This issue of Simulacrum is focused around the question of ‘What’s the use?’ and its many interpretations from contributing writers and artists, exploring the multifaceted layers of how usefulness in art defines our relationships with our existence around us. The concept of “use” intricately weaves itself into our interactions with the surrounding world and art. From the everyday tasks of making our beds, going to work, to cutting our vegetables: the utilisation of objects and activities provides us with a tangibility to the sense of their nature.

Simulacrum is a quarterly thematic magazine that reflects on arts and culture, and serves as a high-quality publication platform for students and experts from the field. The subjects are always approached from different disciplines which relate to arts and culture, and placed in both historical and contemporary perspective.