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CONTRIBUTE TO SWINE. NEWS FEATURES REVIEWS CREATIVE

DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY ART

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A-Z: Memorable Marketing

Flying Without a Cape

Is that superfood actually good for you?

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How to Double Exposure

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Throw me in the fucking mosh

Exhibition: Noah Dau

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Creative: Red Dirt

Proof is in the Pudding

Recipes: Proof is in the Pudding

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Team

NICHOLAS KENNEDY

PEDRO COORAY

JONATHAN BOADLE

EDITOR IN CHIEF

MANAGING EDITOR

SECRETARY/EDITOR

Who ever thought it would come to this?

Nicholas Kennedy is here to destroy all you ever thought you knew about magazines, if only he could get past his crippling illiteracy.

Pedro speaks almost entirely in 30 Rock quotes. He had his gallbladder removed last year, and still cannot shut up about it, including right now. His goals in life are to own a bus and have a St Bernard fall asleep on top of him.

Jonathan has spent the last few years walking down as many roads as he can to become a man.

He still doesn’t know how many roads a man must walk down before he can call himself a man.

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ELOISE RETALLICK

VINCENT DWYER

JAMEEL

DESIGNER

DISTRIBUTION / PROMOTION

ADVERTISING MANAGER

Eloise is so good at pictionary that once she finished the game twice before anyone else got half way.

Vincent is the invisible man, but without the cool mask that moves in magical splotchy ways that seem sort of emotional. Be careful. He might be behind you. You would never know..

Jameel enjoys going to the beach and receiving platonic massages from either gender. He plays football and he is currently in a serious relationship with his car; it’s a navy blue 2002 Toyota Camry and he’s only crashed her once.

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Contributors

WRITing NICHOLAS KENNEDY PEDRO COORAY VINCENT DWYER JONATHAN BOADLE RHYS POPE JESSIE SPITERI HAMISH IKIN MATT YOUNG KATHERINE POWELL MARY MARDES INTERVIEWs ISABELLE BACH NATHAN DARMA PHOTOGRAPHy RHYS POPE MAELLE RAMSAY ILLUSTRATion ELOISE RETALLICK EXHIBITION NOAH DAU

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It’s a wonderful thing to celebrate a birthday. Especially when it’s unexpected, like a surprise “why are my friends emerging from behind my furniture” situation. I thought SWINE may not make it into 2015, but golly here we are, barrelling down this highway of life without a care in the world.

Somewhere along the way we’ve also picked up some new people for the ride; Pedro Cooray has come on board as our new managing editor, we’ve finally found an advertising officer in Jameel Sargent, and whodathunkit but local scoundrel Vincent Dwyer has moseyed on through to a position in distribution. Then there’s the old guard, the veterans, those who’ve been here since the beginning. We’ve seen things, things you wouldn’t believe; things that’d leave you with a wet patch on your pants, crying for your momma!

Sorry. Where was I? Anyway, birthdays are great, and SWINE is now one year old, and we appreciate you sticking around and having a read. So without further ado, join me in song;

Happy Birthday to us

Happy Birthday to us

Happy Birthday to us

Happy Birthday to us

SWINE 5 has some of the best content we’ve put to print; peruse interviews with entrepreneurial students, learn a little about Melbourne’s apparent hot board game scene, and read past contributor Hamish Ilkin’s creative piece “Red Dirt”, which earned him top marks in his fiction writing class.

Hold onto your butts,

Nicholas Kennedy Editor in Chief

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A - Z: Memorable Marketing

A-Z Memorable Marketing.

From the creative to the cringeworthy, the earworm jingles and hilarious concepts, the one liners that’ll never die and those banned for having just gone too far.

AAMI Lucky you’re with Ketut, *wink wink *

Banana Boat We’re calling it, best jingle ever that is sung by a deep voiced baby.

Compare the Meerkat SIMPLES!

Dumb Ways to Die Never has grievous injury or death been made so adorable.

Extra Dry Mimicks our nocturnal migrations, just short of doeing the buck.

First World Problems When I ask for no pickles and they still put in pickles.

Gorilla Cadbury outdoes itslf with such a fantastic piece of guerilla marketing.

Hello With eclipse there need be no fear. Fresh breath is the best of ice breakers.

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iSnack “What’s something not at all related to vegemite?” “iPhones?” “Genius!”

Jim’s Jim is everything. Jim is all.

Kony 2012 Thank goodness we caught Kony, huh guys?

Libra Invisible Pads Marge! The Rains...

We’ve all been there... ...are actually two children Right? eating juicy juicy sweetcorn.

Psych!!

Not Happy Jan!!

The calling-quote of annoying people everywhere circa 2000

Old Spice Look at your man. Now back at me. The tickets are now diamonds! I’m on a horse.

Por que no los dos?

Small, Mexican child dubbed local hero for indecisiveness and greed.

Qantas Let’s make the cute angelvoiced children stand in precarious places?!

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Real Beauty Who would win in a fight?

The media’s effect on self image or a Dove campaign?

Skittles “Taste my sweetness!”

Dude, ew, no.

Taste Test To think that Pepsi once had the upper hand on Coke.. The 80s were nuts.

Used Aston Martins Sure someone’s been there, but you don’t care. It’s this or a virginal KIA hatchback.

VB Regulars “Cashed up Bogans” “Sheilas Named Sheila”

W-anchor Preventing road accidents, one pun at a time.

XXXX Beer Island ‘Lets put all the barbed wire drinkers on an island far from Australia’. It’s genius!

You’re too drunk bro “Wanna chip bro?”

“You know I can’t eat your ghost chips.”

Zazoo “I want those sweeties!!”

Zazoo claims kids are the best reason to use condoms..

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FlyING Without a Cape Flywithoutacape (FWAC) is a new Melbourne-based brand of gym and fitness apparel founded by Swinburne student Nathan Darma.

Pedro Cooray interviews Nathan Darma about his business, Flywithoutacape.

like gym memberships, personal trainers and food preparation, and I felt that it was unfair for people What does Flywithoutacape who are trying to better mean? themselves to have to pay absurd amounts of money That’s the question I love on clothing to wear while getting, purely because it exercising. Upon research, I makes people think. There found out how much markis no set definition for up is actually on these it; I like to leave it up for products. This was the interpretation because it resonates with each person initial motivation to start FWAC. differently.

My personal definition is, “you don’t need to be a superhero to achieve greatness”.

