Jazz Money, It’s Always Been Always (2022). Installation view ‘NO FALSE IDOLS,’ 2022, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art. Photo: Kai Wasikowski for 4A. Courtesy of the artist.
Volume Two: we move through time / time moves through us
Whether it’s about creative practices or personal moments weighing on us, reflecting on these experiences through creative writing and intimate essays rather than traditional arts writing is important,
reflects Volume Two co-editor Timmah Ball
Taking poetic shape in the contributions of Amanda Bell, Jayda Wilson and Jazz Money or the lyrical essay penned by Elliot John Nicol, Volume Two demonstrates a broad approach to arts writing.
Mykaela Saunders’ short story ‘Taking Our Time’ from her award-winning collection Always Will Be provided a seed from which the volume grew, proving that fiction–particularly speculative fiction–can often reveal the most truth. In Cass Lynch’s searingly clear prose the symbiosis between science, art, place and time is particularly profound, as she observes temporalities on Noongar Country.
Running a constant hum through each piece in the volume is deep engagement and care for the subject matter of time, the precious moments that we give each other. As our other co-editor Zali Morgan writes,
I often think of time being a vessel of healing, but in working on this edition, I rather now think that time being a vessel of healing for all, and it’s only when we feel we no longer have time to waste that we enact on healing.
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