WEEK 7, SEM 1 2022 UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY
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FREE STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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The art of campus & the campus of art
rtworks on campus are a rather ominous mainstay of our University; an omnipresent monolith we engage with inside every building, hallway, street and alcove. But with questions such as: ‘where does it come from?’, ‘who put it there?’ and ‘who owns it?’ mostly going unanswered, the influence art exerts over our academic and recreational environments remains uninterrogated. Who hangs the portraits in the
Edward Ford Building, who swaps-out the paintings in Fisher Library, who selects which sculptures stand on Eastern Avenue and beyond? Ultimately, who are the arbiters of our environment? The more than 8000 artworks controlled and displayed by the faceless University directly shape our relationship to campus.
By Amelia Koen Continued on page 10.
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NEWS, CULTURE & ANALYSIS
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Deleting Dostoevsky
he idea that a solely economic boycott is insufficient in disempowering a state is nothing new: cultural boycotts were successfully waged against apartheid South Africa, and continue to be waged against Israel for its own apartheid state and occupation of Palestine. The premise behind a cultural boycott is that the arts are a tool of statecraft — they legitimise ideology, the authority of heads of state, and their politics.
Huw Bradshaw writes - p. 7
ALSO IN THIS EDITION: Scomo’s Budget: what’s in it for students? - p. 5 Finding ‘Miss University’ - p. 7
The Tin Sheds: An incomplete history- p. 8-9 Review: Live from the Lab - p. 19
