Issue 48: Groundswell launch
20 Oct 2024
Issue launch
We’re thrilled to announce the VIC launch of our forthcoming Issue 48: Groundswell, guest-edited by Maya Hodge, on Sunday 20 October from 3-6:30pm.
Please join us at Black Spark Cultural Centre for a Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony, followed by an introduction to the new issue by Guest Editor Maya Hodge and Runway Journal.
Maya will be in-conversation with Issue 48 contributors Bebe Oliver, Lamisse Hamouda and Alice Skye. There will be readings by Issue 48 contributor Lucy Norton, and hot drinks and catering provided by Talwali Coffee Roasters and Aheda’s Kitchen. This event is free and open to the public. RSVP here.
This venue is wheelchair accessible, however there are no accessible bathrooms. Please contact us in advance via email if you require Auslan interpretation. For further access information, please reach out to Black Spark.
This event takes place on unceded Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Country; we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging.
Runway Journal’s Issue 48: Groundswell launch event is supported by Black Spark Cultural Centre.
This event has now concluded.
Black Spark Cultural Centre
126A Gladstone Ave, Northcote VIC
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Issue 48 features nine new commissions that expand on pathways and tools for collective reckoning through forms of everyday and organised actions of resistance, building towards futures of regeneration, justice, and First Nations sovereignty.
Featuring contributions by:
🪧 Lamisse Hamouda + Han Reardon-Smith
🪧 Lulu Houdini
🪧 Hope Kuchel
🪧 Lucy Norton
🪧 Bebe Oliver
🪧 Abdaljawad Omar + Bassem Saad
🪧 Daley Rangi
🪧 Alice Skye
🪧 Tian Zhang
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3pm
Soft start / Catering provided by Aheda's Kitchen
4pm
Welcome to Country and Smoking Ceremony
Stacie Piper
followed by Issue 48 introduction
4.30pm
Maya Hodge in-conversation with Issue 48 contributors Alice Skye, Bebe Oliver, Lamisse Hamouda
5.30pm
Reading by Issue 48 contributor Lucy Norton
5.45pm
Music from Jenna Rain
6:30pm
Event concludes
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Maya Hodge is a proud Lardil woman from Mildura now based on Wurundjeri Country. Her practice spans writing, curation, and creative projects, focusing on uplifting First Peoples storytelling and autonomy. Passionate about empowering young Blackfulla voices, Maya is a freelance writer and curator contributing to various art projects and publications, such as Ernabella Arts: Ceramic Warka Wiru 20 Years-Kutu (20 Years of Creating Ceramics), Meanjin, Black Wattle and Kill Your Darlings. She co-curated the state-wide exhibition Collective Movements and is a founding member of Ensemble Dutala, Australia's first Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander chamber ensemble. Maya has previously worked as an Assistant Curator at the Koorie Heritage Trust and Blak Dot Gallery. She is MARION's inaugural 2023-24 Fellow.
Alice Skye is