
Culture isn’t a moodboard
We see the world and ourselves through stories. But when content is churned out faster than we can process it, there’s very little to hold onto.
Stories and perspectives from our network.
The BudX NBA House was beyond an ordinary occasion. It was a cultural intervention that was designed, built, and activated to explore the significance of basketball in India.
Kunal Singh Chhabra
3 min read
We sat down with Tamika, the creative soul behind Dial-An-Ancestor, a project that delves into the intricate ways human cultures connect, grow, and transform.
auster
12 min read
Ever since OpenAI burst onto the scene at the end of 2022 and made a little known chatbot a household name, discussions around AI have been heated to say the least. From last year’s writers’ strikes to the renewed uproar over the announcement of Sora, creatives have consistently been some of AI’s most vocal naysayers.
auster
5 min read
How do we make something ancient feel familiar again? For Aneesha Grover, the answer lives in the body. In movement. In silent acts of return.
auster
4 min read
Conversations with the auster team.
In February 2025, Method gallery unlocked its new underground space in Delhi’s Defence Colony, making it the third outpost of the Mumbai-born gallery known for championing unconventional work by emerging artists across India and beyond.
Belinda Seppings
5 min read
Learning to sit with yourself and be comfortable with silence is essential to being an artist. But while creating can be a solitary task, it doesn’t mean that you have to go through it alone. Art takes on meaning when it is shared, when it connects with others.
auster
3 min read
Creative work today comes with both freedom and pressure. Between online noise and growing expectations it’s easy to feel stuck or disconnected from your own voice!
auster
4 min read
Business and creativity might seem like two worlds apart. But for Ash, auster’s founder, these two forces work synergistically, with one activating the other’s full potential when combined.
auster
3 min read
When you’re chronically online as a creative, it’s almost a given that you’re going to experience an identity crisis at some point. Or an artist’s block, impostor syndrome, burnout.
auster
5 min read