This month’s post is made up of two social media posts shared in July—both about listening. The first was written in response to World Listening Day on 18 July, and the second, a post written by UK-based regenerative culture practitioner, environmental activist, and artist Bridget McKenzie on Medium on 21 July. What’s it mean to …
Listening is a whole of body experience. A couple of years ago I sat on a panel at the Artists in Volatile Landscapes Regional Futures symposium at Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre in Sydney to talk about how we might listen better. To underline the urgent need to listen better, I was particularly keen to get …
'Willydah', Narromine, 11 July 2024 Willydah, Narromine NSW This post documents the first field recording trip to the farm that the SOIL+AiR creative future landscapes project will be based at for the next year. SOIL+AiR is a creative rural research residency aiming to explore the rural landscapes and communities of the Narromine Shire in Central West NSW, …
Since I started my residency* at the Admiral's House on Skye in early August, I've written and rewritten about 5,000 words in short-form texts that relate to periods of attentive listening, observations, and listening back to field recordings. This doesn't include this blog, the social media posts, or studio journal I've kept during this time. …
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REGIONAL FUTURES RESIDENCY: WELLINGTON CAVES NSW Kim V. Goldsmith is a digital media artist and writer with a background in agriculture, journalism and marketing communications consulting in rural industry, natural resource management and other regional sectors. She's based near Dubbo and has worked across Regional NSW for the past 30 years. Contaminated by our encounters …
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