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un 15.1 (Surplus)

ed. Snack Syndicate

The publishers and editors wish to acknowledge the many Aboriginal nations across Australia whose land this issue has been produced on. Specifically, the production has taken place on the land + waters of the Kulin Nation (the Wurundjeri, Boonwurrung, Taungurong, Djajawurrung and the Wathaurung groups) around the area now known as Melbourne, and on the land + waters of the Wangal and Gadigal peoples around the area now known as Sydney. We pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging. Sovereignty was never ceded.

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Editorial
Snack Syndicate
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Karringa Kingkali
Jason De Santolo
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Worker Bee, Hawk-Eye, Drone
Bonnie Reid
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Night
Lucreccia Quintanilla
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Art in Crisis: Resilience, Recovery, Reproduction
Stephen Palmer
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Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that’s why I study Marx on company time
Danni McGrath
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Exhausted Painting: Brilliant Red, Ultramarine, Phthalo Green
Kenzee Patterson
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Welcome to Wonderland
Brian Obiri-Asare
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mardi gras rainbow dreaming
Jazz Money
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plastic, petroleum, faecal matter of antarctic krill, carbon, symbiotic cultures of bacteria and yeast, inkjet print, moth, water, glazed earthenware
Amy Jane Parker
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This is the Way: The Mandalorian, Art and Surplus
Melody Paloma and Tom Smith
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Two hours ahead / two hours behind
Talia Smith
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Art and Postcapitalism: Aesthetic Labour, Automation and Value Production
Glōssa
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Exhausted Painting: Brown Brazil, Magenta, Violet, Ultramarine, Sapphire Blue
Kenzee Patterson
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Limits to Hope / Surplus of Growth by Chantelle Mitchell and Jaxon Waterhouse
Chantelle Mitchell and Jaxon Waterhouse
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Dear J,
Therese Keogh
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plastic, petroleum, faecal matter of antarctic krill, carbon, symbiotic cultures of bacteria and yeast, inkjet print, moth, water, glazed earthenware
Amy Jane Parker
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Exhausted Painting: Phthalo Green, Indian Yellow, Brilliant Red, Ultramarine
Kenzee Patterson
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A Rabelaisian City by Ursula Cornelia de Leeuw
Ursula Cornelia de Leeuw
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Missing box, loose shoe.
Rachel Schenberg
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Micröbius Tract(ion)
Abbra Kotlarczyk and Debris Facility Pty Ltd
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plastic, petroleum, faecal matter of antarctic krill, carbon, symbiotic cultures of bacteria and yeast, inkjet print, moth, water, glazed earthenware
Amy Jane Parker

Cover

Shivanjani Lal is a Fijian-Australian artist. Her work uses personal grief to account for ancestral loss and healing, exploring narratives of indenture and migratory histories from the Indian and Pacific Oceans.

I am remembering, 2021, brown paper (sourced Marine Lines, Bombay), yellow kite thread (sourced Byculla, Bombay), haldi (turmeric) and chuna powder (sourced Deptford, London), 30 x 45 cm.

Snack Syndicate would like to thank all of the artists and writers for their contributions — we are grateful to have studied with you as we made this issue! We would also like to thank the un Projects board and Editorial Advisory Committee, the writing mentors, Paul Mylecharane and Kim Mumm Hansen at Public Office, Rowan McNaught, Sarah Gory and Kathryne Honey for their work, guidance and care. Like all good things, this issue has been a collective labour.