How and why did you start FWAC? I started FWAC during the mid-year break of 2014.

I was thinking of possibly starting my own brand of clothing for a while, because I realised how expensive the majority of branded fitness apparel was. Staying fit and healthy in the present day isn’t cheap at all once you add up things

When I was first thinking about starting this brand, I felt that it was impossible to be able to start up and manage whilst still at university, so I put the thought aside to come back to once I’d finished my degree. A year or so later I joined a new gym where I met this older guy who was also planning on starting his own line of apparel.

He made me realise that it wasn’t as difficult as I thought it would be to start my brand. He taught me a lot about intellectual property and how to secure

and protect my brand name.

From that moment, I spent most nights researching what was necessary to start up and register a business in Australia. Then I found a graphic designer to create my logo. The inspiration for my logo came from successful companies like Nike, Apple and lululemon.

None of their logos are complex, yet everyone can immediately recognise them. That is exactly what I wanted my logo to be like.

After I had my logo, I sent out countless emails to manufacturers to make wristbands, stickers, business cards, and eventually t-shirts.

My initial plan was to have my first item of apparel released at the start of 2015, but things happened a lot faster than anticipated. At the time of writing this, I have more than 10 different items of clothing available.

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The way I run my business is primarily online, with an e-commerce platform that allows me to easily add or edit items quickly whilst also managing the entire transaction process.

Though just recently, I managed to get my brand stocked at an independent supplement store in Murrumbeena called Anabolize, which was very exciting! In the hopefullynot-so-distant future I would like to have a large stall at major fitness and health expos in Australia, with the hope to really make a large impact on the fitness industry. I would love to eventually have a chain of physical stores throughout Australia, then eventually worldwide (a guy’s got to dream, right?).

How do you balance uni work with business work?

I initially found that it was a little difficult to manage both business and university life, as I was constantly planning the next steps I needed to take to get my business off the ground, whilst also dealing with constant emails from manufacturers throughout the day.

What has the response to FWAC been so far?

The reaction from the public since launching FWAC has been phenomenal! I’ve had people from all over the world buy my clothing, which has been such a great feeling. One of the most exciting purchases was from a Grammynominated music producer in LA who has worked with Katy Perry, T.I, B.O.B, Bruno Mars, and many others.

Another purchase was from 36 US Army troops in Afghanistan.

One of the purchases was from a Grammynominated music producer in LA ... Another was from 36 US Army troops in Afghanistan.

Ultimately, what have you learned from this enterprise?

I have learned so much from this experience.

I now have experience in starting a business from scratch by myself, researching and obtaining intellectual property, intellectual property law, and marketing.

This experience has also sparked a huge interest in intellectual property law, which I never considered as a possible future career. I am now seriously considering applying for a degree at Swinburne’s newly opened Law School once I’ve completed my psych degree.

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Super Foods

Is that superfood actually good for you?

FEBRUARY 16, 2015 Recent research conducted by Dr. Emma Weitkamp and Torill Eidsvaag is prompting speculation about the health benefits foods with the title ‘superfood’ actually have. The results of the 2014 study confirm there has been a decline in third-party verification, or ‘peer reviews,’ prior to publication, which is essential to ensure the validity and quality of any research. An increase in the utilisation of media releases, and public relations materials was also evident in the studies’ results. (Weitkamp & Eidsvaag, 2014) 16

SWINE Words: Jessie Spiteri Is it the article, or the food?

When we enter the realm of food journalism, it appears quantity is taking over quality. No doubt a by-product of the Internet, information continues to accumulate in the ether, with little indication to users as to which portion of the results are genuine, accurate, or supported by some form of peer reviewed evidence.

Do these foods pass some form of induction before they hit the health food aisle, and lay claim to the unweary shopper? The questioning is inevitable; is that superfood really that super?

As an entity, we’ve started to pay closer attention to our health, and there’s a clear interest among the public for food related news. However, as the research is now suggesting, a lot of the information making its way onto the 5pm bulletin, may only be Nutritionist Christine Schang hears about it daily in the preliminary stage of research, or lacking peer from her clients. “There’s so much conflict out there,” reviews. she says, “one source will What we know: reference a nutritionist, another will use a medical With little room for vacuity board, and they’ll totally in this information age, debunk each other - what this is what we know: a do you believe?” superfood is defined by the Oxford dictionary as It may seem a little “a nutrient-rich food, pompous asking for a considered to be especially scientific opinion, in a day beneficial for health and and age where holistic wellbeing”. practices are rapidly gaining traction. In reality However, users beware, however, we’re referring to as superfood has quickly an industry that is heavily become a term that is driven by commercially applied to a broad range vested interests. It seems of potentially beneficial only fair that we, the food, without subsequent lay people, receive the research proving its truth about the food we nutrient density. Between are driven to purchase, 2005 -2007, blueberries’ specifically those stamped new label of superfood saw with the ‘superfood’ label. their sales double, proving

the advertising potential of this superfood tag.

“People think that the internet is going to give them all the answers,” says Christine, “and then they receive so much information they just don’t know what to believe.”

The hunt for research is by no-means as simple as a quick term-search in Google, but it is nonetheless available, through journals, public research papers and universities.

“Be savvy,” says Christine, “find sources you can trust, who have conducted peer-reviewed research and are transparent with their readers, alerting them of any conflicts of interests.

If you’re not getting the information you want from your news source, it’s up to you to do the research.”

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Table Top I remember playing Monopoly as a child. Through it, I experienced a lot of things I am yet to experience in real life, like buying property, collecting rent, or winning a beauty contest.

But most of what I remember about that game ended with forming alliances with my cousins, those alliances crumbling, and me bankrupting on purpose because I don’t want to play this dumb game anymore, you guys suck. But it was worth it, because I had fun with my family.

Words: Pedro Cooray We’re older now, and have since discovered less masochistic games to play. That’s the beauty of board games. There’s the strategic kind that’s hard to maintain a conversation through, and then there’s the kind that facilitates happy social fun-times. But, I wanted to find new games to play, and didn’t know anything about the edgy, no-nonsense underground world of tabletop games. I needed a foothold.

Christopher Short is the founder and host of Cafe Games, a series of social board game events open to the public. “People come to our events to socialise and interact with other people through wide range of

games: board games, card games, social games, and so on. I started the group in 2008 in a restaurant in Glenferrie Road, but now events take place in the city in order to be accessible for more people.”

