Runway Journal cultivates and preserves experimental practice on our digital platform. We commission and publish critical and artistic works that respond to thematic callouts and engage with current threads of Australian and international contemporary art. For 20 years, the journal has been a resource for the exchange of knowledge and ideas. Through knowledge-sharing and collaboration, Runway carves out an independent space for its contributors, which, reflective of the experimental realm in which it exists, cannot be defined by medium and is constantly evolving.
Contact
Inquiries:
runway@runway.org.au
Mailing address:
Runway Journal
PO Box 447
Strawberry Hills
NSW 2012
Australia
2022 Board:
Management
Editorial Team
Digital Team
Engagement
Chair | Johanna Bear
Deputy Chair | Mariam Arcilla
Treasurer | Sarah Hibbs
Secretary | June Miskell
Editor | June Miskell
Editor | Siân Scott-Clash
Editor | Rebecca Hall
Editor | Yuna Lee
Digital Producer | Janey Li
Digital Producer | Ellen Formby
Digital Producer | Julie Ha
Digital Producer | Yuanyu Li
Development and Engagement Coordinator | Sarah Hibbs
Digital Communications Coordinator | Mariam Arcilla
Johanna Bear | Chair
Johanna Bear is a curator and writer working on Gadigal Country, Sydney, Australia. Informed by studies in international relations, law, and art history, she is interested in artistic and curatorial responses to contemporary society that foster more ethical arts ecologies and social structures. She currently works as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW, and sits on the Board of Runway Journal as Chair. She has previous experience working and volunteering at arts institutions in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, including Artspace, the Arts Law Centre of Australia, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, and Artspace Aotearoa. Her writing has been published by ArtAsiaPacific, un Projects, Runway Journal, VAULT and Contemporary HUM.
Mariam Arcilla | Deputy Chair & Digital Communications Coordinator
Based on Gadigal land, Mariam Arcilla (@marzigold) is a Filipino-Singaporean arts worker who is energised by cross-field collaborations, creative technologies, and communications futurology. Her independent practice metabolises through writing, engagement strategies, arts programming, digital marketing, and gallery management. Since 2006, Mariam has partnered with artists and institutions to turn radiant ideas into programs, resources, and dialogical platforms. She has held senior roles at commercial galleries, tech firms, ARIs, and government units in Meanjin, Gadigal, Naarm and Yugambeh/Kombumerri lands. An avid collaborator, Mariam has dreamed up projects and campaigns with 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Institute of Modern Art, Arts Queensland, City of Gold Coast, Museum of Brisbane, Powerhouse Museum, THE WALLS, and the State Library of Queensland. Her writing is published in VAULT, Running Dog, Art Collector, Runway Journal, and Art Guide; her copyediting work appears on arts websites, catalogues, and books across Australia. Mariam is currently developing Magenta Public Home, featuring talks, food sessions, and a non-lending library to launch early 2023.
Sarah Hibbs | Treasurer & Development and Engagement Coordinator
Sarah Hibbs is a curator and creative producer living and working on Gadigal land (Sydney). With over a decade of experience across the private, independent, and not-for-profit art sectors, she has an in-depth knowledge of Australian and international contemporary art. She is the Sydney WorldPride 2023 Program Producer at the National Art School, and sits on the board of Runway Journal as Treasurer and Development & Engagement Coordinator. She has held managerial positions as Director, Yavuz Gallery, Sydney / Singapore, and Chief of Operations at LoveArt Art Advisory, Sydney / New York. She has also previously worked as a Project Manager at Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia (CAOA) and has held positions at Artspace, Sydney; Swiss Institute, New York; and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne. She holds a Master of Art Curatorship from the University of Melbourne.
June Miskell | Secretary & Editor
June Miskell is a Filipinx writer and editor based on unceded Gadigal and Wangal land. She has written for a wide range of major institutions, galleries and online arts platforms across Australia; holds editorial roles with Runway Journal and MeMO Review (Sydney); and works as a research assistant and casual academic, teaching in Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of New South Wales, Art & Design. She holds a Bachelor of Art Theory (First Class Honours) from UNSW Art and Design in 2019 with a thesis titled “Embodied Knowledge and Collective Survival: Dance and Community in the work of Bhenji Ra” under the supervision of Dr Verónica Tello.
