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- Issue 113: History & EcologyIn order to understand the past and present, it’s important to look at some of the key turning points in human history – from the use of fire and the development of agriculture to the printing press and the internet. Humanity has constantly been moving forward. Now, we find ourselves in a new era defined by artificial intelligence. Since the release of ChatGPT 4, the reality of a world with AI is more present than ever before. Knowledge and curiosity are the two driving forces of innovation, and
- Issue 112: Human CuriosityAs humans, we are always looking for something else, and it is this curiosity that makes us create and innovate. It’s the evolution of ideas – how we were driven to have phones where we can see the people we’re talking to, or have 10,000 songs in our pockets. Technology continues to push us to new places. We are moving at a cataclysmic speed. What I don’t want to ever lose sight of are those moments defined by simple pleasures: the joy of new socks, pine forests, grass after it has been cut, or2
- Issue 111: 20th AnniversaryTime waits for no one. I think about that phrase often. This issue of Aesthetica marks 20 years since the first issue was published. I have a whole host of emotions: cheer, disbelief, excitement, pride, surprise – the list goes on. Dale Donley and I set up this magazine when we were students. The pillars of this company were – and remain – equality, creativity and diversity. We are passionate about art and culture, and because Dale and I started from the right place with Aesthetica, we’ve had th5
- Issue 110: The Art of StorytellingArt is about storytelling, and we all tell stories. There are the stories we tell about ourselves and the ones we tell about each other. There are the moments that sit between memory, fact and fiction. It’s how we present reality and remember the past. Sometimes, you tell yourself the same story so many times it becomes true. How the present is retold is subjective, and no person experiences it in the same way.3
- Aesthetica Issue 93: Changing the NarrativeHere we are, firmly in a new decade. The future is now. Moving into 2020, we might begin to reminisce over Y2K fears. The internet was still new, Hotmail was a novelty and the concept of Amazon was still very alien. The world operated at a slower pace and the concept of social media had not been realised. The iPhone did not exist. The rate of technological advancement since then has been completely unprecedented. What will this mean for the future? How will the next decade play out? This issue i8
- Aesthetica Issue 92: Listen and RespondWe are evolving emotionally. This can’t be understated in terms of how this will affect humanity – and future generations. Politically, the world has been in turmoil since 2016: the year of the Referendum and Trump making his way into the White House. We’ve seen and heard things that shouldn’t be happening. This is the 21st century – a time of progress. We shouldn’t be seeing women’s rights surrounding their own bodies being revoked, and the climate crisis being denied. It’s supposed to be bette9