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The Mantic Stain of Experience: Surrealist Automatism and the Irreproducible
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

Dr. Kelsey Ashe
Nov 17, 202516 min read


Sunday Times Magazine Kelsey Ashe; on seeking light in the dark
By Rhianna Mitchell | STM Sun, 24 August 2025 2:00AM Read it at The West Australian Here: https://thewest.com.au/lifestyle/stm/from-the-d...

Dr. Kelsey Ashe
Aug 25, 20257 min read


HERENOW23: In-Between-ness FRINGEWORLD PERTH @ ECU Galleries
Exhibition duration from 1st February to 30th March at ECU Galleries; Spectrum Project Space Curated by Dr. Harrison See with support...

Dr. Kelsey Ashe
Feb 8, 20234 min read


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

Dr. Kelsey Ashe
Nov 2, 20223 min read


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

Dr. Kelsey Ashe
Feb 14, 20221 min read


Textile Visionaries - Innovation and Sustainability in Textiles Design By UK Author Bradley Quinn
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

Dr. Kelsey Ashe
Jan 6, 20204 min read


Dark Swan: Contemporary Tales of the Gothic Antipodes: From the Curator; Kelsey Ashe.
'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

Dr. Kelsey Ashe
Jan 6, 20208 min read
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