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'There’s no place like utopia.
'What are the possibilities and pitfalls of imagining a better future? Hey, Utopia! explores the ramifications of Thomas More's term in a range of contexts: the possible and the improbable, the out of reach and almost realised.
'Edited by Ashley Hay and featuring work by Sarah Sentilles, Thurston Moore & John Kinsella, Ellen van Neervan, Alex Cothren, Fiona Foley and Lea McInerney, Griffith Review 73 looks into visions past and present, those with potential and those that proved punishing.' (Publication summary)
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Only literary material within AustLit's scope individually indexed. Other material in this issue includes:
Facing foundational wrongs : Careful what you wish for by Julianne Schultz
New world dreams — Pat Hoffie
Creation stories : The world-making power of art by Sarah Sentilles
Erasure : Women, economics and language by Jane Gleeson-White
Blue wedge — Justin O’Connor
Orphaned responsibility — Kristen Rundle
Grounded imaginaries — Danielle Celermajer
Power to the people — Hugh Possingham
The greatest shows on Earth — Andrea Black
Revisiting Andrew Inglis Clark — Natasha Cica
Above the line — Helen Suich
Home, together, a family : Imagining a future when the present is purgatory
by David Threlfall
Astronomy as poetry — Alex Barr
Worlds of play : A shorter perspective on perfect places by Irene Caselli
Manufacturing a co‑operative future — Jarni Blakkarly
Hummingbirds in the forest of needle and blood by Ahimsa Timoteo Bodhrán
Musique concrète : The raw beauty of brutalism by Pierre Châtel-Innocenti
The hopeful edges of power : Radical governance and acting ‘as if’ by Amelia Thorpe & Davina Cooper & Bronwen Morgan
Contents
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Reframing the Thought Experiment : Revolution in the Head,
single work
essay
'IT WAS ONLY recently that I learnt about aphantasia, a condition in which people cannot conjure up or visualise mental imagery. A friend explained that if she asked her children to imagine seeing an apple, they could describe exactly what they saw in their mind’s eye. She, on the other hand, could think about an apple, but could not bring an image – of an apple purchased, an apple eaten, an apple in a picture – to mind.' (Introduction)
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Blue Wedge : Art, Culture and ‘the Elite’,
single work
essay
'A STRANGE DISQUIET stalks the Australian arts and cultural community. It’s not just the very real effects of COVID-19 – it’s a deeper anxiety, a sense that something is happening here, but we don’t know what it is.' (Introduction)
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Life on JobKeeper : Swapping Aspiration for Inspiration,
single work
autobiography
'IN SEPTEMBER 2020, two months into Melbourne’s second lockdown, I was in my local park doing my allotted hour of physical activity when a pleasant feeling that wasn’t just feel-good-exercise-chemicals flowed through me. A surprising thought followed: ‘I’m really happy.’' (Introduction)
- Aftermath : Lost in the Forest, single work autobiography
- Scaling Change : Negotiating the Challenges of Big and Small, single work autobiography
- My Covid Dreaming : Lamb, Frankston, 25 February 2021, single work autobiography
- No Limits : Trans Sporting Lives, single work essay
- The Futurei"For a moment he was given his future:", single work poetry
- 2029 Headlinesi"New Victorian State Bird Symbol Announced", single work poetry
- Dystopian Photo Albumi"Buried in slough of immaculate lust", single work poetry
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Works about this Work
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Reframing the Thought Experiment : Revolution in the Head
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 73 2021;'IT WAS ONLY recently that I learnt about aphantasia, a condition in which people cannot conjure up or visualise mental imagery. A friend explained that if she asked her children to imagine seeing an apple, they could describe exactly what they saw in their mind’s eye. She, on the other hand, could think about an apple, but could not bring an image – of an apple purchased, an apple eaten, an apple in a picture – to mind.' (Introduction)
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Reframing the Thought Experiment : Revolution in the Head
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 73 2021;'IT WAS ONLY recently that I learnt about aphantasia, a condition in which people cannot conjure up or visualise mental imagery. A friend explained that if she asked her children to imagine seeing an apple, they could describe exactly what they saw in their mind’s eye. She, on the other hand, could think about an apple, but could not bring an image – of an apple purchased, an apple eaten, an apple in a picture – to mind.' (Introduction)
