Stories and perspectives from our network.
We want this to be a space for all kinds of creatives to monetize their work and make it accessible to everyone. There’s no cohesion, nothing makes sense right away. But we’ve always thought of our network that way: like a patchwork of voices and ideas, full of variety and impossible to take in all at once.
auster
2 min read
For years, platforms sold us on the dream of universality: one click, one world, everything at our fingertips. But that dream was never evenly distributed.
Belinda Seppings
4 min read
On 23rd August 2025, Lovable Rebels saw the opening of its first curated group show “Under the Skin of Things,” featuring the works of Harshita Sharma, Hansraj Dochaniya, Linh Ton, Ranjan Bordoloi, Saruha Kilaru, and “At The Market,” a collaborative project by Deeksha Bhutani and Yatin Srivastava.
Tanya Roy
3 min read
Each year, auster magazine is anchored by a theme. For 2025, that theme is Common Heritage. Reflect on the prompt: What object, memory, or practice from your heritage do you never want to be forgotten?
auster
2 min read
Conversations with the auster team.
Doukkana is an independent cultural project founded by Moroccan designer Karim Doukkana. More than a shop, less than a gallery, it operates in the in-between: a platform where objects, stories, and ideas from North Africa and beyond are collected, reimagined, and put back into circulation.
Belinda Seppings
9 min read
When official channels fall short or aren’t accessible to certain communities, people build their own systems. Files are passed by hand, novels are sent through messaging apps, and networks are carved out, however small or improvised.
Belinda Seppings
5 min read
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
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
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.
auster
4 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
