As my creative year begins to very slowly wind up with what will surely be enough tension to carry it into next year, I’ve been left thinking about where the call to action is in the work I do, be it recording and composing soundscapes, walking, writing, visual documentation or community engagement. Every day, we're …
In August 2024, as I was preparing for my spring SOIL+AiR creative rural research residency sessions on farm, I wrote about listening to one of the paddock trees for a Meta* post. Going into the New Year, I thought it worth revisiting. I had the privilege of sitting close to a Kurrajong tree in a …
Sowing seeds that can stimulate societal transformations. For decades I've heard artists say their art does the talking for them. As someone who likes to write, putting together an artist or work statement has never a problem, but I know artists who really struggle to explain WHY they do what they do. Many will describe …
A collaborative essay by Kim V. Goldsmith, Narelle Vogel, Joanne Stead, Anna Glynn, Tracy Luff, Jane Richens, Laura Baker and Tania Hartigan, October 2024. First published on ClimateCultures, 21 October 2024 Regional Futures: An Entangled Existence is a collection of artworks informed by an intimate knowledge of Regional New South Wales, created by seven female artists …
A red moon rising through the smoke haze of the droughted landscape of our farm near Collie NSW in the 2006-07 bushfire season, causing some of the worst bushfire smoke since records began, triggering an increase in the incidence of asthma. This smoke was from fires hundreds of kilometres away. Photo: Kim V. Goldsmith, November …
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