Marcus Westbury Marcus Westbury i(A124658 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 The Agency and the Equity Marcus Westbury , 2024 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , March vol. 83 no. 1 2024; (p. 34-42)

'This essay began with another one. One I didn't write about a decade ago. I was asked to write an opinion piece about Universal Basic Income (UBI) for artists. I'd been open about the role long-term unemployment had played in shaping my early life. Unemployment benefits kept me going for most of my teens and early twenties. The incredibly meagre capital of a dollar 500 'dole loan' had seed-funded the early creative projects that led me to where I am today. At the time I started down the UBI rabbit hole, but in the end I delayed and ultimately declined to write that piece-because the more I thought about it, the more I needed to.'  (Publication abstract)

1 Resurrection Myths Marcus Westbury , 2014 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Winter no. 44 2014; (p. 138-147)
1 Looking for Home Marcus Westbury , 2014 extract essay
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 19-20 April 2014; (p. 18-20)
1 Canvas Marcus Westbury , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 2 May 2011; (p. 23)
1 Canvas Marcus Westbury , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 31 January 2011; (p. 15)
1 We Should Replace the Australia Council with a Cultural Policy and Planning Body Marcus Westbury , Ben Eltham , 2010 extract essay (Cultural Policy in Australia)
— Appears in: The Age , 26 July 2010; (p. 19)
1 Cultural Policy in Australia Marcus Westbury , Ben Eltham , 2010 single work essay
— Appears in: More than Luck : Ideas Australia Needs Now 2010;
1 How To Make an Income and Be an Artist Is One of the Great Mysteries of the Universe Marcus Westbury , 2010 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 12 April 2010; (p. 15)
1 Evolution and Creation: Australia's Funding Bodies Marcus Westbury , 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Winter vol. 68 no. 2 2009; (p. 36-41)
Marcus Westbury argues that 'while...artists and creators...embrace rapidly evolving modes of production, distribution and collaboration across disciplines, the agencies designed to nurture them remain paralysingly fixed.'
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