Sky Shuyang Zhuang went looking for what American industry had left behind. Instead, he found communities living in limbo as the next industrial cycle approached.

Four beds. Four women. One wardrobe. Almost no privacy. In Greater Cairo, Mirna Abass photographed the university dormitory she temporarily called home and the friendships, rituals and small acts of adaptation that made life inside it possible.

Sculpture on the coast, Hockney at Carriageworks, Greek cinema in Leichhardt, music in Marrickville, SURPLUS in Darlinghurst and plenty of reasons to leave the house. The BASE-CAST edit of Sydney this October.

Somewhere between the marble, the concrete and the afternoon light, Athens decided the air conditioner could go wherever the fuck it wanted. I should hate it. Instead, I keep taking pictures.

Some photographs tell you exactly what they want you to see. Raul Guillermo’s don’t. In Focus #003 looks at An Inherent Tear and the strange little performances we learn before someone points a camera at us.

Inner West’s living music organism, Lazy Thinking, will return. In this issue of CULT. CIRCUIT, Joseph shares his clinical one-on-one with CEO Jim Flanagan on the mechanisms behind Sydney’s independent music scene.

Ed Templeton has spent decades photographing what happens between the important moments. Tomorrow Never Comes brings that archive of youth, skate culture and suburbia to Barcelona alongside a new generation of photographs.

Contemporary art, underground cinema, live music, native food, vintage markets and a few other reasons to leave the house. The BASE CAST edit of Sydney this September.

Retail therapy has felt more ‘retail’ than ‘therapy’ recently. Weekend markets take care of both. They’re all around Sydney, and they have what you’re looking for; you just need to know where to find them.

Culture Editor Joseph’s curated Over The Underground follow-up. Detailing the experience at a local gig, exploring what the Sydney music scene looks, feels and sounds like right now.

A last minute Saturday table, a Melbourne friend to impress and French food worth lingering over. Bistro Grenier makes a strong case for letting dinner take its time.

This thinkpiece on Matthew Weiner's iconic 1960's-noir drama questions just how much smoke Don Draper continues to blow in contemporary consciousness.

PUMA’s Touching Ground looks at Medellín from street level, following the city’s skate community through family, neighbourhoods, friendship and the places that make a city home.

In Cartilage, photographer Luke Rosing turns his camera towards the friendships, streets and ordinary rituals that quietly hold adolescence together.

It started with a stolen sip of batch brew. Strong enough to warrant a trip to Marrickville. Turns out, the rest of the place was worth sticking around for.

Nike steps into the world of One Piece, turning Devil Fruits, manga panels and pirate mythology into Air Max Plus sneakers and apparel. Naturally, the adventure begins in Tokyo.

Sydney is more than Bondi, Newtown and Surry Hills. CULT. CIRCUIT #005 pops the familiar bubble and heads further afield, exploring the places, cultures and landscapes that make up a much bigger picture of the city.

Batch brews, flaky pastries and a pork belly sausage roll that stopped the meeting in its tracks. Pantry Story in Stanmore might just be our new favourite place to talk ideas over something seriously good.