraries

Entries Now Open: 2025 Woollahra Digital Literary Award

Calling all digital writers! This national award celebrates Australian writing first published online, with prizes for Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry and…

'The Door in Question' is part of Sleepless Footscray Festival. A moody and atmospheric photograph of a person wearing a white VR headset; they are framed by a window, making us feel almost voyeuristic as we look at them. Behind the seated figure are sheets of paper stuck on the wall, including old pages and photographs from a book.
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Immersive review: The Door in Question, 47 Paisley St, Footscray

A heady mix of VR, interactive AI and immersive theatre take over a series of empty rooms and suburban streets…

A man in a tuxedo (Stephen Hall) leans forward as film loops around him showing scenes from films featured in his show
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Comedy review: Stephen Hall, For the Term of His Natural Lies, DoubleTree by Hilton, MICF 2025

Part-film, part-voiceover and completely silly, Stephen Hall delivers a comedy festival show like no other.

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Comedy review: Stephen Hall, For the Term of His Natural Lies, DoubleTree by Hilton, MICF 2025

Part-film, part-voiceover and completely silly, Stephen Hall delivers a comedy festival show like no other.

Two young woman and a man are staring at a ship sinking.
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VR immersive review: Titanic: A Voyage Through Time, 206 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Glitches need to be ironed out, but this VR experience will transport you back to 1912, to the majesty and…

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