Artworks/Exhibitions
The ASMR Touch, 2022-3, looped single channel video and de-synchronised audio track, video 31:36; audio: 21:22.
Full video: https://youtu.be/kabAxWFNrLk
Full audio: https://on.soundcloud.com/FHa2t
The ASMR Touch was exhibited in Writing Backwards at SCA Gallery, Sydney, 9 August - 9 September, 2023. Curated by Emma O’Neil and Alex Gawronski featuring artists and writers from Runway, Hag Mag, Stolon Press, and Pebble Press.
Publications
“Post-pandemic presence.” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 25, issue 2 (2025): 147-171.
With Anastasia Murney, and Aneshka Mora, “What if this classroom was a disco?” Unlikely Journal of Creative Arts, issue 9: Resistance (2024) https://unlikely.net.au/issue-09/what-if-the-classroom-was-a-disco
“The Smoke Monster from Lost has her way with me,” Hag Mag, issue 666: Satan’s Hags (2024): Unpaginated. Text only PDF available here. Abridged version read live at ‘10 Years of Otherworlds Zine Fair’ (June, 2024) available here.
“The ASMR Touch.” Runway, issue 46: Ghost (2023) https://runway.org.au/melinda-reid/
“Guilty Pleasures Revisited.” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 80, issue 2 (Spring 2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/jaac/kpac002
“The reluctant bin chickens of neoliberalised education.” Un Magazine 13, no.2 (November 2019): 8-15. http://unprojects.org.au/magazine/issues/issue-13-2/melinda-reid/.
“Review: The Essayist curated by Jasmin Stephens.” Running Dog. 10 September 2019. http://rundog.art/the-essayist-jasmin-stephens/.
“Lingering (or, Brief interruptions to an ongoing cycle).” Framework 24 (2018): 14-17.
“Lessons from Margaret Montoya’s Table.” School Book 1 (2017): 22-24.
“Highway meltdown.” In Here&Now17: New Photography. Perth: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at UWA, 2017. 79-81.
Hughes, Natalya, and Melinda Reid, eds. Fictions. Sydney: Alaska and University of Technology, Sydney, 2016.
Hughes, Natalya, and Melinda Reid, eds. UTS PSM Honours. Sydney: Alaska and University of Technology, Sydney, 2016.
“Doodling and tarot cards: An interview with Laura Wingrove.” Parallel 8 (October 2016): N. pag.
“Soft ions.” Soft Ions - Finn Marchant. Woolloomooloo: Firstdraft, 2016. Exhib. cat. N. pag.
“Ferns.” Mülk. Issue 1: Birth. May, 2016. N. pag.
‘A vocabulary for long distance.‘ Parallel. Issue 5, Winter 2015.
“Patterns for Waiting.” Patternation. Hazelhurst: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, 2015. Online exhibition catalogue. N. pag.
”Going and looking.” PSM Honours. Ultimo: University of Technology, Sydney, 2015. Exhib. cat.
“A short introduction to feminist performance art.” Parallel. Issue 3, Summer 2015.
“Artist Profile: Técha Noble.” Künsterlerhaus Bethanien. Upcoming.
“Girls girls girls.” Girls girls girls. Woolloomooloo: Firstdraft, 2015. Exhib. cat. N. pag.
“Oblivion, rainforests, and happiness.” Grant Stevens: Dark Mess. Brisbane: Boxcopy, 2015. Exhib. cat. N. pag.
“More than top tens and a lack of pubes.” Parallel. Issue 2, Spring 2015. 74-79.
“Come Close.” Parallel. Issue 2, Spring 2015. 168.
“Immaterial labour.” Nicholas Shearer, Honours. Ultimo: University of Technology, Sydney, 2014. Exhib. cat. 10-15.
The ASMR Touch, 2022-3, looped single channel video and de-synchronised audio track, video 31:36; audio: 21:22.
Full video: https://youtu.be/kabAxWFNrLk
Full audio: https://on.soundcloud.com/FHa2t
The ASMR Touch was exhibited in Writing Backwards at SCA Gallery, Sydney, 9 August - 9 September, 2023. Curated by Emma O’Neil and Alex Gawronski featuring artists and writers from Runway, Hag Mag, Stolon Press, and Pebble Press.
Publications
“Post-pandemic presence.” Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art 25, issue 2 (2025): 147-171.
With Anastasia Murney, and Aneshka Mora, “What if this classroom was a disco?” Unlikely Journal of Creative Arts, issue 9: Resistance (2024) https://unlikely.net.au/issue-09/what-if-the-classroom-was-a-disco
“The Smoke Monster from Lost has her way with me,” Hag Mag, issue 666: Satan’s Hags (2024): Unpaginated. Text only PDF available here. Abridged version read live at ‘10 Years of Otherworlds Zine Fair’ (June, 2024) available here.
“The ASMR Touch.” Runway, issue 46: Ghost (2023) https://runway.org.au/melinda-reid/
“Guilty Pleasures Revisited.” Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 80, issue 2 (Spring 2022) https://doi.org/10.1093/jaac/kpac002
“The reluctant bin chickens of neoliberalised education.” Un Magazine 13, no.2 (November 2019): 8-15. http://unprojects.org.au/magazine/issues/issue-13-2/melinda-reid/.
“Review: The Essayist curated by Jasmin Stephens.” Running Dog. 10 September 2019. http://rundog.art/the-essayist-jasmin-stephens/.
“Lingering (or, Brief interruptions to an ongoing cycle).” Framework 24 (2018): 14-17.
“Lessons from Margaret Montoya’s Table.” School Book 1 (2017): 22-24.
“Highway meltdown.” In Here&Now17: New Photography. Perth: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery at UWA, 2017. 79-81.
Hughes, Natalya, and Melinda Reid, eds. Fictions. Sydney: Alaska and University of Technology, Sydney, 2016.
Hughes, Natalya, and Melinda Reid, eds. UTS PSM Honours. Sydney: Alaska and University of Technology, Sydney, 2016.
“Doodling and tarot cards: An interview with Laura Wingrove.” Parallel 8 (October 2016): N. pag.
“Soft ions.” Soft Ions - Finn Marchant. Woolloomooloo: Firstdraft, 2016. Exhib. cat. N. pag.
“Ferns.” Mülk. Issue 1: Birth. May, 2016. N. pag.
‘A vocabulary for long distance.‘ Parallel. Issue 5, Winter 2015.
“Patterns for Waiting.” Patternation. Hazelhurst: Hazelhurst Regional Gallery, 2015. Online exhibition catalogue. N. pag.
”Going and looking.” PSM Honours. Ultimo: University of Technology, Sydney, 2015. Exhib. cat.
“A short introduction to feminist performance art.” Parallel. Issue 3, Summer 2015.
“Artist Profile: Técha Noble.” Künsterlerhaus Bethanien. Upcoming.
“Girls girls girls.” Girls girls girls. Woolloomooloo: Firstdraft, 2015. Exhib. cat. N. pag.
“Oblivion, rainforests, and happiness.” Grant Stevens: Dark Mess. Brisbane: Boxcopy, 2015. Exhib. cat. N. pag.
“More than top tens and a lack of pubes.” Parallel. Issue 2, Spring 2015. 74-79.
“Come Close.” Parallel. Issue 2, Spring 2015. 168.
“Immaterial labour.” Nicholas Shearer, Honours. Ultimo: University of Technology, Sydney, 2014. Exhib. cat. 10-15.