OLIVIA J. BENNETT

I’m an arts writer, researcher and critic based in Australia, open to commissions and collaborations.

I also work as a freelance communications specialist across brand, content and cultural strategy.

If you’d like to see my portfolio or chat about a project, feel free to get in touch.

KINGS OF WISHFUL THINKING

Written by Olivia J. Bennett
Edited by Uma Rey
Published online and in print by Artlink
Issue 42:1 Art/Write/Read | 30 March 2022

An ‘online [art] practice’ had to engage with a dialectical irony similar to virtue signalling, wherein the presence of a text is shielded from criticism (or cancel culture) because it is too ambiguous or unhinged.

Jaakko Pallasvuo, Untitled (Improving Discourse), 1 January 2022. Instagram carousel post with 10 black and white, digital cartoon images. Images retrieved from @avocado_ibuprofen Instagram.