“People might be shy, or come from completely different worlds, but if you provide a group of people with a game, it’s something they can share, something they can talk about, and use to interact with each other on a level playing field. You can get to know people quite well through playing games.”

I attended a Cafe Games night once. Being a newbie to the board gaming scene, and not knowing anyone else there, I gravitated

towards the only one I recognised: Cards Against Humanity. And that was the next two hours of my life.

The first half of the event was reserved for ‘social games’, with more strategic games coming out as the night goes on. I asked Christopher why this was, and what exactly the difference was between the two.

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It reminded people that being social was nice, and that they didn’t have to rush straight into serious games.”

not deep, but that’s fine.

On the other hand you have a series like Game of Thrones, that requires you to spend a lot of time, and concentrate on the plot, but you get a meaningful story out of it.”

“In the first half of the day, only the more social and short games are permitted; games where you’re not really going to need to focus on rules or calculation that much.

Games like Cards Against Humanity, Pictionary, and Werewolf; also traditional games like Monopoly, Cluedo, Scrabble, and Uno.”

Having had enough of “some kind of bird man” (a Cards Against Humanity favourite), I looked around the room for another game to play. One on a distant table involved a laptop showing a 3D representation of the game board and the figures on it. Intimidated, I asked Christopher for something more first-timer friendly.

“But it’s ‘anything goes’ in the second half, so lots of modern ‘Euro’ strategy games appear, like Pandemic, Settlers of Catan, Tokaido, Agricola and Powergrid. Those games often require lots of planning. You often don’t have any real interaction with the other players, you’re just trying to run a farm, or electrical company that is better than theirs.”

“One popular recent game is Dixit, which involves looking at a row of wonderfully bizarre pictures. One player gives a cryptic clue about one of the pictures, and you have to decide which one it is.

It’s really interesting trying to work out what the other players are thinking. There is also Qwirkle, which is very much like Scrabble, except instead of words, you make rows of coloured shapes.”

but watch out, the game is working against you!”

“In Settlers of Catan, you need to hurry to build more of your colony on the new island before the others, but you need lots of wood, sheep, rocks to build your colony and you can only get many of these things by trading and haggling with the other players.”

I played Dixit for what felt like 15 minutes (it might’ve been closer to an hour), and then another game called Sheriff of Nottingham, where I had to figure out whom at the table was bluffing and secretly smuggling contraband (spoiler: we were all smuggling contraband).

Try this at home. Go out and find a board game, or dust off one you already have, and try it out with your cousins (or the closest thing to cousins you can find) and see what happens.

I played that with strangers! I only met them before the game, and just “Really, social games a few minutes later, I knew and strategy games are their names, their sense of both good things, I like humour, and their favourite to compare it to different “On the strategy side, there Adventure Time episodes. I types of TV shows. On one is Pandemic, in which all can’t think of anything else hand you have your comedy players work together to that brings people together shows: they’re funny and stop 4 diseases destroying like that. you have a good time the world. You have to watching them. They’re make lots of plans together, 20

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How to Double Exposure

How to Double Exposure This is a basic introduction to double exposure photography using 35mm film. Most of the techniques I describe here can be used with either colour or black and white film. Although I’m covering film, the key rules can be applied to digital manipulations as well. So, what is double exposure photography? It involves exposing a single frame of film one or more times to layer images together. Taking double or multiple exposure images can create beautiful images with some unexpected results.

Words: Rhys Pope Images: Rhys Pope I’m going to go ahead and assume that you have a basic idea of how film photography works. When taking double exposures film speed and shutter speed are extremely important to consider, as the correct exposure will make or break your pictures.

The lower the ISO number of the film the less light sensitive the film is. 400 is typically suited to the outdoors in full sun or overcast conditions and in well-lit interiors, whereas 100 is used for still subjects, both outdoors and in full sun.

This also means that you can vary the exposure of the images that you are photographing, yielding something interesting – a general rule is to shoot your film with a higher film speed, using 100 ISO film 24

with your camera set to 200, or shooting 200 ISO film with the 400 setting.

When using a fully manual camera changing the film speed or shutter speed is easy, simply by using the dials on top of the camera.

I usually shoot using the same ISO setting as the film and use a slightly faster shutter speed.

Basically the rule is to slightly underexpose the first and second to avoid blowing out the entire image. When taking a double exposure, the dark parts of the first image are where the second picture will show through.

minimal to no settings.

With this technique you shoot the whole roll once, then rewind the film and shoot it a second time.

This is one of the easiest ways of creating double exposure photographs, although it can lead to unexpected results and a higher failure rate of images, as you probably won’t remember what you took your first photo of.

Once you have exposed the entire roll you need to rewind the film. If you are using a manual camera, wind slowly as you get towards the end, as you don’t want to lose the lead of the film so you can feed it back into the camera.

Now we have covered film speed and shutter speed we can talk about shooting Remember the second techniques. image will only show through in the dark areas The ‘Blind’ technique of the first this is the most important rule of double This technique involves shooting a roll of film twice; exposure photography. it is suited to automatic Another issue with this cameras, which have

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technique is that the frames may not line up.

35mm film is just one continuous roll so there are no predefined areas for your pictures. One way to hopefully overcome this is to mark your film when you thread it onto the sprockets inside, then when you reshoot the film you just need to line it up with your mark.

The best way to go about the ‘blind’ technique is to first shoot the film using mostly dark images, like parties or sunsets, something with plenty of darkness and contrast.

One popular and striking technique is to shoot an entire roll of silhouettes against white or overexposed backgrounds.

When you re-expose the film your textures will show through within the outline of the silhouette, creating a kind of ghostly portrait.

The ‘Straight Away’ Some camera models (like the one I use) include a double exposure function.

This function allows you to reset the shutter without winding on the film to the next frame, thus allowing you to take the second exposure straight away.

Unlike the ‘blind technique’ the frames will always be aligned, so you can be sure that your images will be perfectly overlapped.

The biggest issue with this technique is that your subject matter is limited to the area that you’re in, as you have to take your second exposure straight away. This can often force you to be more creative with your subject matter.

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practice, your personal taste and technique will When shooting using this show through and different technique it is important to locations will allow you to go somewhere with plenty create new combinations. of varying material; streets, Even if some images do parties, the forest or even not work well it is possible the beach can provide to digitally salvage some plenty of varying material images which may not with enough light and quite have worked. shade to create interesting combined images.