Siân Scott-Clash | Editor
Siân Scott-Clash is a publisher and editor with a background in both art and trade publishing roles. Siân is currently Senior Publisher and Head of Curatorial Content at Mona, where she oversees the publication of exhibition books, custom publications and Mona imprint titles, as well as facilitating a program of arts writing and artist interviews for ‘The O’, Mona’s digital curatorial device, and other associated curatorial content. Siân is currently an editor on the board of Runway Journal. Previous to Mona, Siân managed Black Inc.’s art imprint Schwartz City, editing and publishing books for contemporary artists Marco Fusinato and Daniel von Sturmer, as well as select poetry and nonfiction titles on the Black Inc. list.
Rebecca Hall | Editor
Rebecca Hall lives and works on unceded Wurundjeri land. She is a writer, editor, and artist with a background in political philosophy and her works are primarily text-based. Her practice includes poetry, essays, bibliographies, and code-based generative texts. She is interested in collectivity, (re)organising, refusal, and referential practice. Her art and writing has appeared in a variety of small and independent galleries and publications, and she sits on the editorial board of Runway Journal.
Yuna Lee | Editor
Yuna Lee is an arts worker and writer living and working on unceded Gadigal land. She is interested in engaging with others the tools to imagine a different kind of world, building relationships and collective power, and sharing resources for informed, joyful resistance. She currently works at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art as a Gallery Assistant and joined the Board of Runway Journal in 2022 as an Editor. Her writing has been published online and in print (forthcoming) in ArtAsiaPacific.
Janey Li | Digital Producer
Janey Li is a designer and creative coder on Bidjigal land. She is interested in kinder and stranger futures, and how to feed into the collaborative practices that shape them. Currently plugged into creative ecosystems as a designer at Semi Permanent, and serving as a board member at Runway Journal. Other projects have included contributing to and collaborating on Love Me Long Time, Hag Mag, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, and the D&AD New Blood Awards.
Ellen Formby | Digital Producer
Ellen Formby is a Digital Producer living on Gadigal land. She is currently the Marketing Coordinator for Red Line Productions at The Old Fitz Theatre and sits on the board of Runway Journal. She was Producer and Presenter of CARVE Arts & Culture on 2SER Radio (107.3FM) and Artistic Director of Electrofringe, a not-for-profit presenting platform for experimental electronic, technology and performance-based art in Australia. She has shown nationally and internationally in solo, group and curatorial projects including Wellington Street Projects (Sydney), Nous Tous Gallery (Los Angeles), Sister Gallery (Adelaide), Midsumma Festival (Melbourne) and Localhost Gallery (Minecraft).
Julie Ha | Digital Producer
Julie is a digital producer and writer interested in non fixed experiences based in Naarm. She has worked with Seventh Gallery, Voiceworks and Melbourne Film Festival. Her practice explores a reimagination of identity, kinship and community. She has produced various digital projects including Steelo Style, Contemporary of Center Photography and Foundation Young Australians, working across digital publication, community applications and galleries.
Yuanyu Li | Digital Producer
Yuanyu is an emerging curator and producer working on Gadigal Country (Sydney). She has a background in contemporary art curating and social science studies. She currently works as a Curatorial Assistant at Artspace and has worked at various art institutions in Australia and China, including the Art Gallery of NSW, Power Station of Art Shanghai, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, and Vermilion Art. In addition, she has curated exhibitions and produced programs at various creative spaces. Throughout her curatorial practices, Yuanyu has strived to promote art's infinite possibilities and vitality and the creation of unique experiences.
Thanks to:
Founding Editors
Matina Bourmas, Jaki Middleton, David Lawrey, Rachel Scott and Emma White.
