Runway: Issue 48
Proposals have now closed
Issue 48: Groundswell
Guest Edited by Maya Hodge
Applications close Sunday 16 June, 11.59pm AEST
Apply now via text doc (download from here)
If you have questions or require support to develop your proposal, please email runway@runway.org.au.
Key Dates
21 May 2024: Proposals open
16 June 2024: Proposals close 11.59pm AEST
w/c 24 June 2024: Applicants notified
July - September 2024: Development period
October 2024: Issue 48: Groundswell launch
About the theme
The theme of Groundswell invites contributors to explore the significance of everyday or organised resistance in our contemporary world, on the pathway to a collective reckoning. It is imperative that we continue to persist, show up, and be loud.
About the Guest Editor
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.
About Runway Journal
Runway Journal is a free, open-access digital publication that cultivates critical, bold and experimental practice. We commission artistic and written works that respond to current ideas in Australian and international contemporary art. Runway is powered by a dedicated team of voluntary artists and arts workers based across Australia.
FAQs
What fees & timeframe do you receive to develop works for the issue?
Contributors will be supported to produce new works over a 12-week period by Runway Journal’s editorial and digital team members. Please consider this timeframe in relation to the scope of your proposed work. Each contributor will be paid $600 AUD plus superannuation for their commissioned work.
We encourage you to peruse past issues for ideas. As Runway Journal aims to support a variety of practitioners and new voices, applicants who have not been commissioned by Runway Journal in the past year will be favoured.
What is the selection criteria?
When evaluating each proposal, the selection committee will consider the following:
– To what extent does the proposal respond to the theme?
– Is the proposed work critical; timely, responsive, research-based or relevant?
– Does the proposed work experiment with form? Is it brave, does it challenge the dominant narrative?
– How does this proposal serve to develop skills and help to innovate the applicant’s practice?
What support does Runway Journal offer?
Runway Journal’s board members endeavour to offer support and share knowledge so that the work delivered develops a line of enquiry in your personal practice while remaining connected to the overarching theme of Groundswell.
We offer editorial support across fiction, critical essays and poetry. We can provide feedback across digital artworks and will work with you to create new ways to present work on our online platform. We do not see this relationship as a hierarchical one, and acknowledge that we will also learn from you in the process of developing your work.
What applicants are we looking for?
We are looking for bold and innovative submissions, such as visual art, poetry, [visual] essays, music, or soundscapes, that speak to the theme of Groundswell. We are particularly interested in submissions from First Nations peoples, marginalised communities, and grassroots collectives.