Issue
#35
I would like to acknowledge that this issue of Runway was developed on Gadigal land and that sovereignty was never ceded. I hope that through this issue on SPACE we can think more deeply about what it means to take up space and live on occupied land.
Back when I was studying architecture there was a shocking disconnect to the occupied land we were designing imaginary spaces for. This idea of ‘designing space’ is something that is so intrinsically linked to power and privilege. The make-believe clients would have had to been wealthy individuals to afford our speculative designs with limitless budgets. Not once during my training did the fact that, as non-indigenous Australians, we were implicit in the colonial project factor into our critiques as our imaginary buildings continued to displace and dispossess. I’m glad these structures we designed were never built and hope that things have changed in teaching methods since then. I use this example as a reminder that space is not just physical: while we can work to determine how space is traversed by the placement of objects, bodies and buildings, space is always political, personal and social.… read more
An examination of the Waterloo Public Housing Action Group’s role in centring Indigenous perspectives in the resistance against the largest urban renewal project in the southern hemisphere through their campaign and space in the Waterloo Housing Estate.
What happens when art is placeless and ‘translocal’? This article examines various artistic practices occurring nomadically, outside of institutions, and through a social practice framework.
A look at the space of Virtual Reality as an extension of white male patriarchy, and an interrogation of how people are using gender and race to shape, or ‘quare,’ this space.
Chloe Watson interviews artist-researcher Dawn-Joy Leong about work that explores neurodiverse and autistic experiences of space. What are her personal, sensory experiences of traversing the city? How does this impact her artistic practice?
Mariam Arcilla interviews Quandamooka artist Megan Cope about spatial experiences from her perspective of split heritage and the way she maps cultural constructs of identity and environment.
Tian Zhang writes from the perspective of an emerging Asian-Australian curator, examining culturally-specific festivals and exhibitions that are not organised by people of that culture.
A look at the Melbourne arts scene to highlight institutional Whiteness in the visual arts, and draw attention to the discourse of diversity and inclusion power structures.
Lucy Ainsworth interviews James Nguyen about his current work and research on themes of ownership of land and occupation of space within the context of colonisation and migration.
Amy McMurtie explores sites of resistance and the effect of gentrification on queer performance culture in Sydney and Melbourne.
Andrew Brooks looks at the engagement with Dale Harding’s installation, Know them in correct judgement, to reconfigure histories by forming a counter-archive that breaks down structures of settler colonialism.
**Proposals for content due 30 November 2017** **APPLY HERE: https://form.jotform.co/73186243243858** In an exciting collaboration, Issue #36 of Runway Australian Experimental Art Magazine will be presented in association with the 2018 Keir Choreographic Awards, presented by Carriageworks, Dancehouse and the Keir Foundation. Guest edited by Lizzie Thomson, the issue will be titled DANCE and will function as …
**PROPOSALS DUE SUNDAY 22 OCTOBER** Runway is looking for a NSW based arts professional to attend Hobiennale (3-12 November – coverage dates negotiable). We want you to be our eyes and ears in Hobart, and so we are offering offering a travel bursary in return for your response and review of exhibitions and events at this key Tasmanian event. We’re …
Runway and Critical Animals are offering two travel bursaries to support emerging writers from the Hunter Region and Western Sydney to attend this year’s This is Not Art (TiNA) in Newcastle. You will attend the festival (28 September – 1 October) and report on the event for Runway’s online platform, Conversations. The bursary includes: $500 …
This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.