Managing Editors
Jaki Middleton & Holly Williams (issue 8), Jaki Middleton (issues 10-18), Amber McCulloch (issues 19-22), Connie Anthes & Chloé Wolifson (issue 23), Jasmine Powell (issue 24), Andrew Newman (issue 26), Julia Rochford & Eleanor Zeichner (issue 28), Macushla Robinson (issue 29), Miriam Kelly (issue 31), Laura McLean (issue 32), Siân McIntyre (issue 33), Sarinah Masukor, Luke Letourneau & Talia Smith (issue 34), David Greenhalgh (issue 35), Sarinah Masukor (issue 36), Kathleen Linn (issue 38), Kathleen Linn (issue 39), Kathleen Linn and Katie Milton (issue 40), Katie Milton (issue 41)
Assistant Editors
David Lawrey (issue 11-15, 18), Anneke Jaspers (issue 17), Jai McKenzie (issue 19-21), Macushla Robinson (issue 25), Sach Catts (issue 27), Connie Anthes and Eleanor Zeichner (issue 30), Kathleen Linn & Tessa Rex (issue 36), Kathleen Linn and Georgia Stanton (issue 37), Sarinah Masukor (issue 38), Katie Milton (issue 39)
Past Board Members
Louise Kate Anderson | Connie Anthes | Kylie Banyard | Ella Barclay | Ally Bisshop | Matina Bourmas | Kate Britton | Peta Bryant | Sophia Cai | Sach Catts | Rachel de Graaf | Grace Davenport | David Greenhalgh | Nina Gibbes | Amrit Gill | Sophie Harrington | Christopher Hodge | Julia Holderness | Anneke Jaspers | Kate Jinx | Miriam Kelly | Grace Kingston | Alana Kushnir | David Lawrey | Luke Letourneau | Tai Liam | Kathleen Linn | Libby Lloyd | Grant MacKinnon | Sarinah Masukor | Melissa McGrath | Siân McIntyre | Laura McLean | Amber McCulloch | Jai McKenzie | Jaki Middleton | Tai Mitsuji | Sarah Mosca | Andrew Newman | Jasmine Powell | Sean Rafferty | Tessa Rex | Macushla Robinson | Julia Rochford | Nerida Ross | Georgia Stanton | Rachel Scott | Diana Smith | Talia Smith | Emma White | Holly Williams | Chloé Wolifson | Eleanor Zeichner | Nina Gibbes | Sophia Cai | Nanette Orly | Audrey Pfister | Katie Milton | April Phillips | Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley | Georgia Hobbs | Sophie Pentkethman-Young | Isabella Sanasi | Emma O'Neill | Sebastian Henry-Jones | Rebekah Raymond | Alisa Blakeney
Guest Editors
Anneke Jaspers (issue 11), Daniel Mudie Cunningham (issue 13), Jai McKenzie (issue 22), Andrew Hurle (issue 25), Glenn Barkley (issue 27), VNS Matrix (issue 32), Tania Cañias & Rebekah Raymond (issue 33), Keg de Souza (issue 35), Lizzie Thomson (issue 36), Alifa Bandali and Sarinah Masukor (co-editors issue 37), Natasha Matila Smith (issue 38) Athena Thebus (issue 39), Susie Anderson (issue 40), Manisha Anjali (issue 41), Nathan Beard (issue 43), Joel Spring (issue 44) and Nancy Mauro-Flude (issue 45)
Runway Journal cultivates and preserves experimental practice on our digital platform. We commission and publish critical and artistic works that respond to thematic callouts and engage with current threads of Australian and international contemporary art. For 20 years, the journal has been a resource for the exchange of knowledge and ideas. Through knowledge-sharing and collaboration, Runway carves out an independent space for its contributors, which, reflective of the experimental realm in which it exists, cannot be defined by medium and is constantly evolving.
Contact
Inquiries:
runway@runway.org.au
Mailing address:
Runway Journal
PO Box 447
Strawberry Hills
NSW 2012
Australia
Johanna Bear | Chair
Johanna Bear is a curator and writer working on Gadigal Country, Sydney, Australia. Informed by studies in international relations, law, and art history, she is interested in artistic and curatorial responses to contemporary society that foster more ethical arts ecologies and social structures. She currently works as Assistant Curator of Contemporary Australian Art at the Art Gallery of NSW, and sits on the Board of Runway Journal as Chair. She has previous experience working and volunteering at arts institutions in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, including Artspace, the Arts Law Centre of Australia, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, and Artspace Aotearoa. Her writing has been published by ArtAsiaPacific, un Projects, Runway Journal, VAULT and Contemporary HUM.
Mariam Arcilla | Deputy Chair & Digital Communications Coordinator
Mariam Arcilla is a Filipino-Singaporean artsworker based on Gadigal land. Her creative practice metabolises through writing, editing, producing, arts marketing, and gallery management. Since 2006, Mariam has held senior roles at museums, commercial galleries, tech firms, ARIs, and governments in Brisbane, Sydney, and the Gold Coast. She presently works at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, where she manages communications, marketing, and engagement strategies and programs. Mariam has also produced campaigns and projects in collaboration with Institute of Modern Art, Arts Queensland, City of Gold Coast, Museum of Brisbane, Powerhouse Museum, THE WALLS, State Library of Queensland, and HOTA. Her text is published in VAULT, Running Dog, Art Collector, Art Guide, as well as in arts & culture websites and books.
