The debrief: looking back to move forward

It was the focussed joy of a special needs child experiencing my VR video in Eye of the Corvus that left me feeling that what I do is worthwhile. It was unplanned and unexpected -- no doubt for both of us, but it will be that little boy who handed me his plastic Australian flag on …

Brick walls and frozen thoughts

Kim V Goldsmith digital media artist

Iceland has captivated me since I read Hannah Kent's Burial Rites in 2013... I've long believed if you voice an intention, you own it and have a responsibility to make it happen. Sometimes I'm pushed to my very limits doing this - outside and within my practice. It's how, two years ago, I committed to spending …

Fictional territories

Good things take time. Over the past three months, a lot of private correspondence has taken place between me and Hamburg based artist, Didi Hock, as part of our involvement in the international project, Arts Territory Exchange (founded and coordinated by artist, Gudrun Filipska). As we've worked on developing a better understanding of each other and how …

Like bees to a honeypot

#bringtolightprojects Kim V Goldsmith Kelly Leonard Bee Box Sounds

Bee Box Sounds is a gentle work requiring attentiveness and on the weekend of its installment as part of #bringtolightproject17, the public is too busy, too distracted, too disinterested to engage...except the children. Like bees to a honeypot. Children running. Children escaping their parents' attention for a short moment. Children scolded and told to hurry up …

Crossing territories

Kim V Goldsmith digital media and installation artist Dubbo NSW

It's been a busy few months on the arts front as I work on concepts and logistics for a new solo work in 2019, prepare to start applying for an overseas residency for the same year, get the 3rd annual #bringtolightproject event underway and start an exciting, international collaboration via correspondence through the Arts Territory …