Featured
- Lip Magazine Launch
- 09.May

Invitation to attend the launch of Lip magazine
- Competition for students
- 02.May

Get Involved!
- Classical Gas
- 09.Mar

Lisa Gye and Darren Tofts have launched their latest remix project – Classical Gas!
- Stelarc SUSPENSIONS
- 01.Mar

Scott Livesey Galleries 909A High Street Armadale 7th-31st March, 2012 Catalogue Essay by Darren Tofts
- IBL opportunities
- 01.Feb

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

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

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

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

Swinburne postgraduate student Gitsi Maksay interviews Anna Daniels, a producer for The 7pm Project.
- Emerging Writer’s Festival
- 19.May

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

National Young Writers’ Month runs from June 1 – 30, 2011. Find out how to get involved!
- Mmmmm Pizza….
- 04.May

Rebecca Lingham has the answer to the cravings brought on by all that late night studying.
Student Work
- Walk the Distance
- 09.May

A short film by Brian Sio
- Indigenous Network – be involved!
- 05.Mar

Volunteers wanted to assist ion this exciting development.
- Medium Rare Behind the Scenes
- 21.Oct

The Medium Rare team bring the show together – Check out the pics!
- Media Industry Interview Series – Clementine Ford, freelance writer
- 27.Jul

Swinburne postgraduate student Luc Steinberg interviews Clementine Ford, a freelance writer and journalist.
- Media Industry Interview Series – Tim Pilgrim, media co-ordinator RSPCA
- 27.Jul

Media Industry Interview Series – Tim Pilgrim, media co-ordinator RSPCA Swinburne postgraduate students Belinda McPhee and Kanada Warden interview Tim Pilgrim, media co-ordinator for the RSPCA
- Media Industry Interview Series – Robert Chum Li, makeup artist
- 27.Jul

Swinburne postgraduate students Cid Ackarin, RuiYoung Jiang and Long Ha Nam interviewed Robert Chum Li, a make up artist for television and film productions.
- Media Industry Interview Series – Sally O’Neil, editor Coast magazine
- 27.Jul
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Swinburne postgraduate students Rachael Pictor and Stefanie Zhang interview Sally O’Neill editor of Coast magazine This interview is part of the Media Industry Interview Series–check out allt he great interviews at the Swinmedia YouTube channel!
- Media Industry Interview Series – Andre Khoury, journalist
- 27.Jul

Swinburne postgraduate students Duangporn Arwutpitak and Suthee Aranjaroenwat interview Andre Khoury, a journalist with AFP media group. This interview is part of the Media Industry Interview Series–check out allt he great interviews at the Swinmedia YouTube channel!
- Media Industry Interview Series – Distriqt digital developmetn studio
- 27.Jul
Swinburne postgraduate student Matylda Bucsko interviews Shane from Distriqt, a digital development studio in Melbourne. This interview is part of the Media Industry Interview Series–check out allt he great interviews at the Swinmedia YouTube channel!
- Media Industry Interview Series – Libby Malcolm
- 27.Jul
Swinburne postgraduate students Thi Thanh Ha Dao and Teri Cooper interview Libby Malcom, a senior web producer for Ad Energy in Sydney. This interview is part of the Media Industry Interview Series–check out all the great interviews at the Swinmedia YouTube channel!
- Identity
- 24.May

A short film by Sarah Coller…
- A 3 min chat with Baron Samadhi
- 04.May

Taken from Digital Media Productions ‘Music in Melbourne site – see more here
Student News
- Situated Technologies
- 09.May

You can download this excellent series for free
- Student Work Wanted!
- 09.May

Need an outlet you your writing or creative work?
- Extreme Reactions to Creative Expression – A Free Forum
- 02.May

Saturday, 19 May 2012, 5:00 pm
ACMI Cinemas- Social Media Knowledge Internships
- 09.Mar

A number of opportunities are currently available
- ACMI Internship
- 05.Mar

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI) is offering an unpaid internship for a Marketing and Development Administrator.
- Internship Opportunity
- 02.Nov

Applications close Friday 11 November so make sure you get yours in!
- Help wanted! Camera person with experience
- 06.Sep

Needed for a documentary shoot very soon!
- Honours Information Session
- 12.Aug

Come and hear about opportunities to take your degree to the next level
- Equity Scholarships
- 12.Aug

Are you experiencing hardship and need some help paying the rent? Check out the scholarships from Student Equity
- Never Let Me Go (Film Review)
- 27.May

Director Mark Romanek (One Hour Photo) and writer Alex Garland (28 Days Later) team up to adapt Kazuo Ishiguro’s haunting novel.
- The Melbourne Zombie Shuffle 2011
- 24.May

The 2011 Melbourne Zombie Shuffle has set its date, are you in for all the gore?
- Sexy Girls Have It Easy
- 24.May

Does beauty help people get ahead?
- Aaron Koblin talks on TED
- 24.May

Watch Aaron Koblin talk on TED about his imaginative use of data to create collaborative art.
- Find the Future Game
- 24.May

An extraordinary writing project/game brought to you by the New York Public Library
- Paul (Film Review)
- 17.May

Pegg and Frost are back with a loving homage to the early films of Steven Spielberg and other sci-fi classics.
About Motif
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.
Media & Communications @ Swinburne
Media and Communications at Swinburne is staffed by leading researchers in their fields. They offer high quality undergraduate and postgraduate programs in media, communications, journalism, digital media and games studies.

