Runway Journal
Runway Journal

Issue 45: ASEMIC

Ella Skilbeck-Porter
Andrew Burrell
Jo Pollitt

Expanded Writers Collective
Francesca da Rimini
Fei Gao

Najrin Islam
Matilda Sutherland
Denise Thwaites

Runway Journal

Image Sources

  1. Unknown author, ‘Magnesium Oxide’, Chemistry World, accessed 20/4/22: https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/magnesium-oxide/7645.article 
  2. Simryn Gill, ‘Eyes and Storms’, 2013, Ilfachrome print mounted on aluminium. Copyright the artist. Featured in “Reverse engineering: The mining photographs of Simryn Gill”, Artlink. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4082/reverse-engineering-the-mining-photographs-of-simr/  
  3. Netflix, ‘Holts Gems’, as featured in ‘How to Get Your Ow Troublesome, $1.1m Uncut Gem, The Black Opal’ in Esquire 15/1/2020. Accessed: https://www.esquire.com/uk/style/a30514821/what-is-black-opal-uncut-gems-expensive/ 
  4. Unknown author, ‘Ultrapure neodymium under argon, 5 grams. Original size in cm: 1’, Wikipedia , accessed 20/4/22: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium#/media/File:Neodymium2.jpg 
  5. Simryn Gill, Here art grows on trees, installation view at the Australian Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 1 June - 24 Novemeber 2013. As featured in ‘The Wonder of Words at Venice Biennale’ in Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 20/4/22 : https://www.google.com/search?q=simryn+gill+venice+biennale&rlz=1C5CHFA_enAU984AU985&sxsrf=APq-WBuwd2ZO-NudNUaaacKyzeg8_zKiUQ:1650402324666&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzg7Hig6H3AhXSSmwGHZLqAmYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1403&bih=676&dpr=2#imgrc=FscEm4a1kYoEYM 
  6. Getty Images, banner image used for ‘Your Old Phone is Full of Untapped Precious Metals’ in BBC Future accessed 20/4/22: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161017-your-old-phone-is-full-of-precious-metals 
  7. World Wildlife Fund, as featured in ‘Amazon | Places | WWF’, accessed 20/4/22: https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon 
  8. Society for Neuroscience, image featured in ‘Revealing a Sexually Differentiated Neural Circuit for Sensing Social Stimuli’ in Neuronline. Accessed 20/4/22: https://neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-research/revealing-a-sexually-differentiated-neural-circuit-for-sensing-social-stimuli 
  9. Detail from Simryn Gill, Here art grows on trees, installation view at the Australian Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 1 June - 24 November 2013. As featured in ‘The Wonder of Words at Venice Biennale’ in Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 20/4/22 : https://www.google.com/search?q=simryn+gill+venice+biennale&rlz=1C5CHFA_enAU984AU985&sxsrf=APq-WBuwd2ZO-NudNUaaacKyzeg8_zKiUQ:1650402324666&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzg7Hig6H3AhXSSmwGHZLqAmYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1403&bih=676&dpr=2#imgrc=FscEm4a1kYoEYM 
  10. Netflix, ‘Intro Netflix Opening GIF’, Tenor.  Accessed 20/4/22: https://tenor.com/view/netflix-intro-netflix-netflix-opening-gif-21209311 
  11. A24 Films, detail of image featured in “How to Recreate That Iced-Out Furby From 'Uncut Gems'’, Vice 16/1/2020. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkepkz/how-to-make-uncut-gems-furby-bling 
  12. Liam Young, ‘Unknown Fields’, image as featured in ‘The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust’ in BBC Future accessed 20/4/22: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth 
  13. Simryn Gill, Half Moon Shine, installation view at the Australian Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 1 June - 24 November 2013. As featured in ‘The Wonder of Words at Venice Biennale’ in Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-wonder-of-words-at-venice-biennale-20130530-2neou.html 
  14. Getty Images, ‘Open Mineral in Rock’, as featured in ‘The Jewellers of the Diamond District on What's Real and What's Fiction in Uncut Gems’, Time. Accessed 20/4/22: https://time.com/5758173/uncut-gems-diamond-district-explained/ 
  15. Universal Pictures, image from Billy Madison featured in ‘”Billy Maddison” Turns 25 Today’, Screencrush, Feb 2020. Accessed 20/4/22: https://screencrush.com/billy-madison-25-years-old/ 
  16. James St. John, ‘Gold Nugget from Australia’. Wikipedia, accessed 20/4/22: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#/media/File:Gold_nugget_(Australia)_4_(16848647509).jpg 
  17. Australia Council for the Arts, ‘The Australian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale’, as featured in ‘Outraged by New Selection Process, Patrons Pull Support From the Venice Biennale’s Australia Pavilion’, Artnet,  November 2017, accessed 20/4/22: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/patrons-pull-support-from-the-australian-pavilion-in-the-2019-venice-biennale-1161377 
  18. Getty Images, image of Julia Fox as featured in  “Julia Fox Brought a "Human Hair" Clutch Purse to the Oscars After-Party”, Allure, March 2022. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.allure.com/story/julia-fox-human-hair-purse-oscars-2022-after-party 
  19.  Detail from unknown author, ‘Magnesium Oxide’, Chemistry World, accessed 20/4/22: https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/magnesium-oxide/7645.articl