The most important thing to remember when taking Another interesting thing double exposures is to to try with a camera that have fun and experiment. has a double exposure function, is to cover part of the lens, then shifting the camera and taking the same object in the area of the frame that you covered.

This allows you to expose the same image twice within the one frame, which could be used to repeat an image or feature one more than another. This process was commonly used to repeat a model or object against a black background in the one photograph.

Double exposure photography is all about trial and error. With your first films you may only get five or six good shots.

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Content Nausea.

Overpopulated by nothing, crowded by a sparseness Guided by darkness, too much, not enough.

Content, that’s what you’d call it An infant screaming in every room in your gut Bets strum on an intention but best left unattended How gathered the pixels in the dust of the digital age to our being.

Words: Nicholas Kennedy

its title track, which asks the simple question, what That’s an excerpt from are we doing with all our Parquet Courts’ (or Parkay comments and our images?

Quartz) fairly unnoticed Are they just a bonfire to 2014 release ‘Content the gods of content? Don’t Nausea’. Compared to its worry, I’m not about to be older brother ‘Sunbathing one of those assholes that Animal’ from the same chastises you for using year, ‘Content Nausea’ Facebook or owning a selfie seems to sit as a series stick, you can do whatever of anxious and frustrated you want, but it’s made me afterthoughts of lead question, as an editor and songwriters Andrew Savage contributor to yet another and Austin Brown; there’s student magazine of which songs about going to bed there are definitely too but never sleeping, the many, what am I actually futility of modernity, even contributing to the world? a cover of punk staple “These Boots Are Made For In a digital social sphere Walkin’”. dominated by opinion pieces and comment But ‘Content Nausea’ hit sections people often tell me most personally in

young writers that they need to have a unique voice to be heard above the squalor, but how true is that really? I’m becoming more and more subscribed to the idea that shock-jocks and controversial voices aren’t the defining individuals of this generation of news and media, but that the waves of anonymous clickers and scrollers are the ones that are burning a path into the future; but when led by anonymity and vague characterisation, where are we even headed?

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So, if this really is as significant an issue as I’m making it out to be, what’s the solution? The sharing of content and the way in which we do it is the issue.

Right now, if you’ve written something you’re proud of, what do you do? Post it on your blog or whatever and scattershot repost it on Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr? These online sharing platforms have given people the ability to share like they’ve never shared before, but we’ve sterilized our feelings and thoughts in the process.

An essay published on The New Yorker’s website and one published on your blog with 4 follows exist in the same space, by why place them there? Why not take your writing and share it in a physical sense? Read it to a friend, print it into your own newspaper and spread it about town. ‘Content Nausea’ has another line where Andrew Savage asserts: 32

For this year it became harder to be tender Harder and harder to remember Meeting a friend, writing a letter, being lost Antique ritual, All lost to the ceremony of progress.

With all our creation and creative expression being handed these new outlets with which to spread themselves, I’m left staring at a huge pile and trying to pick words out of the rubble. Modern society has bred an impressive desire for discussion, but we’ve lost our way when it comes to curation.

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Reviews Books: Not That Kind of Girl Station Eleven Films: Jupiter Ascending Kingsman Paper Planes

Station ELEVEN EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL

NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL LENA DUNHAM

Station Eleven is unlike any other post-apocalyptic novel ever written. While it follows the traditional concept of a flu pandemic wiping out 99.9% of civilisation, it shifts from the conventional style by traveling both pre- and post-pandemic, 20 years into the future. Unlike other works of the same genre, Mandel does not centralise the apocalypse itself, nor the violence, scavenging and chaos but rather underlines the effects it has on humanity. In essence, Mandel endorses the notion that art is pivotal to both survival and creating beauty in the world and as such, will prosper as long as there is life.

- Words by Mary Mardes

Not that Kind of Girl is a collection of autobiographical essays written by the creator of the critically acclaimed HBO series Girls, Lena Dunham.

While at times the memoir offers some humour, the majority reflects the dark struggles faced by Dunham in relation to her mental health or toxic relationships. However, it is among such passages that Dunham’s true authorial intention, to express what she as a “young woman learned”, is finally fulfilled.

For this very reason she deserves much praise, as her work is deeply exposing and addresses all her flaws, in a time where people are often too ashamed of being imperfect.

- Words by Mary Mardes

Music: I Love You Honeybear Father John Misty Melbourne, Florida Dick Diver Theatre: What Rhymes with Cars and Girls

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PAPER PLANES ROBERT CONNOLLY SAM WORTHINGTON, ED OXENBOULD

JUPITER ASCENDING THE WACHOWSKIS MILA KUNIS, CHANNING TATUM

‘Paper Planes’ exceeds expectations, leaving a far more impressive and complex film than anticipated. Directed by Robert Connelly, the film follows protagonist Dylan’s aspiration to compete in a paper plane making competition. Considering that the film was intended for a young audience, Connelly and writer Steve Worland create a powerful screenplay, complimented by wonderful cinematography. Connelly takes advantage of the Australian and Japanese backdrops where the story is set, along with stellar performances by Sam Worthington and young Ed Oxenbould to create a film with a lot of heart and a touch of humour, which is enjoyable for all ages.

- Words by Katherine Powell

Written and directed by The Wachowskis (The Matrix Trilogy), the film follows Jupiter Jones (Mila Kunis), who lives a normal life, only to discover that she matches genetics with an alien ruler, which takes her on an intergalactic journey. While the film is full of impressive computer generated images, the emphasis upon graphics distracts from the screenplay, and therefore it can be very easy for the audience to get lost within the story. Although disappointing, considering the sibling team’s previous works, the detail within this film to create another world through CGI and costuming can only be seen to be believed.

- Words by Katherine Powell

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KINGSMAN MATTHEW VAUGHN COLIN FIRTH, TARON EGERTON Think 007 meets Attack the Block. A down-onhis-luck London bloke (Taron Egerton) undergoes training to become an elite secret agent, while his mentor (Colin Firth) attempts to foil a plot by an adorable eco-terrorist (Samuel L Jackson). While the plot may not sound original, this film shines in the minute-to-minute, with satisfying – albeit predictable – story twists, memorable setpieces, and action scenes concerned more with style than the laws of physics. Funny, smart, loud, explosive, but still with a lot to say, Kingsman makes Skyfall look like an episode of Border Patrol; this is a fantastic new action franchise waiting to happen.

