Jenny Eriksson: “We make art, even in a crisis”
BY JENNY ERIKSSON, FOUNDER OF ELYSIAN FIELDS My Swedish grandfather, a working-class merchant seaman from Stockholm, stepped off a ship in Melbourne in the 1920s. […]
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Why I will always believe in opera’s future
BY STELLA JOSEPH-JARECKI We would like to welcome Stella in her first blog published with CutCommon! Many people believe opera is a ‘dead’ artform – […]
Pandemic diary #8: The road to freedom
BY JO ST LEON “I think [the earth is] sending us a message: ‘You are not necessary. The air, earth, water and sky without you […]
During COVID-19, the community is adopting its own creative voice – and it’s loud
BY CHANTAL NGUYEN The first thing to go was the sound of planes. My suburb, an unassuming huddle of Victorian workers’ cottages, lay ordinarily under […]
Composing lullabies for our most vulnerable moments
BY NAT BARTSCH The Australian summer was one to remember: eerie orange skies; the smell of smoke in your house from fires 200km away; trips […]
Pandemic diary #7: Enough?
BY JO ST LEON “In studies of people isolated…researchers have found there appears to be an inflection point where the frustration and hardship of being […]
Music at the edge of sleep
BY ASHER REISNER Sometimes, on the edge of sleep, I hear unfamiliar music. Because the remains of a dream is a fugitive memory, what I […]
How to properly enjoy a livestream from your loungeroom
BY STEPHANIE ESLAKE We may all be stuck in lockdown, thanks to COVID-19 — but this doesn’t mean we’re stuck without a vast selection of […]
Creativity amidst COVID-19: Leading a social recovery
BY MICHAEL SOLLIS We would like to welcome Michael in his first story as a CutCommon contributor. The onset of COVID-19 has challenged our local, […]
Pandemic diary #6: What next?
BY JO ST LEON “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past and imagine their world anew. This one is no different. It […]