Conversations
Runway Journal has partnered with All Conference to present a series of Conversations from its network of artist-led, experimental and cross-disciplinary arts organisations around Australia. Throughout the year, 16 organisations will each present a new piece on Runway’s Conversations platform.
The fourth Runway Journal x All Conference Conversation comes from Cool Change Contemporary, situated on the unceded lands of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation.
Cool Change Contemporary asked writer Stas Julien-Martial to respond to the Perth Festival exhibition the hands should have no peace (Cool Change Contemporary, 19 Feb – 18 Apr 2021).
Pony, Not Inherent In Intersecting Is To Cut, To Join Is Also, 2021, video. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
Jade O'Sullivan, Whimsical Amputee Honey, 2021, Acrylic on canvas. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
a year ago, I bought a t-shirt that says
‘marginalised bodies moving is power’
I think about this every time I move in a rave
I end with Leila Doneo Baptist picking dragon fruit with long fingers,
pulling lychees out of their cases
this, too, I know
my sisters and I at the base of the lychee tree in my grandparents’ yard
a basket at our feet, long fingers grabbing,
reaching for all that is out of reach
the body must move and throw itself about, the eyes must roll, the hands should have no peace, and the throat should release all the yearning, despair and outrage that accompany the stupidity of loss. [1]
Leila Doneo Baptist, Five Exotic Fruits You Haven't Tried - This Is Not A Self Portrait, 2019, three channel video. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
Chiluba Young, Lovers Dance, 2020, photographs on paper and video. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
in the video capture of Pony’s work
I see the throat releasing all the yearning
but the throat is that of the string
and the yearning is that of broken glass and porcelain
if anything, I know how grief sits
its gait ever changing
if anything, I know how grief decides to move with you
swaying at the kitchen island together like a well-crafted dance
it makes sense to build galleries out of it
a gallery mostly silent except for
Doneo Baptist’s iPhone ringing out radar at unknown intervals
and the smashing of what looks like precious things by Alexander Turner, Kelsey Diamond, Sage Pbbbt and Aisyah Aaqil Sumito
[1] Toni Morrison, Sula (1973) 107.
[2] Andrew J Williams, the hands should have no peace (2021).
[3] Toni Morrison, Sula (1973) 107.
Cool Change Contemporary is a multi-gallery artist-run-initiative located within the historic Bon Marche Arcade building on Barrack Street in the Perth CBD. We host a monthly program of exhibitions supported by regular performances, screenings, workshops and events, and are home to a shop selling artist-made goods and publications.
Cool Change is the arrival of a cold front in the afternoon or evening after a day of high summertime temperatures. It is the sense of interconnectedness with your surroundings, and a feeling that things are about to pick up. Cool Change Contemporary stands for critically engaged work, an accessible, welcoming environment and an agile, responsive outlook.
Stas Julien-Martial is a queer, non-binary Mauritian-Australian living in Boorloo on Whadjuk Noongar booja. They are currently studying Professional Writing and Publishing at Curtin University, have a keen interest in poetry, and film photography. They’re doing their best, how are you?
Conversations
Runway Journal has partnered with All Conference to present a series of Conversations from its network of artist-led, experimental and cross-disciplinary arts organisations around Australia. Throughout the year, 16 organisations will each present a new piece on Runway’s Conversations platform.
The fourth Runway Journal x All Conference Conversation comes from Cool Change Contemporary, situated on the unceded lands of the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation.
Cool Change Contemporary asked writer Stas Julien-Martial to respond to the Perth Festival exhibition the hands should have no peace (Cool Change Contemporary, 19 Feb – 18 Apr 2021).
Pony, Not Inherent In Intersecting Is To Cut, To Join Is Also, 2021, video. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
a year ago, I bought a t-shirt that says
‘marginalised bodies moving is power’
I think about this every time I move in a rave
I end with Leila Doneo Baptist picking dragon fruit with long fingers,
pulling lychees out of their cases
this, too, I know
my sisters and I at the base of the lychee tree in my grandparents’ yard
a basket at our feet, long fingers grabbing,
reaching for all that is out of reach
the body must move and throw itself about, the eyes must roll, the hands should have no peace, and the throat should release all the yearning, despair and outrage that accompany the stupidity of loss. [1]
Leila Doneo Baptist, Five Exotic Fruits You Haven't Tried - This Is Not A Self Portrait, 2019, three channel video. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
in the video capture of Pony’s work
I see the throat releasing all the yearning
but the throat is that of the string
and the yearning is that of broken glass and porcelain
Chiluba Young, Lovers Dance, 2020, photographs on paper and video. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
if anything, I know how grief sits
its gait ever changing
if anything, I know how grief decides to move with you
swaying at the kitchen island together like a well-crafted dance
it makes sense to build galleries out of it
Jade O'Sullivan, Whimsical Amputee Honey, 2021, Acrylic on canvas. Photo courtesy of Cool Change Contemporary and Mayma Awaida.
a gallery mostly silent except for
Doneo Baptist’s iPhone ringing out radar at unknown intervals
and the smashing of what looks like precious things by Alexander Turner, Kelsey Diamond, Sage Pbbbt and Aisyah Aaqil Sumito
[1] Toni Morrison, Sula (1973) 107.
[2] Andrew J Williams, the hands should have no peace (2021).
[3] Toni Morrison, Sula (1973) 107.
Cool Change Contemporary is a multi-gallery artist-run-initiative located within the historic Bon Marche Arcade building on Barrack Street in the Perth CBD. We host a monthly program of exhibitions supported by regular performances, screenings, workshops and events, and are home to a shop selling artist-made goods and publications.
Cool Change is the arrival of a cold front in the afternoon or evening after a day of high summertime temperatures. It is the sense of interconnectedness with your surroundings, and a feeling that things are about to pick up. Cool Change Contemporary stands for critically engaged work, an accessible, welcoming environment and an agile, responsive outlook.
Stas Julien-Martial is a queer, non-binary Mauritian-Australian living in Boorloo on Whadjuk Noongar booja. They are currently studying Professional Writing and Publishing at Curtin University, have a keen interest in poetry, and film photography. They’re doing their best, how are you?
Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.
Runway Journal acknowledges the custodians of the nations our digital platform reaches. We extend this acknowledgement to all First Nations artists, writers and audiences.
Runway Journal is assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
Runway Journal receives project support from the NSW Government through Create NSW.