- Words by Pedro Cooray

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I LOVE YOU HONEYBEAR FATHER JOHN MISTY

MELBOURNE, FLORIDA DICK DIVER

Viet CONG VIET CONG

Since adopting the pseudonym of “Father John Misty” in 2012, Joshua Tillman has made a name for himself with his love/ hate brand of folk swagger.

As uncompromising and self-indulgent as it is, I Love You, Honeybear is a thrilling exploration of this Misty character’s social impotency.

Addressing subjects of drug abuse, sexual deviance and hedonism, it is just over 44 minutes of beautiful instrumentation and contradicting, slightly morbid, lyricism, which all comes to a head at the tragically beautiful track “Bored in the USA”. Give it a listen and you might just want this poor bastard to get back on his feet.

- Words by Vincent Dwyer

Coming off the back of making the best Australian rock record of 2013, Dick Diver are clearly going through some growing pains. Their third LP, Melbourne, Florida attempts to shed off the “they just sound Aussie as” label that’s been applied countless times, both to their name and sound. Expanding their repertoire with buzzing synthesisers and horns, Melbourne, Florida is less immediate than 2013’s Calendar Days, allowing more time for an intro here, or a bouncy synth outro there. Ultimately Calendar Days still stands as the band’s perfect musical statement, but Melbourne, Florida shows that even when Dick Diver don’t get it completely right, they still make fantastic music.

- Words by Nicholas Kennedy

Comprised of past members of now defunct art rock outfit Women, Viet Cong have emerged screeching and thrashing with a set of seven songs that cast bloodshot eyes over elements of punk, new wave, post-punk, and art rock. Guitars are torn apart in wailing fits while drums and bass maintain a mood of absolute desolation and hopelessness, but there’s a newfound eye for detail and clarity that wasn’t found on past work during Women, high points like “Continental Shelf” and “March of Progress” show both the diversity in sound that Viet Cong achieves over such a short release, proving that beneath the hysteria, there’s a beating heart of ambition.

- Words by Nicholas Kennedy

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What rhymes with Cars and Girls DIRECTED BY AIDAN FENNESSY, MUSIC & LYRICS BY TIM ROGERS LEAD CAST: JOHNNY CARR & SOPHIE ROSS Words: Jonathan Boadle

songs in to his colloquially Australian script. Although What Rhymes with Cars and some might describe the Girls is the first of three production as a musical premieres in the Melbourne in an interview with the Theatre Companies 2015 Guardian Fennessy said season. The play portrays that he is not a huge fan of two Australian lovers, musical theatre and that Jonno and Tash, from very this production is more like different backgrounds, as its cousin. they struggle to overcome the class-divide between The two person cast of their families. Fennessy Johnny Carr (Jonno) and takes Australian musician Sophie Ross (Tash) were Tim Rogers’ first solo album joined on stage by a three(What Rhymes with Cars person band, Tim Rogers, and Girls) and weaves the Ben Franz and Xani Kolac, 36

who nestled themselves in the back corner on the first of the double levelled set.

The whole production was very relaxed, with actors communicating with band members, the odd ad-libbed moment with an audience member, which whilst pleasant at times reminded me that I was in the theatre and not a fly on the wall observing the emotional Rubiks cube of Tash and Jonno’s relationship.

Whenever Rogers and his band played and Jonno

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or Tash sang along the whole theatre was abuzz.

When the band put their instruments down to let the dialogue flow they were occasionally quite stiff, awkward and unnatural in the theatre environment, this however is just picking hairs at what is a fantastic example of fresh Australian theatre.

attachment and sunshine and rainbows detaches itself from the cliche.

Leaving the theatre feeling happy is always a good thing, but productions like this that leave you contemplating well after the curtains have closed the way What Rhymes With Cars and Girls did for me are the true gems.

The class divide between the two families could be described as a classic love story but Rogers’ incredible lyricism complimented

by Fennessy’s ability to produce this script, that explores love in many facets like pain, death and hate rather than just lust,

The Melbourne Theatre Company has a fantastic seasons this year and offer incredible discounts for people under 30. Scanning the theatre before this production I noticed that only around 10 percent of the sold out audience would have been under 30.

So I challenge everyone to get out from behind their screens for a couple of hours this year and watch some theatre, if not for anything else, just to give it a go.

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Throw me in the fucking MOSH Words: Matt Young Images: Maelle Ramsay

with a combined hair length that would circle a football oval remind you alternately of Black Sabbath and Smashing Pumpkins. Four Canadians pump out aggressive, anthemic rock. A man in a dress swaps microphone duties with a girl who is vocal about her menstrual cycle.

shouts it. The lights dim.

Shadows move on stage.

Who knew that there was more space at the front of the room? The crowd compresses like a lung. A chord is struck. The lights restore. We inhale.

On the 31st of January, hundreds of people filed into Swanston Street’s HiFi Bar. Clad in merchandise purchased on arrival, they arranged themselves like Welcome to a hometown folk-punk cattle, pressing show by The Smith Street themselves to the front Band. of the room with beers in hand and anticipation across their collective face. Nobody bats an eyelid.

Everybody nods along.

Four twenty-somethings Anybody who knows a lyric

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Throw Me in the Fucking Mosh The Smith Street Band have grown exponentially in the past four years.

Since their formation in 2011 as Wil Wagner and the Smith Street Band (a playful homage to The Boss’s own E Street Band), the quartet has built on a combination of uncanny rhythm and playful guitars to better communicate the star lyricism of frontman, Wagner.

Want to Live Here Anymore’ and ‘About Bombs’, respectively described by the artist as “about the Cronulla riots and how fucking terrible that was and how people should stop being racists please!!!!” and “about how war is bad n shit” [sic].

Contrast these with 2015 release, Wipe That Shit-Eating Grin Off Your Punchable Face, whose cover carries the titular grin of Prime Minister Tony Abbott and whose lyrics convey the band’s horror at current asylum seeker policy (all proceeds from its purchase were donated to various human rights funds around Australia) and – well, you’ll find there’s actually not much of a contrast.

Prior to starting the band, Wagner was a solo act, busking on the streets of Melbourne and recording demos with friends above pubs (see: Live at the Goon Den, 2012). Listening to these older songs, one can see embryonic versions of the themes that have carried over to TSSB’s contemporary releases, albeit with as much passion Throw Me in the River as Wil’s voice has ever held.

