Equivalent Ideas is the online home of Luke Bacon.

Journal

• Definitions

  9th January 2018

  "...the proper result of good definition is to transform argument over terms into disagreements about fact"

• Visiting Commoning projects in Java

  8th January 2018

  Ali Crosby and I visited independent libraries across Java, Indonesia, in December, 2017.

• Frontyard Projects at VOLUME Book Fair 13-15 October 2017

  21st November 2017

  In mid-October 2017 some people who gather at Frontyard went on an off-yard excursion to maintain a Frontyard table at VOLUME 2017: Another Art Book Fair at Art Space in Wolloomooloo, Sydney.

• Street Hack Idea

  31st October 2016

  Riding to work today, I approached a sharp, blind corner. It gave me an idea for a street hacking event.

• Natural Dyes, Presented by Joan Bacon

  5th June 2016

  “I am going to talk to you this afternoon about my practical experiences in trying to dye yarns with eucalyptus leaves.”

• Waverley Council Meeting, 16 February 2016

  14th March 2016

  Last month I went to my first local council meeting in Bondi

• Who profits from WestConnex?

  15th October 2015

  If we’re not building this toll road to help the people living in Sydney, then who benefits?

• 2013-2014 NSW Legislative Assembly Pecuniary Interest Disclosures

  17th January 2015

  The individual disclosure forms for each member of the NSW Parliament Legislative Assembly, showing their pecuniary interest disclosures as of 30th June 2014.

• Designing They Vote For You

  8th December 2014

  My experience designing in a new team and adapting to a new process

• Chloe Weil

  11th July 2014

  I didn't know Chloe Weil, but I feel like I've benefited from her ideas and gifts. I know her work and her writing through her website, chloeweil.com.

• Divide and Control, Listen and Respond

  4th March 2014

  The situation for asylum seekers imprisoned by Australia worsens. How can those inside and outside the detention fences connect to demand change?

• Approaching Principles for Independent Archives

  17th February 2014

  What should an independent archive do? Some starter ideas and an invitation for contributions.

• Write On, Day 1

  2nd February 2014

  My response to the first episode of Relly Annet-Baker’s February writing class, Write On.

• Against a narrowing circle: Secrecy and the TPP Negotiations

  13th December 2013

  Why is the TPP negotiated in secret? What does it mean for this strategy to be validated?

• Subcompact Publishing & Detention Logs

  24th November 2013

  Thoughts on Craig Mod's Subcompact Publishing manifesto and how it has influenced Detention Logs.