Ashe, K. (2025). The Mantic Stain of Experience: Surrealist Automatism and the Irreproducible.  M/C Journal Forthcoming 2026. Double Blind Peer Reviewed Academic Media/Culture Journal. Introduction: Experience, Ritual, and Irreproducibility in a Post-AI Image Culture The Surrealist movement of the early twentieth century positioned ‘irrational’ experience, such as intuitive or unconscious knowledge at the core of creative innovation. To bypass the constraints of rational tho

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Dark Morning Butoh Theatre   - Beach Workshop Winter 2024 Butoh or 'Ankoku Butoh' 舞踏 means ‘dance of darkness’  emerged in Japan in the aftermath of World War II, in part, a rebellion of Japanese youth culture against the horrors and devastation of war.  Characterised by improvisation, Butoh explores the extreme emotions of life, often exploring fundamental or taboo elements of the psychological state of the human soul.  Its development was also inspired Surrealism and it is

Exhibition duration from 1st February to 30th March at ECU Galleries; Spectrum Project Space Curated by Dr. Harrison See with support...

This article appeared in Issue 03: 'Alchemy' (2022) of The Debutante; Feminist Surrealist Arts Journal , based in Edinburgh, Scotland,...

Sandra Harben, Kelsey Ashe, 2022. 'Wam Wardanup doyntj doyntj koorliny' (Strangers on the Shore going along together). Large Scale Screen...

This article appeared in the 2013 Book ‘Textile Visionaries – Innovation and Sustainability in Textile Design’ – featuring 36 Textile Practitioners worldwide at the forefront of their field. Published by Lawrence King Publishers UK. -The Cover motif and end papers were also designed by Kelsey Ashe. Kelsey Ashe The hand-printed fabrics designed by Kelsey Ashe are sumptuous textiles in all their splendour, adorned with motifs that comment on the relationships between culture, h

'Something is happening in Australian Art today. We are witnessing the resurgence of ideas that took root centuries ago – a return to passion in art; a return to atmosphere and awe. Historians called it Romanticism; a disposition for melancholic yearning, for communion with nature, for the sublime. Australian artists, in countless numbers, are engaging with these themes again today….’. Simon Gregg, 2011, ‘The New Romantics, Darkness and Light in Australian Art’. Moon over Ind

Pearls and Blackbirds – Visualising hidden heritage through contemporary art film WA State Heritage & History Conference 2019 – ‘Handle with Care’ Paper + Notes Dr. Kelsey Ashe Giambazi Image: Pearls and Blackbirds Harbour Projection and Activation, Fremantle Biennale, 2019. I wish to acknowledge the custodians of this land, the Noongyar people of the Whadjuk nation and the Yawuru people of which this paper concerns. I acknowledge and respect their continuing culture. I also

As an Artist, you are always refining, updating or re-thinking through your ideas and this alters your Artists Statement for each project. It evolves slowly but surely into something recognizable...I've written a new one for this site and feeling very excited about what it might morph into next...maybe I'll start making.....sculpture! Who knows...I am but a humble servant of the creative channel...For now this is my statement... Kelsey Ashe is a contemporary artist and auth