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Articles by Simon Sheikh
Positively East Village Revisited: The Problem with Puerilism
Still from After Hours, dir. Martin Scorsese, 1985. First published in the inaugural issue of e-flux journal in 2008, Simon Sheikh’s “Positively East Village Revisited” returns to Craig Owens’s 1984 critique of the newly celebrated East Village art scene. What appeared as youthful energy, subcultural freedom, and an alternative to the established art world was also the conscious production and marketing of a scene.
Remote-first work is the great equaliser
The future of work isn’t about location, it’s about creating environments where people can contribute their best regardless of where they sit, writes Simon Sheikh. In recent weeks, we've seen political leaders like Peter Dutton promising to return public servants back to the office if elected (which the Coalition have now reversed). Election pledges like this reflect an outdated mindset that equates physical presence with productivity.
Avoiding the carbon budget risk
BY | FRIDAY, 24 JAN 2025 2:00PM Research from the Responsible Investment Association of Australasia shows that 79% of Australians want climate-aligned net zero commitments from their financial providers. But, while many financial institutions have been eager to make public net zero commitments, how can we know whether these goals to reach net zero really amount to action on climate change?
Why I'm Paying My Staff To Strike For The Climate
The saying “business as usual” does not apply to today’s climate emergency. Our climate is changing before our eyes -- from the ongoing drought to bushfires at the start of Spring. It’s times like this where business leaders need to step up and play a role in the movement for progress on climate change. This Friday’s climate strike is not your usual strike. It will be the first global moment when school kids and adults will join together to push for government action on climate change.
Premiers, Population and the Politics of Fear
TONY JONES: Good evening and welcome to Q&A. Answering your questions tonight, the longest serving Labor premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr; Israeli-born communication consultant Shimrit Nothman; the national director of GetUp, Simon Sheikh; the Shadow Minister for Immigration, Scott Morrison; and the chief executive of the Australian Industry Group, Heather Ridout. Please welcome our panel.
Former West | The MIT Press
What has become of the so-called West after the Cold War? Why hasn’t the West simply become “former,” as has its supposed counterpart, the “former East”? In this book, artists, thinkers, and activists explore the repercussions of the political, cultural, and economic events of 1989 on both art and the contemporary. The culmination of an eight-year curatorial research experiment, Former West imagines a world beyond our immediate condition.
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