(2014), the band’s latest Built on a combination of album, is a return to the external sympathy and the personal. Ostensibly a deeply private, TSSB’s LPs break-up record, it is No One Gets Lost Anymore their first that suggests a (2011) and Sunshine thematic arc. & Technology (2012) Both their album and make considerable use concerts open with of the personal pronoun, ‘Something I Can Hold explaining the interior in My Hands’, a song of minutiae of Wagner’s mind. sweeping declarations Their EPs, on the other that all is well and truly hand, tend to cast their in its place, which flows focus outward. seamlessly and sing-aUs Boys Run (2008), long-ably into the record’s Wagner’s first release, first single ‘Surrender’. contains the tracks ‘I Don’t 40

The album shifts, not just in tone, but across locations that span the globe, from the UK (‘Surrey Dive’, ‘Calgary Girls’) to the US (‘East London Summer’, confusingly).

We reach the depths of Wagner’s post-split funk in ‘The Arrogance of the Drunk Pedestrian’ (“When I said that I wanted to die I meant it / When I said that you saved my life I meant it / But goodbye”), only to be borne back to the light on ‘I Don’t Want to Die Anymore’ and album closer, ‘I Love Life’.

Life, death, rebirth – the unavoidable cosmogonic cycle.

While the concert does rely heavily on TMITR’s track-list, there’s much less downtime. Anthem after anthem pours out of the speakers. The crowd roars every word with Wagner.

It’s rare to look around and not see someone atop the heaving mass. The cans that rattled around your feet before their set have been trodden to millimetre thickness. Each breath is thick, tasting of airborne perspiration and a ubiquitous sense of positivity.

As ‘Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams’ plays, fellow Melbournites and ska-punk

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legends, The Bennies, arrive on stage, only to leap off it as swiftly as they came.

How much more can the audience take? The opening to ‘Young Drunk’ falls from Wil’s guitar, and we have our answer.

There isn’t a mellow throat in the house.

On the 1st of February, hundreds of people filed

out of Swanston Street’s Hi-Fi Bar. Clad in a uniform of commingled sweat, our muscles aching and our throats swollen, we burst out sweating under the night sky wishing we were warm inside again, knowing full well, as The Smith Street Band’s front-man puts it, that we were part of something meaningful.

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EXHIBITION: NOAH DAU Noah Dau (also known as Soy Sheep) is an illustrator & graphic design student in his final year at Swinburne.

In his own way, he wants to inspire & enrich people’s experiences with what he calls ‘perspectives’, and he aims to become a graphic designer and illustrator to share his vision of the world.

Noah believes that there is so much positivity and kindness in everyday life, hidden by negativity and pragmatism, which is why he prefers to express his work in an ethereal manner. His preferred mediums are watercolour & inking.

Besides, art & design, Noah love to eat; specifically burgers, but that’s negotiable.

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Previous Page (Left to Right) Ame No Rain: Showering Raining Showering Watercolour Drizzle Mizzle to Sudden Burst Watercolour

(Left to Right) The Queens: Queen Mary Watercolour & Fine Liner Queen Elizabeth Watercolour & Fine Liner Queen Isabella Watercolour & Fine Liner

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Red Dirt

By Hamish Ikin

The ute hit a bump and I was almost thrown from the tray. The driver continued speeding down the dusty highway without looking back to see if I was still there. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes, sat up and turned on my phone. It was almost six, the evening sun floated over the horizon behind us, still beating down with intense heat.

It was another half hour until we reached the village. I peacefully watched the world fly by – red deserts and green mountains stretching into the distance. The coming sunset throwing shadows and colours over everything in the same majestic way it had done forever. I took some photos. They didn’t capture it right.

The driver yelled in Spanish and I turned to see the village coming round a bend. It was perched on a hill, all white walled houses with flat brown rooftops. A sign read ‘Las Alhambras’, though apparently the villagers just called it Tierra Roja, or Red Dirt.

I jumped out with my bag and the driver took off before I could say thank you. I watched him disappear and began to walk up the road towards the village square.

There were no more than twenty buildings. One was a hotel, the rest were small houses with only two or three rooms. The driver had told me the nearest shop was in Manzanera, almost forty minutes away.

An old man sat in his garden skinning a rabbit. He had a fluffy white moustache that covered his whole mouth. I waved to him. He squinted to see me, then held his catch in the air and laughed. I tried not to look uneasy. He spoke in Spanish that was too quick for me to grasp. When I didn’t respond he simply said, “Conejo.”

“Si,’ I said. ‘Conejo. Rabbit.”

“Rabbit!” he called back to me, rolling the R and laughing again. I smiled and kept walking.

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I sat on the edge and watched some kids kick a soccer ball around a driveway. Their laughter almost enticed me join in, then I saw someone walking down the road from further up the hill.

“I watched you arrive from the balcony.” said a lanky young man with brown hair that curled over his eyes.

“Great! I don’t have reception here. Realised I didn’t know which house was yours and I didn’t know how to ask.”

We shook hands and he asked me if the journey was rough. I told him it was free, so it was fine. He introduced himself as Mateo, took my bag, and led me up to the hotel. It was three houses joined together for some real space. There were still three front doors though, painted red, blue and yellow. We went through the blue one.

“Have you been in Spain a long time?” Mateo asked me.

“I was in Barcelona a couple days before coming here.” I said. He had no follow up questions.

The cool temperature inside was incredible. I left sweaty footprints on the terracotta tiles as I followed Mateo down the hall. We came into the living room, complete with a chipped coffee table, a couch with colourful blankets piled on it, and a small TV which still had a VCR beneath it.

“These houses are over three hundred years old.” Mateo said, “The owning families moved to the coast, so we buyed them for the hotel... Is that right?”

“Bought.” I said. He smiled. “Is the manager out somewhere?” I asked.

“No, no, Mama is cooking in the garden.”

He led me out the back door, then turned to take my bag up-stairs. The garden had no fence, and was one of the few with any plants. Just a vegetable patch and an olive tree.

Mateo’s mother was standing at a table by a wood-fire oven.

“Ah, hola!” she said, walking over, grabbing me and kissing both my cheeks. She had to stand on her toes to reach. “So nice to meet you. My name is Reme.”

“Nice to meet you too.” I said, “What are you making?”

“I’m cooking dinner. I thought I would make traditional paella because it’s your first day. Have you had paella before?” she asked, but gave no time to answer. “I am making it properly, I will cook it over the fire.” She had everything laid out on the table ready, the fire nicely burning in the large oven. She smiled at me, and blew her shimmering black hair off her face.

