diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8b9dbccc..9ce07e52 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ project.ext {
     kotlinVersion = "1.3.50"
     spekVersion = "2.0.6"
     libfreenectVersion = "0.5.7-1.5.2"
+    gsonVersion = "2.8.6"
 }
 
 allprojects {
diff --git a/orx-runway/build.gradle b/orx-runway/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58aee255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-runway/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+dependencies {
+    compile "com.google.code.gson:gson:$gsonVersion"
+}
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diff --git a/orx-runway/src/main/kotlin/Presets.kt b/orx-runway/src/main/kotlin/Presets.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34681b56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-runway/src/main/kotlin/Presets.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.openrndr.extra.runway
+
+import com.google.gson.annotations.SerializedName
+
+class CaptionRequest(val caption: String)
+class CaptionResult(val result: String)
+
+class BigBiGANQuery(@SerializedName("input_image") val inputImage: String)
+class BigBiGANResult(@SerializedName("output_image") val outputImage: String)
diff --git a/orx-runway/src/main/kotlin/RunwayHttp.kt b/orx-runway/src/main/kotlin/RunwayHttp.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5928e2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/orx-runway/src/main/kotlin/RunwayHttp.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+package org.openrndr.extra.runway
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson
+import org.openrndr.draw.ColorBuffer
+import org.openrndr.draw.FileFormat
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream
+import java.io.File
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection
+import java.net.URL
+import java.util.*
+
+/**
+ * Construct a base64 representation of an encoded image
+ */
+fun ColorBuffer.toData(format: FileFormat = FileFormat.JPG): String {
+    val tempFile = File.createTempFile("orx-runway", null)
+    saveToFile(tempFile, format, async = false)
+    val ref = File(tempFile.absolutePath)
+    val imageBytes = ref.readBytes()
+    val encoder = Base64.getEncoder()
+    val base64Data = encoder.encodeToString(imageBytes)
+    tempFile.delete()
+    return "data:image/jpeg;base64,$base64Data"
+}
+
+/**
+ * Construct a color buffer from a base64 data string
+ */
+fun ColorBuffer.Companion.fromData(data: String): ColorBuffer {
+    val decoder = Base64.getDecoder()
+    val commaIndex = data.indexOf(",")
+    val imageData = decoder.decode(data.drop(commaIndex+1))
+
+    ByteArrayInputStream(imageData).use {
+        return ColorBuffer.fromStream(it)
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Perform a Runway query
+ * @param target url string e.g. http://localhost:8000/query
+ */
+inline fun <Q, reified R> runwayQuery(target: String, query: Q): R {
+    val queryJson = Gson().toJson(query)
+    val connection = URL(target).openConnection() as HttpURLConnection
+    with(connection) {
+        doOutput = true
+        connectTimeout = 1_000
+        readTimeout = 200_000
+        requestMethod = "POST"
+        setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json")
+        setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json")
+    }
+
+    val outputStream = connection.outputStream
+    outputStream.write(queryJson.toByteArray())
+    outputStream.flush()
+
+    val inputStream = connection.inputStream
+    val responseJson = String(inputStream.readBytes())
+    inputStream.close()
+    connection.disconnect()
+    return Gson().fromJson(responseJson, R::class.java)
+}
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diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 5b066e23..f8a14c65 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ include 'orx-camera',
         'orx-osc',
         'orx-palette',
         'orx-poisson-fill',
+        'orx-runway',
         'orx-shader-phrases',
         'orx-temporal-blur',
         'orx-kinect-common',