Denise Thwaites

Denise Thwaites is a curator, writer and theorist specializing in contemporary digital arts. Her transdisciplinary research experiments with value frameworks, especially as they are re-imagined through creative engagements with emergent technologies. Denise is Assistant Professor in Digital Arts and Humanities and member of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research at the University of Canberra. Her work has been published in Cordite Poetry Review, Meniscus Literary Journal, Artlink, Culture, Theory and Critique, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Derrida Today, by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. She has also led and co-led curatorial projects for MoneyLab (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam), Critical Animals (Newcastle), New Beginnings Refugee Culture and Arts Festival (Sydney), Firstdraft (Sydney) and Next Wave Festival (Melbourne). 

About the work

A ‘pataphysical diagram mapping the neural, technological, and eco-logical circuits opened by affective encounters with two dissimilar creative artifacts.

Issue 45: ASEMIC

Runway Journal

Image Sources

  1. Unknown author, ‘Magnesium Oxide’, Chemistry World, accessed 20/4/22: https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/magnesium-oxide/7645.article 
  2. Simryn Gill, ‘Eyes and Storms’, 2013, Ilfachrome print mounted on aluminium. Copyright the artist. Featured in “Reverse engineering: The mining photographs of Simryn Gill”, Artlink. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.artlink.com.au/articles/4082/reverse-engineering-the-mining-photographs-of-simr/  
  3. Netflix, ‘Holts Gems’, as featured in ‘How to Get Your Ow Troublesome, $1.1m Uncut Gem, The Black Opal’ in Esquire 15/1/2020. Accessed: https://www.esquire.com/uk/style/a30514821/what-is-black-opal-uncut-gems-expensive/ 
  4. Unknown author, ‘Ultrapure neodymium under argon, 5 grams. Original size in cm: 1’, Wikipedia , accessed 20/4/22: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neodymium#/media/File:Neodymium2.jpg 
  5. Simryn Gill, Here art grows on trees, installation view at the Australian Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 1 June - 24 Novemeber 2013. As featured in ‘The Wonder of Words at Venice Biennale’ in Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 20/4/22 : https://www.google.com/search?q=simryn+gill+venice+biennale&rlz=1C5CHFA_enAU984AU985&sxsrf=APq-WBuwd2ZO-NudNUaaacKyzeg8_zKiUQ:1650402324666&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzg7Hig6H3AhXSSmwGHZLqAmYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1403&bih=676&dpr=2#imgrc=FscEm4a1kYoEYM 
  6. Getty Images, banner image used for ‘Your Old Phone is Full of Untapped Precious Metals’ in BBC Future accessed 20/4/22: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20161017-your-old-phone-is-full-of-precious-metals 
  7. World Wildlife Fund, as featured in ‘Amazon | Places | WWF’, accessed 20/4/22: https://www.worldwildlife.org/places/amazon 
  8. Society for Neuroscience, image featured in ‘Revealing a Sexually Differentiated Neural Circuit for Sensing Social Stimuli’ in Neuronline. Accessed 20/4/22: https://neuronline.sfn.org/scientific-research/revealing-a-sexually-differentiated-neural-circuit-for-sensing-social-stimuli 
  9. Detail from Simryn Gill, Here art grows on trees, installation view at the Australian Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 1 June - 24 November 2013. As featured in ‘The Wonder of Words at Venice Biennale’ in Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 20/4/22 : https://www.google.com/search?q=simryn+gill+venice+biennale&rlz=1C5CHFA_enAU984AU985&sxsrf=APq-WBuwd2ZO-NudNUaaacKyzeg8_zKiUQ:1650402324666&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjzg7Hig6H3AhXSSmwGHZLqAmYQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1403&bih=676&dpr=2#imgrc=FscEm4a1kYoEYM 
