Dorian Zikic's Digital Archive

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I want to overhaul the design of this site so it's a bit more unique! Also I'm using a lot of prebuilt html/css layouts, like ribo.zone's.

Inspo:

Current Project/s

WRITING, ALWAYS ＿〆(。。)

I want to go to the desert to write on Country, and visit the landscape that will be inspiring one of my projects. I was talking to my friend recently (also a writer) about how I might not actually go to the desert, but the point, she said, was to go to the desert i.e. commit fully to the project, even if it's out of the budget to actually physically go to the desert. I guess the point is just that I want to commit 1000% to this.

Fringe Festival Show

"Tyler's Inferno" is a short show about a descent into a hellish party. The worst guy you know is there (he wears a North Face vest and his name is Tom), the pink pilates princess is there (and she HATES you) and the dealer might be a wizard. Why are you even going!? Oh right, to create meaningful connections. Good luck with that.

Staging in Oct 2025

Anthrocity Game ⋆꙳•̩̩͙❅*̩̩͙‧͙ ‧͙*̩̩͙❆ ͙͛ ˚₊⋆

Estimated completion: Oct 2025

Collaborative game with Generic Beetle about being a lonely worker in a big city.

See the digital lit / games tab for more info!

Backburner projects

Learning Neocities!.⋆｡⋆☂˚｡⋆｡˚☽˚｡⋆.

To do list:

Simple 3D game *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧

Inspo: Anatomy, How Fish is Made, ps1 Bloodbourne demake, etc.

gifs by eurothug4000

bio

Dorian (they/he) is a multidisciplinary artist born in Aoteroa, but grew up and is currently based in Naarm, on the lands of the Yalukit Wilam. They are interested in science fiction, digital literature and language. They are currently working on their MA thesis, on how digital literature expresses notions of Queer time.

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it is currently:

WARING

Or, Wombat Season.

"From April to [July], when morning mists cover the land, nights become longer, and wombats emerge from their burrows it comes into Waring Season. Migrating birds arrive from Tasmania and male bulen-bulen, lyrebirds, begin to display their mounds, their spectacular tail feathers, and their songs to attract a mate. As the solstice approaches, Scorpius, at the heart of which is the reddish star Antares, Balayang (Djuit in Boorong naming), rises at sunset. ‘Two seasonal indicators become tied in together – our closest star [the Sun] and the distant stars [like Antares],’ says Duane."

text source img source, credit to Wayne Lawler

reading

Nettle and Bone - T. Kingfisher. Very cosy. I used to be a huge Neil Gaiman fan, though less so in recent years and obviously now not at all because of his abuse, and I feel like it's scratching a similar itch. Can't remember who it was, but I read an article about how the mythic potential of stories is lessened when every question of the universe is answered, and I feel like Kingfisher and Gaiman similarly create that mythic potential.

Tomie - Junji Ito. Idk how I feel about it. I get that the point is that she is repeatedly victimised, a victim of misogynistic murder again and again, but also like, no one acknowledges that there's a certain way that this murder is shown and her body is displayed. It's giving male gaze. I liked Uzumaki and the Enigma of the Amigara Fault a lot more, though I think they share some of the problems.

playing

Blue Prince - Dogubomb. Literally chef's kiss masterpiece. I get too addicted to puzzle games though. I play for like 4 hours straight and then feel ill after.

Watching Worm Girl play Look Outside on Youtube

On a Worm Girl roll at the moment. Listening to her 6hr and 36min Signalis video essay which is excellent. Need to make a Signalis shrine on here :)