Sarah Hibbs | Treasurer & Development & Engagement Coordinator
Sarah Hibbs is a curator and creative producer living and working on Gadigal land (Sydney). With over a decade of experience across the private, independent, and not-for-profit art sectors, she has an in-depth knowledge of Australian and international contemporary art. She is the Sydney WorldPride 2023 Program Producer at the National Art School, and sits on the board of Runway Journal as Treasurer and Development & Engagement Coordinator. She has held managerial positions as Director, Yavuz Gallery, Sydney / Singapore, and Chief of Operations at LoveArt Art Advisory, Sydney / New York. She has also previously worked as a Project Manager at Contemporary Arts Organisations Australia (CAOA) and has held positions at Artspace, Sydney; Swiss Institute, New York; and Gertrude Contemporary, Melbourne. She holds a Master of Art Curatorship from the University of Melbourne.
June Miskell | Secretary & Editor
June Miskell is a Filipinx writer and editor based on unceded Gadigal and Wangal land. She has written for a wide range of major institutions, galleries and online arts platforms across Australia; holds editorial roles with Runway Journal and MeMO Review (Sydney); and works as a research assistant and casual academic, teaching in Contemporary Art History and Theory at the University of New South Wales, Art & Design. She holds a Bachelor of Art Theory (First Class Honours) from UNSW Art and Design in 2019 with a thesis titled “Embodied Knowledge and Collective Survival: Dance and Community in the work of Bhenji Ra” under the supervision of Dr Verónica Tello.
Siân Scott-Clash | Editor
Siân Scott-Clash is a publisher and editor with a background in both art and trade publishing roles. Siân is currently Senior Publisher and Head of Curatorial Content at Mona, where she oversees the publication of exhibition books, custom publications and Mona imprint titles, as well as facilitating a program of arts writing and artist interviews for ‘The O’, Mona’s digital curatorial device, and other associated curatorial content. Siân is currently an editor on the board of Runway Journal. Previous to Mona, Siân managed Black Inc.’s art imprint Schwartz City, editing and publishing books for contemporary artists Marco Fusinato and Daniel von Sturmer, as well as select poetry and nonfiction titles on the Black Inc. list.
Rebecca Hall | Editor
Rebecca Hall lives and works on unceded Wurundjeri land. She is a writer, editor, and artist with a background in political philosophy and her works are primarily text-based. Her practice includes poetry, essays, bibliographies, and code-based generative texts. She is interested in collectivity, (re)organising, refusal, and referential practice. Her art and writing has appeared in a variety of small and independent galleries and publications, and she sits on the editorial board of Runway Journal.
Yuna Lee | Editor
Yuna Lee is an arts worker and writer living and working on unceded Gadigal land. She is interested in engaging with others the tools to imagine a different kind of world, building relationships and collective power, and sharing resources for informed, joyful resistance. She currently works at 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art as a Gallery Assistant and joined the Board of Runway Journal in 2022 as an Editor. Her writing has been published online and in print (forthcoming) in ArtAsiaPacific.
Janey Li | Digital Producer
Janey Li is a designer and creative coder on Bidjigal land. She is interested in kinder and stranger futures, and how to feed into the collaborative practices that shape them. Currently plugged into creative ecosystems as a designer at Semi Permanent, and serving as a board member at Runway Journal. Other projects have included contributing to and collaborating on Love Me Long Time, Hag Mag, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, and the D&AD New Blood Awards.
Ellen Formby | Digital Producer
Ellen Formby is a Digital Producer living on Gadigal land. She is currently the Marketing Coordinator for Red Line Productions at The Old Fitz Theatre and sits on the board of Runway Journal. She was Producer and Presenter of CARVE Arts & Culture on 2SER Radio (107.3FM) and Artistic Director of Electrofringe, a not-for-profit presenting platform for experimental electronic, technology and performance-based art in Australia. She has shown nationally and internationally in solo, group and curatorial projects including Wellington Street Projects (Sydney), Nous Tous Gallery (Los Angeles), Sister Gallery (Adelaide), Midsumma Festival (Melbourne) and Localhost Gallery (Minecraft).
