Noelle Faulkner

ARTS WRITER

A former culture and lifestyle editor, the Sydney-based freelance writer, confesses she’s hardly been home of late. Faulkner has been talking to interesting people for a living for about 11 years, and considers herself very lucky to write about things she truly cares about. This issue, she spoke to female exhibitors at Sydney Contemporary art fair (page 80). “I really believe in every gallerist I interviewed and the differences each has in their eye, approach and curation,” she says. “I love Sydney Contemporary as an art fair — the energy, the people watching, the newness — for one weekend, it makes Sydney an achingly cool place to be.” Talking about her creative process, Faulkner says her work is 60 per cent conversation, 15 per cent observation and 25 per cent solitude. She reveals there’s a duality to being a freelancer. “I love being alone but I love talking to people, it’s kind of a strange existence.” Having written on varied topics, from music to futurism, and jetsetting across the globe to do so, she admits, “I’m addicted to the chaos of it all.” noellefaulkner.com @noelleflamingo