Kandos Projects residency: the report

Kim V. Goldsmith artist

Speed dating Kandos It’s fair to say I wasn’t very prepared for my week-long residency in Kandos, something I’d agreed to as an artist participating in the 2015 Cementa contemporary art festival (9-12 April). Exhausted before I’d started after a big year of consulting work and creative projects, and not sure of what I would …

Kandos Projects residency: Part 1

smell sensory installation Kim V. Goldsmith

The work on my installation piece for Cementa 15 has been a stop/start affair, even since refocusing and finding a new direction for the work after my Fire Station Arts Centre residency in late 2013. So it is with nearly all the sensory works I've been producing since 2008…they seem to all have long gestations. …

Countdown to Cementa

Not that I'm counting, but I'm estimating it's about seven months until Cementa 15 kicks off in Kandos. I've had a work in development since a three-month residency at the Fire Station Arts Centre in Dubbo last year, but the work has stalled for most of this year due to not knowing where in Kandos …

Last day as an artist with a title

It's a bittersweet day today…my time as the "Artist-in-Residence" at the Fire Station Arts Centre in Dubbo comes to a close today with one final open studio event. For the past three months, I've held the above title, which brings with it a weight of responsibility and commitment to those who invest such trust and …

First open studio

In a week's time I'll be opening Studio 2 at the Fire Station Arts Centre to show visitors where things are at in the development of my new installation work. For two hours (4pm - 6pm) on Friday afternoon, 4 October, the studio door will be open to those curious about what an artist does …

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