Julie Ha | Digital Producer
Julie is a digital producer and writer interested in non fixed experiences based in Naarm. She has worked with Seventh Gallery, Voiceworks and Melbourne Film Festival. Her practice explores a reimagination of identity, kinship and community. She has produced various digital projects including Steelo Style, Contemporary of Center Photography and Foundation Young Australians, working across digital publication, community applications and galleries.
Yuanyu Li | Digital Producer
Yuanyu is an emerging curator and producer working on Gadigal Country (Sydney). She has a background in contemporary art curating and social science studies. She currently works as a Curatorial Assistant at Artspace and has worked at various art institutions in Australia and China, including the Art Gallery of NSW, Power Station of Art Shanghai, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, and Vermilion Art. In addition, she has curated exhibitions and produced programs at various creative spaces. Throughout her curatorial practices, Yuanyu has strived to promote art's infinite possibilities and vitality and the creation of unique experiences.
Founding Editors
Matina Bourmas, Jaki Middleton, David Lawrey, Rachel Scott and Emma White.
Guest Editors
Anneke Jaspers (issue 11), Daniel Mudie Cunningham (issue 13), Jai McKenzie (issue 22), Andrew Hurle (issue 25), Glenn Barkley (issue 27), VNS Matrix (issue 32), Tania Cañias & Rebekah Raymond (issue 33), Keg de Souza (issue 35), Lizzie Thomson (issue 36), Alifa Bandali and Sarinah Masukor (co-editors issue 37), Natasha Matila Smith (issue 38) Athena Thebus (issue 39), Susie Anderson (issue 40), Manisha Anjali (issue 41), Nathan Beard (issue 43), Joel Spring (issue 44) and Nancy Mauro-Flude (issue 45)
Managing Editors
Jaki Middleton & Holly Williams (issue 8), Jaki Middleton (issues 10-18), Amber McCulloch (issues 19-22), Connie Anthes & Chloé Wolifson (issue 23), Jasmine Powell (issue 24), Andrew Newman (issue 26), Julia Rochford & Eleanor Zeichner (issue 28), Macushla Robinson (issue 29), Miriam Kelly (issue 31), Laura McLean (issue 32), Siân McIntyre (issue 33), Sarinah Masukor, Luke Letourneau & Talia Smith (issue 34), David Greenhalgh (issue 35), Sarinah Masukor (issue 36), Kathleen Linn (issue 38), Kathleen Linn (issue 39), Kathleen Linn and Katie Milton (issue 40), Katie Milton (issue 41)
Assistant Editors
David Lawrey (issue 11-15, 18), Anneke Jaspers (issue 17), Jai McKenzie (issue 19-21), Macushla Robinson (issue 25), Sach Catts (issue 27), Connie Anthes and Eleanor Zeichner (issue 30), Kathleen Linn & Tessa Rex (issue 36), Kathleen Linn and Georgia Stanton (issue 37), Sarinah Masukor (issue 38), Katie Milton (issue 39)
Past Board Members
Louise Kate Anderson | Connie Anthes | Kylie Banyard | Ella Barclay | Ally Bisshop | Matina Bourmas | Kate Britton | Peta Bryant | Sophia Cai | Sach Catts | Rachel de Graaf | Grace Davenport | David Greenhalgh | Nina Gibbes | Amrit Gill | Sophie Harrington | Christopher Hodge | Julia Holderness | Anneke Jaspers | Kate Jinx | Miriam Kelly | Grace Kingston | Alana Kushnir | David Lawrey | Luke Letourneau | Tai Liam | Kathleen Linn | Libby Lloyd | Grant MacKinnon | Sarinah Masukor | Melissa McGrath | Siân McIntyre | Laura McLean | Amber McCulloch | Jai McKenzie | Jaki Middleton | Tai Mitsuji | Sarah Mosca | Andrew Newman | Jasmine Powell | Sean Rafferty | Tessa Rex | Macushla Robinson | Julia Rochford | Nerida Ross | Georgia Stanton | Rachel Scott | Diana Smith | Talia Smith | Emma White | Holly Williams | Chloé Wolifson | Eleanor Zeichner | Nina Gibbes | Sophia Cai | Nanette Orly | Audrey Pfister | Katie Milton | April Phillips | Aarna Fitzgerald Hanley | Georgia Hobbs | Sophie Pentkethman-Young | Isabella Sanasi | Emma O'Neill | Sebastian Henry-Jones | Rebekah Raymond | Alisa Blakeney
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Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches.
We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
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