  10. Netflix, ‘Intro Netflix Opening GIF’, Tenor.  Accessed 20/4/22: https://tenor.com/view/netflix-intro-netflix-netflix-opening-gif-21209311 
  11. A24 Films, detail of image featured in “How to Recreate That Iced-Out Furby From 'Uncut Gems'’, Vice 16/1/2020. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.vice.com/en/article/pkepkz/how-to-make-uncut-gems-furby-bling 
  12. Liam Young, ‘Unknown Fields’, image as featured in ‘The dystopian lake filled by the world’s tech lust’ in BBC Future accessed 20/4/22: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20150402-the-worst-place-on-earth 
  13. Simryn Gill, Half Moon Shine, installation view at the Australian Pavilion, 55th Venice Biennale, 1 June - 24 November 2013. As featured in ‘The Wonder of Words at Venice Biennale’ in Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/the-wonder-of-words-at-venice-biennale-20130530-2neou.html 
  14. Getty Images, ‘Open Mineral in Rock’, as featured in ‘The Jewellers of the Diamond District on What's Real and What's Fiction in Uncut Gems’, Time. Accessed 20/4/22: https://time.com/5758173/uncut-gems-diamond-district-explained/ 
  15. Universal Pictures, image from Billy Madison featured in ‘”Billy Maddison” Turns 25 Today’, Screencrush, Feb 2020. Accessed 20/4/22: https://screencrush.com/billy-madison-25-years-old/ 
  16. James St. John, ‘Gold Nugget from Australia’. Wikipedia, accessed 20/4/22: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#/media/File:Gold_nugget_(Australia)_4_(16848647509).jpg 
  17. Australia Council for the Arts, ‘The Australian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale’, as featured in ‘Outraged by New Selection Process, Patrons Pull Support From the Venice Biennale’s Australia Pavilion’, Artnet,  November 2017, accessed 20/4/22: https://news.artnet.com/art-world/patrons-pull-support-from-the-australian-pavilion-in-the-2019-venice-biennale-1161377 
  18. Getty Images, image of Julia Fox as featured in  “Julia Fox Brought a "Human Hair" Clutch Purse to the Oscars After-Party”, Allure, March 2022. Accessed 20/4/22: https://www.allure.com/story/julia-fox-human-hair-purse-oscars-2022-after-party 
  19.  Detail from unknown author, ‘Magnesium Oxide’, Chemistry World, accessed 20/4/22: https://www.chemistryworld.com/podcasts/magnesium-oxide/7645.articl

Denise Thwaites

Denise Thwaites is a curator, writer and theorist specializing in contemporary digital arts. Her transdisciplinary research experiments with value frameworks, especially as they are re-imagined through creative engagements with emergent technologies. Denise is Assistant Professor in Digital Arts and Humanities and member of the Centre for Creative and Cultural Research at the University of Canberra. Her work has been published in Cordite Poetry Review, Meniscus Literary Journal, Artlink, Culture, Theory and Critique, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Derrida Today, by Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation and the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. She has also led and co-led curatorial projects for MoneyLab (Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam), Critical Animals (Newcastle), New Beginnings Refugee Culture and Arts Festival (Sydney), Firstdraft (Sydney) and Next Wave Festival (Melbourne). 

About the work

A ‘pataphysical diagram mapping the neural, technological, and eco-logical circuits opened by affective encounters with two dissimilar creative artifacts.