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DEAD AIR #131 by The Departure

Revivification at the Art Gallery of WA is a strange and tender revival of experimental composer Alvin LucierABC News

‘Not a single person shied away’: how a year chronicling end-of-life stories changed one photographer’The Guardian Julian Kingma ‘The Power of Choice’ book, New South Books AND exhibition, SOL Gallery Fitzroy, opening Wed 21 May 2025, 6-8.30pm (until 1 June).

End of life doulas respond to being excluded from the federal government’s new End of Life Pathway – Lisa Herbert, The Bottom Drawer Book

Grief Garments Do you know someone bereaved by suicide and who might be interested to transforming an item from their persons wardrobe into a Grief Garment in Sydney in August? EOI open until 31 May, applicant form available HERE

PODCAST: Victoria Spence: Death doula and funeral business owner on a mission to bring deaths back to the personalSBS SEEN with Yumi Stynes.

PODCAST: The Imperfects Podcast Life After Jock with Lauren Zonfillo

CDAS online conference 2025 ‘Death and Transitions’ 11 - 13 June 2025. (full $166 half $83). Full program HERE. FREE sessions: Where do we die? Our preferences for our space of death - Online, book HERE. Fri 13 June, 4-5am AEST! - Ain't got time to die screening followed by a Q&A with Martin Krafft. Book HERE. Also Fri 13 June, 4-5am AEST?

CALL FOR PAPERS: Death Literacy submission deadline: 20 Oct 2025. Guest Editor Dr. Kerrie Noonan, to be published in a Special Collection for Palliative Care & Social Practice, Sage Journals. Submission info HERE.

TRACKS: Two Suns – Ragana / The Surgery – Uboa & Solus Varak / Future Plans - Batpiss

DEAD AIR #122 by The Departure

‘Weaving Power and Remembrance: The Witches of Scotland Tartan’ – High Priestess

Qatar Airways says crew handled dead passenger 'appropriately' – BBC News

‘Her Small White Hands’ artwork by Sarah Walker. In 2021, Geelong Gallery asked Sarah to respond to Frederick McCubbin's 'A Bush Burial' for their wall commission series – sarahwalker.work

Interview with Diedre & Teamo about their Castlemaine Fringe Festival showLife's 2 Short - Our Mums Are DeadSunday 23 Mar 2025, 7:30-8:30pm. Thompsons Family Funerals, 123 Mostyn St, Castlemaine. Having lived more than three quarters of their lives already, Beryl and George (Deirdre Gibb & Teamo Henderson) take a light-hearted and yet deadly serious look at the grand exit. Cremation is not the only burning issue in this thought provoking debut performance. There will be music and juggling. $10/$15 BOOK HERE

Don’t be Caught Dead podcast – ‘Embracing Mortality: Hayley West on Art, Death, and Community’ – including Apple podcasts, Spotify & YouTube

Forget-Me-Not Good Grief Workshops, The Coolroom, Northern Arts Hotel. Saturdays 1 March, 8 March, 15 March 11am -1pm, All ages, free BOOK HERE Installation Ceremony: 22 March, Djaara Park, Castlemaine. Contact Jill Rivers E: hello@art-fullliving.com T: 0418 389 189.

TRACKS: I'm In Your Mind - King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard / Dear God - XTC

DEAD AIR #93 by The Departure

DEAD AIR is sponsored by Trash Cult; venue, bar, film, book & record store. Located at 15 High Street, in the Burra of Eaglehawk.

Sarira in the Quan Am Bodhisattva statue, Linh An Tu Pagoda, Dalat, Vietnam. More info about these cremation remnants HERE and HERE

Taboo Education YouTube - ‘Dating Disaster: 3 Common Major Mistakes Widow/Widowers Make When Dating After Loss

Exhibition: Darren Sylvester ‘The Heads of Snowmen’ at Neon Park, Brunswick. 1-24 Feb 2024

Artist: Kat Rae, and her work in the 2023 CAM experimental print prize. Read more HERE

Free Palestine Rally every Sunday (not Saturday!) 12pm Jarra/Victory Park, Castlemaine. Insta: @freepalestinecentralvic

TRACKS: A Man from the Earth – Boris & Uniform / my hope renders me a fool – BIG|BRAVE / Want – Divide and Dissolve