“And we’re having rabbit!” Mateo added, coming up behind me.

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“Sounds great.” I said, “Traditional paella it is.”

“Buena.” Reme said, lifting her long blue dress and stepping back to the table to chop herbs.

We stood around chatting for a while. Eventually we were joined by the old man I had seen skinning the rabbit, which was for us. Mateo introduced him as Alberto. He didn’t speak any English. Mateo explained he was ninety-years old, which shocked me. He looked sixty at the most, and very fit. He smiled at me and spoke. For some reason I felt embarrassed that I couldn’t understand.

“What did he say?” I asked Mateo.

“He asked what you think of the village.”

“I like it,” I said, “I feel I could hide here forever. The sense of isolation, it’s exactly what I wanted.”

Mateo made a puzzled face. “Isolation?” he asked.

“It’s peaceful.” I said. He translated. Alberto’s smile widened.

Dinner was served at nine. We stayed outside in the dark, drinking wine and eating straight from the wooden dish. It was delicious. When we finished Alberto told me stories, with Mateo translating. Apparently he’d hunted boar here since he was a kid, and after the Civil War he hunted without a gun. He offered to take me to see some trenches up in the mountains. I said I’d be ready first thing tomorrow morning.

I thanked Reme and Alberto for the meal and explained how tired I was. Reme said she would have breakfast ready when we woke up. I thanked her again. Mateo agreed to show me to my room. We went up-stairs and he opened the door to a small single bed with a candle on the bedside table. He told me where the bathroom was and to call out if I needed anything. I thanked him and closed the door.

As I took my clothes off and climbed into bed, I realised Reme hadn’t mentioned my reservation, and I’d have to settle the cost with her in the morning. It was nice to be treated as a friend as well as a guest. I closed my eyes. This was a secret, serene part of the world. *** Just after dawn Mateo knocked sharply on my door. “Are you awake?” he called.

“Yeah, give me a minute.” I pulled on my clothes and opened the door.

“Get your shoes. You must come quickly.”

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We ran outside. The bright sun blinded me instantly. I heard the screams louder now.

Children crying. Their mothers yelling after them. I let my eyes adjust. Already I could feel sweat down my back.

Two old women and one old man were pushing a cart up to the fountain. There was a donkey pulling it too. In the front doorsteps of the houses people stood watching, shock clear on their faces.

“What’s going on?” I asked Mateo.

“Alberto.” he said, and ran down to the cart.

Mateo jumped behind to help steer it up a rocky driveway beside one of the houses. I ran down and saw Alberto was lying on the cart, covered in blood. I grabbed the cart and helped push it another few metres until the donkey brayed and stopped moving.

The women rushed inside, and Mateo called me closer.

“We need to lift him out.”

“Is he still alive?” I asked.

“He is very badly hurt.”

I stared at Alberto - he was covered in deep gashes, a large stick protruded out of his stomach and his left leg was completely mangled. Blood poured from the wounds.

A child ran up next to me and looked in the cart. His mother immediately called him away but he was fixated. He reached out a hand to touch Alberto but left it hovering a centimetre away. For a few seconds time seemed to freeze. Mateo grabbed my arm.

“We need to carry him inside.”

My heart was racing. “But, moving him could cause-” “We cannot leave him out in the sun.” Mateo reached under Alberto’s arms.

I held Alberto’s thighs and lifted him gently. We slowly moved inside and he let out a long, horrible groan. I felt lightheaded. I nearly stumbled. The ladies inside shouted at me but I couldn’t understand. We put Alberto down on a table. He coughed blood on my t-shirt. I moved to the back wall of the room as the ladies came and stood around his body with wet cloths, knives and bandages.

“Is an ambulance coming?” I asked Mateo.

“Si. But it will take forty minutes.”

Mateo grabbed a bottle of clear liquid. A spirit of some kind, I couldn’t read the label.

I stood frozen as they tried to clean Alberto’s wounds. The kid from before appeared next to me again. I thought about telling him to go back to his mother but I didn’t.

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When the ambulance arrived I was sitting in the shade across the square. I hadn’t spoken to anyone, just watched as the villagers stood around the house Alberto was in, crying and praying for him. The ambulance struggled to make it up the gravel road, and the paramedics stayed inside the house for a long time. I knew Alberto had died.

It was a while after they took his body and drove away when Mateo came outside. I was surprised when he walked straight across the square to me, tears streaming down his cheeks.

“We could not save him.” he said, “They came too late.”

“How did it happen?” I asked.

“He left before sunrise to go hunting with the dogs,” Mateo told me between shuddering breaths, “He slipped off a cliff. Carlos was going to his paddock with the donkey. He heard the dogs barking because Alberto could not move.”

Mateo slid down the wall next to me. We sat silently for a long time, watching the shadows of the buildings shrink as the sun rolled toward noon. I thought about asking how long Alberto had been up there but decided not to. That man had been hunting alone for his whole life in these mountains. It was cruel of them to betray him.

“Does he have any family?” I finally asked.

“He has a daughter in Valencia. I hope she will bring his body back here. He wanted to be buried by the trenches.”

The trenches. I had forgotten that Alberto had promised to show them to me.

“I will take you to them tomorrow if you like.” said Mateo, as if he read my mind.

“Thank you… But I don’t think I should stay. Everyone here knew Alberto well and…”

Mateo stood up and turned to me. “Alberto said of all the places he had been around the country, this was where he felt the most peaceful. We will mourn tonight, then tomorrow we will be peaceful again. That is the reason for this village. You are welcome to stay.”

I stood up. “Thank you.” I said, then we both spotted Reme walking down from the house. Her eyes were red but she was smiling, and she carried a basket of bread rolls.

Right on cue my stomach growled, and Mateo and I both laughed.

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Proof is in the Pudding

Proof is in the Pudding Proof is in the Pudding is a small boutique Melbourne Bakery delivering affordable custom baking and dessert orders right across Melbourne. We work with clients to develop any product you desire.

