Joseph Earp

2 weeks ago | thesaturdaypaper.com.au | Joseph Earp

By its very design, I don’t think a festival as gloriously perverse as Dark Mofo can be summed up in a single moment. But the curtain call at Joshua Serafin’s Void, a multimedia performance art piece incorporating dance, video and a pool of black goo, came pretty close. Serafin, who had just spent 40 minutes writhing naked onstage in tar-like mucus as it formed giant bubbles around his body, bowed and grinned. Still naked and coated in black, he took stock of the crowd before him.

3 weeks ago | theguardian.com | Joseph Earp

If there was a single feeling that defined my 20s, it was a generalised allergy to the very concept of home: I learned it’s a myth that you only run away from it once. If you have the skills, you can spend a lot of your life dodging comfort, security and a place to return to. Which I did because I was an alcoholic, and alcoholics are always suspicious of safety. The only true way to be safe is to not drink, after all, and you do not want to stop drinking above all else.

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Joseph Earp

When I was growing up, I always told my parents, “Don’t expect me to become a doctor.” But in high school I really liked the TV show House and I really liked solving problems. So I never knew what else I wanted to become except for a doctor. I’ve been a practising GP for years now. This means that, for a lot of my life, I’ve been science-focused. And I wasn’t always a film watcher.

Mar 29, 2025 | msn.com | Joseph Earp

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Mar 29, 2025 | theguardian.com | Joseph Earp

As much as I have the general vibe of a luddite (strange hobbies, socially maladjusted, unfathomable fashion choices, etc) I have to hand it to automation: it’s nice that computers have made some boring things in our lives less boring.