My work is grounded by where I’m from and the communities I’ve lived in. Regional NSW is an exciting place to create work. Much of it hasn’t been explored and the stories and ways of telling them are endless. However, my vision is bigger. We’re part of a global conversation and I want to be part of that.
Kim V. Goldsmith, Wiradjuri Country, Central West NSW, Australia
Kim V. Goldsmith is a multimedia artist, writer and creative producer who grew up on a farm on Wayilwan Country in central North-West NSW. She is now based on Wiradjuri Country, just outside Dubbo on the Western Plains of New South Wales. Her interdisciplinary creative practice has encompassed community engagement, sound, video, installation, story-gathering, writing and public programming that takes a creative, process-driven approach to the challenging environmental issues faced by rural, regional and remote communities. Kim’s work in this area continues to evolve as she explores layers of nuance and complexity within the territories in which she works, seeking the hidden elements that make them vibrate.
Through research, observation, field recordings, collaboration, and creativity, she aims to present rural, regional and remote landscapes and communities (human and more-than-human) in ways that make the familiar, unfamiliar. Goldsmith uses verbal and non-verbal storytelling to tease out narratives of connection and give a voice to the voiceless. Her background in agriculture, natural resource management, journalism, and decades of professional storytelling across rural and regional Australia feeds into her creative practice of 20+ years. Kim’s individual and collaborative works are presented across Australia and internationally in festivals, exhibitions, public events, and online platforms. She is the founder and lead artist of ecoPULSE.art.
Art has the ability to open minds to experiencing things in new ways, breaking down barriers and transcending the politics of the day, enabling us to feel more connected to the world. Regional Australia is on the frontline of change and I feel compelled to not only creatively document, explore and dig into those existential issues impacting our future, but to find ways that invite us to reconsider the way we think, feel and act within the world we inhabit. If I can go even part of the way to achieving that, then my job is done.
Kim V. Goldsmith
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