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Proof is in the Pudding Training at the I guess to start off, tell us conservatoire was gruelling, a little bit about yourself, you were constantly how did you end up at pushed to work harder, and Swinburne? critiqued on the finest of details - naturally, I loved I didn’t have the usual every minute! The enduring path into university, I grew skills I gained not only in up in Adelaide with a love dancing but organisation, of dance from a young maturity and discipline age. I worked hard both are immense. However academically and at my over time, through injury dance, which provided me and an increasingly bleak priceless opportunities. economy within the dance Through dance I travelled world, I decided it was time internationally to perform to hang up my dancing and compete, I won shoes. However, if we skip several awards over time, back I hadn’t studied year completed the Royal 12, therefore in the eyes Academy of Dance syllabus of the education system, by year 11 at school, and I had little to stand on. I a scholarship recipient as completed the STAT test well as soloist, with the through VTAC only to be Australian Classical Youth told after receiving my Ballet. Whilst completing results, I was too young. my final Royal Academy However, a phone call of Dance exam, a full load to student HQ, several of year 11 plus two year redirections, a letter of my 12 subjects, I auditioned journey, and I am studying for the Australian the course I had my Conservatoire of Ballet sights set on - Psychology - a fulltime academy in and Sport Science. I am Richmond, Melbourne. currently in my second year Following the audition I was and love all aspects of the surprised to be immediately course! offered a place in their Advanced Diploma of How long have you been Dance. With aspirations of baking for? How did you a career in ballet, this offer become interested in it? was too good to refuse. So I don’t know how long i’ve my bags were packed, and been baking; most simply, at 17 I moved out of home

I have baked all my life.

It’s always been a passion, I started young reaching for mum’s central cookery book - a chefs bible on weekends. Mistakes happened but were an opportunity to learn, I remember when I was 11, the dog came to find me with pink icing smothered in his whiskers - what you learn from this is never leave a plate of frosted cupcakes unattended! It was something I enjoyed and from the start I seemed to have a knack!

Additionally, when you’re dancing 40 hours a week you develop a serious dessert addiction - another trait I’ve held onto despite changing paths.

Tell us about Proof is in the Pudding, what made you want to go from just being a baker at home to a business owner?

Proof is in the Pudding has been more than a business but a saviour to me. Naturally I am very creative, when I stopped dancing I fell into a rut, I was directionless and had lost my expressive outlet.

I found that baking, and creating recipes - all of my desserts are originals I’ve created - I was able to gain back my creative spark. All it took to make the professional move was 53

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a push from my boyfriend, who has now become head of the ‘taste-testing department!’ He simply said, “what’s holding you back, why not?” And I am so glad he did, he inspires me everyday to better myself and achieve in things which are self-significant.

How do you fit PIITP into your day-to-day life around schoolwork, etc.?

I admit it’s a challenge to balance everything in my life; classes, assignments, meeting with customers, baking, ingredient pickups, delivery of orders, as well as everything else I enjoy including fitness, the 54

Melbourne lifestyle and my gorgeous dog! I enjoy the excitement and thrill of a fast paced life and I utilise the skills in time management, organisation and self-discipline that dancing taught me. These traits I couldn’t survive without, and of course an accurate diary!

Who are some of your cooking inspirations?

My baking inspiration is simple and belongs to two adults from my childhood.

The first, my bestfriend’s mother. Julie has flare and passion in the kitchen, she created the most delicious desserts, and

To me desserts are a treat everyone should indulge in and a way to celebrate and share your love with others.

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anytime I have a question or need advice I call her in Adelaide. The second was my grandmother, the tiniest old lady with the biggest sweettooth! You couldn’t visit without being offered cake, biscuits and tea - all of which were compulsory.

Until the day she passed, she was in her kitchen and baking. To me desserts are a treat everyone should indulge in and a way to celebrate and share your love with others. On a more professional side, I had best mention Enzo Titaro, a chef in Adelaide. It was his creations which sparked my love for desserts, creation and an inspiration to start

small but think big!

I also thought it would be worth talking about the following: My biggest lesson through PIITP is not the baking but running a business, advertising and social media. Since beginning, I’ve become increasingly interested in business strategies, self-management, and advertising. I’ve spent time researching and attended courses for entrepreneurs through which i’ve gained advice on small business.

In contemporary society, social media is a huge component of promotion.

However when I begun, I didn’t even know what a hashtag was! Now the bakery’s instagram page is always a buzz and continues to grow everyday. Many customers have found us through the page, and fortunately I now understand both hashtags and what YOLO means. Although my hashtag knowledge may or may not contribute to my future career in Psychology, i’m sure the business knowledge will come in handy.

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Recipes

Midnight Fudge Cake Serves 6-8 Ingredients: 130g Plain Flour 1/2 Tsp Baking Powder 45g Cocoa Powder 160g Brown Sugar 3 Eggs 3/4 cup Buttermilk 1 tbs Vanilla 1/3 cup Oil 150g Dark Chocolate 150g Thickened Cream 10g Butter 20g Roasted Pistachios, chopped

Honey, I need recovery, Oats.

Whether recovering from a late night, bad exam, or a hard gym session, this porridge will hit the spot!

Serves 2 Ingredients: 1 cup Traditional Rolled Oats 1 3/4 cups Milk (cows, almond or soy) 2 Bananas 2 Tbs Brown Sugar 1/3 cup Shredded Coconut

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In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder and cocoa. Add the sugar and stir to combine. In a separate bowl, use a hand mixer to combine the eggs, buttermilk, vanilla and oil. Be careful not to over beat.

Pour the wet mixture into the dry, and beat only until smooth. Pour into the pan, and bake for 35 minutes before allowing to cool inside the pan.

Whilst it cooks, prepare the ganache. Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Heat the cream whilst stirring over low heat until it is just below a simmer. Pour the cream over the chocolate and allow to stand for several minutes until the chocolate is melted. *Do not be tempted to stir early as this will cause the cream to separate.

Using a whisk, begin at the centre of the cream mixture and slowly whisk. Gradually incorporate all of the chocolate into the cream until smooth and creamy.

Once both the ganache and cake are fully cooled, top the cake with the ganache and sprinkle with chopped pistachios. Enjoy!

Method: Place the oats and milk in a small saucepan and allow to soak for at least 30 minutes - or until you’re uncontrollably ravenous!

Gently stir over medium-low heat for 5 minutes. Slowly the oats should thicken to a nice consistency.

Slice each banana in half length-ways and sprinkle with the brown sugar. Using a non-stick fry pan on medium heat, cook the banana for a several minutes either side until the banana is soft, golden, and the sugar has caramelised.

Divide the porridge between the two bowls, top with banana and sprinkle with shredded coconut!

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