Stolen Treasure Traders
Digital Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Mario Christodoulou
Researcher: Cathy Beale
Designer: Teresa Tan
Executive producers: Tim Roxburgh/Fanou Filali
Commissioned for: ABC Background Briefing
Digital Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Mario Christodoulou
Researcher: Cathy Beale
Designer: Teresa Tan
Executive producers: Tim Roxburgh/Fanou Filali
Commissioned for: ABC Background Briefing
For four months, I've been investigating Australia's vast collection of South-East Asian antiquities, and what I've found is alarming: a story of dodgy dealers, looted temples, and some of the world's most exclusive collections, writes Mario Christodoulou.
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Design notes
The images and documentation supplied to me for this story were given a treatment and then were isolated from their backgrounds. I then developed a visual language or style guide for the whole story which featured red dot stickers (like those seen on sold artworks at galleries), bits of paper with torn edges, worn paper textures, found objects (stickers, envelopes), snippets from official documents, isolated handwriting and faded printed photographs. We wanted to create an aesthetic that felt like we were on a personal investigation with the reporter as they pieced together small leads and redacted documents one piece at a time.
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Design notes
The images and documentation supplied to me for this story were given a treatment and then were isolated from their backgrounds. I then developed a visual language or style guide for the whole story which featured red dot stickers (like those seen on sold artworks at galleries), bits of paper with torn edges, worn paper textures, found objects (stickers, envelopes), snippets from official documents, isolated handwriting and faded printed photographs. We wanted to create an aesthetic that felt like we were on a personal investigation with the reporter as they pieced together small leads and redacted documents one piece at a time.
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Why tenants of Northcott public housing estate feel left behind
Digital Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Mayeta Clark
Photographer: Teresa Tan
Digital Producer: Sam Nichols
Executive producer: Fanou Filali
Commissioned for: ABC Background Briefing
Digital Editor: Annika Blau
Reporter: Mayeta Clark
Photographer: Teresa Tan
Digital Producer: Sam Nichols
Executive producer: Fanou Filali
Commissioned for: ABC Background Briefing
A public housing tenant passed away in his home. It took authorities 12 days to find him.
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‘I think I’ve accidentally joined a cult’
Digital Editor: Annika Blau
Reporters: Nick Baker and Siobhan Marin
Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Illustrator: Teresa Tan
Executive producer: Julie Browning
Commissioned for: ABC Radio National Online
RN podcast: This Must is True
Digital Editor: Annika Blau
Reporters: Nick Baker and Siobhan Marin
Producer: Cheyne Anderson
Illustrator: Teresa Tan
Executive producer: Julie Browning
Commissioned for: ABC Radio National Online
RN podcast: This Must is True
Alex’s Bible classes started taking over his life. Then he found out who was pulling the strings.
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Dead as a Dodo
Digital Editor: Alex Spring
Reporters: Marc Fennell and Nick Baker
Illustrator: Teresa Tan
Executive producer: Amruta Slee
Commissioned for: ABC Radio National Online
RN podcast: Stuff the British Stole
Digital Editor: Alex Spring
Reporters: Marc Fennell and Nick Baker
Illustrator: Teresa Tan
Executive producer: Amruta Slee
Commissioned for: ABC Radio National Online
RN podcast: Stuff the British Stole
Has humanity learned its lesson after driving the dodo to extinction? With the environment and biodiversity still at risk, it doesn’t seem so.
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Design notes
All of the collage images created for this article are a remix of widely available historical public domain images. This was an artistic decision to evoke a particular time in history and required a lot of textures, re-colouring and composing to create new scenes with familiar iconography (see Lewis Carroll’s Alice).
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Design notes
All of the collage images created for this article are a remix of widely available historical public domain images. This was an artistic decision to evoke a particular time in history and required a lot of textures, re-colouring and composing to create new scenes with familiar iconography (see Lewis Carroll’s Alice).
