Image credits:
Kayla Mattes, Lonely Planet 2026 (detail), installation view.
Commissioned by Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Naarm/Melbourne. Courtesy the artist.
Supported in part by a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Emergency Grant.
Photograph: Andrew Curtis.
Arlo Stanley is a queer, autistic writer completing a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing at RMIT. Their current work explores themes of neurodivergence, gender and mental health, and how they can be transferred to the page. They love to write in the company of their dog, Teddy, their cat, Pecan, and a cup of tea.