• Featured

  • Lip Magazine Launch
  • 09.May
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  • Invitation to attend the launch of Lip magazine


  • Competition for students
  • 02.May
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  • Get Involved!


  • Classical Gas
  • 09.Mar
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  • Lisa Gye and Darren Tofts have launched their latest remix project – Classical Gas!


  • Stelarc SUSPENSIONS
  • 01.Mar
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  •             Scott Livesey Galleries 909A High Street Armadale  7th-31st March, 2012 Catalogue Essay by Darren Tofts


  • IBL opportunities
  • 01.Feb
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  • IBL opportunities are available! But be quick as the closing dates for applications are very soon.


  • Mark Amerika: Remixthecontext: the transmedia artist in network culture
  • 31.Oct
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  • Don’t miss this opportunity to listen to artist/theorist/writer Mark Amerika talk about his work with Dan Angeloro from Soda_Jerk on 15 November 2011 at 6.30pm in Melbourne.


  • Win an iPad 2
  • 17.Oct
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  • Industry Engaged Learning invites all current and former Swinburne students to go into the running to win fantastic prizes by simply sharing their IEL Experience. Whether you have done a Capstone, Internship or IBL placement – to enter, simply tell us about your IEL experience in 500 words or less and an iPad2 could be [...]


  • Where Are They Now? Jane Curtis
  • 12.Aug
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  • A new Motif series that profiles former students and sees where they are now!


  • Media Industry Interview Series Anna Daniels, producer 7pm Project
  • 27.Jul
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  •   Swinburne postgraduate student Gitsi Maksay interviews Anna Daniels, a producer for The 7pm Project.


  • Emerging Writer’s Festival
  • 19.May
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  • The Emerging Writer’s Festival is fast becoming an essential part of Australia’s literary calendar. Prospective writers, do not miss out on this fantastic opportunity!


  • Get Writing!
  • 16.May
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  • National Young Writers’ Month runs from June 1 – 30, 2011. Find out how to get involved!


  • Mmmmm Pizza….
  • 04.May
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  • Rebecca Lingham has the answer to the cravings brought on by all that late night studying.


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MoTIF, or Media of The Immediate Future, is a student news portal run by the Media and Communications department at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne Australia. Writing and projects undertaken by students will be featured here, alongside news and information from the staff in Media and Comms. Feel free to contact the Editors, Lisa Gye lgye@swin.edu.au or Diana Bossio dbossio@swin.edu.au if you have any questions about the site.

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