OSCILLATIONS
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
JINGHUA QIAN – HARD READ
24 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Object No. 97/92/14-5 What does it cost to be visible? Chinese and trans people shift in and out of focus in Australia’s historical records – ap...
SALLY OLDS – MUTUAL OBLIGATION
21 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Object No. 2007/56/104 In Mutual Obligation Sally Olds looks into unemployment activism in 1970s Australia, when Malcolm Fraser was Prime Minister a...
OMAR MUSA – RADIESTHESIA
17 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Object No. 87/1192 Omar Musa responds to the Radiesthesia pendulum in a piece about divination and love. ‘I was drawn to this object because it se...
MIYUKI JOKIRANTA – A RADIATING BODY
14 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Object No. 2004/42-1 A Radiating Body turns to the not-so-distant past, when the body still held mystery and medicine still had a touch of magic abo...
JOHN JACOBS AND JANE CURTIS – PUSH TO WALK: A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE PEDESTRIAN BUTTON
10 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Object No. 87/234-1 The PB/5 pedestrian crossing button is a celebrated icon of Australian design. Its renowned sound became part of an independent mo...
ALEXANDRA SPENCE – STELLAR NULLIUS
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Object No. 97/254/1 Alexandra Spence’s work explores earth’s material relationship with space via satellite disposal and debris, and the uncanny h...
DAKOTA FEIRER – THE MORAL FRONTIER
03 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Object No. 88/394-1 The Moral Frontier is a mosaic of thoughts, yarns and poetic reflections on the history of the Native Police, particularly the Nat...
OSCILLATIONS TRAILER
27 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
From heartbeats to brainwaves, economic cycles to cosmic orbits, oscillations can be found everywhere. These seven stories bring Dakota Feirer, Alexan...