What does it mean to be a regional artist?

Skagastrond Iceland

Andrew Frost with some of the regional artists from the "Here and Not Here" exhibition, Cementa 2019 (L-R) Karen Golland, Andrew Frost, Kim V. Goldsmith, Fleur MacDonald, Julie Williams This morning I woke to another review of Cementa Festival in Artlink Magazine (5 February 2020), that referred to the inclusion of regional artists in the …

An incredible end to 2019

Kim V Goldsmith in Iceland

The blog posts have been missing in action here over the past few months as my time on Eye of the Corvus intensifies. I've been putting my energy into the website dedicated to this project, including two blogs -- one about the project, and the other about my time in Iceland and travels across Scandinavia on …

Cementa 17: overwhelming the senses

Cementa 17 Gilbert Grace

Contemporary art festivals in regional NSW are few and far between, however, one that has put its stamp on the landscape is the biennial Cementa, starting in 2013. As an artist, you know an event is successful when you leave feeling like you were missing out by not being part of that year's program*. Cementa 17 has …

Cementa – the wrap

Kim V Goldsmith Indicatus installation 2015

The four-day contemporary arts festival, Cementa15 has finally drawn to a close after what has seemed like a very long build up...my work, Indicatus, spent 18 months in development for its debut at the event. The period after an exhibition or a showing is one of those weird, limbo-land type experiences, as you come down …

Final checks before install

It's been a week since the test install that left me with a short list of 'tweaks' to make to my sensory installation work, Indicatus, before arriving in Kandos for the two days of install prior to Cementa15 proper getting underway on April 9. So, after sourcing a bigger TV screen for the video (thanks to my …

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