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25.01.2022 Saturdays are for a little work, a little art, a little garden and fire time (one of the last for the year), to the soundtrack of kookaburras and galahs roosting in the mallees at the bottom of the garden, raucous apostle birds and cooing doves...and the thumping base from a neighbour's sound system. (Art supplied by Anna Nordstrom at Western Plains Cultural Centre at the first artist talk event since earlier this year.)

25.01.2022 I had the pleasure of chatting with Outback Arts during the install last week about what Eye of the Corvus is about. The footage was just some of the mobile videos I've captured while in the field during the production phase of the project. Most of it hasn't been seen before. I hope you enjoy it!

25.01.2022 This is how we conference in 2020. Feral Arts presents the #ArtsFront event #FieldTrip20 - 200+ delegates signed up for today's event - an online national research symposium featuring creative practice at the intersection of art, science, technology and the environment. The symposium will explore the ethics of interdisciplinary art and the role of creativity in reimagining the future.

25.01.2022 More pics from my time at The Corridor Project - hard to believe it was over a week ago now since I headed south for my first 5 days in residence. So much to think about, so many creative project balls to keep in the air, and the next 3 days are all about making sure that happens! That includes planning my next Macquarie Marshes excursion - due to take place in a couple of weeks... weather permitting. Who ever said life in the regions was dull?

25.01.2022 Golden rays cast forth on the dying hours of Day 4 of rain. Everything is sodden, but we'll never complain.

23.01.2022 this arrived today. A 24-page zine printed for the Outback Arts Gallery showing of Eye of the Corvus, installing this time next week and opening 23 November. Limited edition of 30, each is numbered and signed for $20 ($25 with P&H in Australia). The first copy sold today. Message me if you're interested in one. Some are being reserved for Corvus donors and some for Outback Arts but the rest are being sold on a first in basis.

23.01.2022 Pleased to say I'm part of this conversation series, with my chat coming up in November.

23.01.2022 The deadlines are rolling around now for Mosses + Marshes, and my part of the project - Pulse of the Wetland. Another weekend spent working on some interactive pieces for print, including some good old fashioned 2D applications, soundscapes and writings. We’re looking forward to soon announcing details of another sneak peek of the works Andrew Howe and I have been developing.

22.01.2022 As I get lost in the intricacies of post-production over the weekend, in between a studio cleanup in preparation for my field recording workshop on 23 August, I've had a hankering to get back in the field. Trips are planned for the coming few months, with just a little trepidation about how the Covid situation is developing. There's something in already being isolated. . Nest collection my own @ Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia

20.01.2022 This is what sound looks like

20.01.2022 On the job with Orana Arts today gathering interviews with Sydney Trains personnel about the value of celebrating rail network heritage. Our content producer and comms person, Kim V. Goldsmith on the job interviewing in Bathurst today for our Sydney Trains project.

20.01.2022 A quick overnighter in the Marshes last night, which turned out to be highly productive due to an uncomfortable night in the car. I heard the sound of aquatic plants photosynthesising in the heat of the afternoon (the sunburn was worth it), I captured life on & under water amongst a plethora of aquatic plants in what are now almost clear channels & lagoons, I caught the boom of the bittern in the distance amongst the night recordings of frog song, and I tapped into the heartbeat of an ancient coolabah tree. So much material to play with now. Possibly one more trip and the hard work starts on Pulse of the Wetland.

20.01.2022 I’ve signed up as a professional member of the new Studio Co!Lab platform that Orana Arts has been developing for regional artists. It’s the type of support I could have used years ago. Now I’ve had a chance to help shape it.

20.01.2022 A weekend in the old home town of Coonamble collecting stories of the Macquarie Marshes for Pulse of the Wetland, exhibition planning at the Outback Arts Gallery (stay tuned for later this year), and spending time with family. @ Coonamble, New South Wales

19.01.2022 Playing with some cheap amplification options for hard to get to spaces. Using a mechanics stethoscope to probe inside the base of an old melaleuca (paper bark). A bit of external sound interference but I think it’ll be an interesting option to have in the kit.

19.01.2022 On tomorrow. Big day.

19.01.2022 Who dreams in waveforms? Big day in the Adobe editing suite today, finalising & exporting 4 videos for The Corridor Project Science Hub program (see my last post), followed by an afternoon of editing stories of the Macquarie Marshes for my Pulse of the Wetland project. I'm story mapping the Marshes from multiple perspectives as part of my documentation. There are four in the can so far, and a few more to go.

18.01.2022 I've had some enquiries about running this type of workshop, so I'm going to give it a test run on SUNDAY 23 AUGUST from 10am - 3pm on my property outside Dubbo. I've delivered a few sound workshops over the years, but this is the first one in the field using my gear. I've just recently bought some new audio recording gear (recorder/mixers and mics) - so there'll be lots to play with. Places will be strictly limited to 5 people due to sharing equipment and the need for h...ygiene when sharing it. I'll also supply morning & afternoon tea, hand sanitiser and wipes for equipment. ** PROGRAM** 10 - 10.30am: Run over equipment during morning tea 10.30 - 12.30pm: Record in the field across range of environments 12.30 - 1.30pm: Download files over lunch 1.30 - 3pm: Play with editing using Audacity & Adobe Audition, plus a few tricks using iMovie (yes, it can edit sound only) You'll need a 16-32GB SD card (clean so it can be formatted), USB drive for downloads/editing, a laptop (preload Audacity if you don't have another editing program you use), outside boots/waterproof ones if you want to play in water, long pants, hat, drinks, lunch, mobile phone, earbuds with in-line mic (if you have them), laptop & any mics or recording gear you may own and want to play with. $110pp - bookings close 17 August (50% refund on bookings that drop out after that date). If I don't get enough bookings to run the day by 17 August, you'll get a full refund. I'm not planning to run any more workshops for the remainder of 2020, so sorry in advance if this doesn't suit. MESSAGE me or EMAIL me for more information or to book. If you want to hear a sample of what you can do with field recordings, check out https://kvgoldsmithart.com/sound-and-video/ Details and links for booking are now also on my website - https://kvgoldsmithart.com/workshops/

18.01.2022 One of my fellow Iceland residency (Nes Artist Residency) artists found this photo and posted as a reminder of where we were less than a year ago. How much has changed! Definitely missing the Icelandic vibe. Thanks Ehrlich!

18.01.2022 Underwater reflections of River Cooba (Acacia stenophylla) - a small, dominant tree of watercourses of the lower Macquarie, often found in monospecific stands. As a legume, it has a symbiotic association with rhizobia enhancing nitrogen fixation - the added nitrogen is beneficial to other non-legume plants in the immediate community. Seeds germinate prolifically, and after major floods seedlings may be abundant along the flood-line but only a very small number persist. Fast growing, they sucker on poor sites or if roots are damaged. @ Macquarie Marshes

17.01.2022 On this week. I'll be speaking as part of this series in November.

16.01.2022 Lots of colour in the garden if you look closely enough. #macrolens

16.01.2022 NBN connectivity an issue in your practice?

16.01.2022 If you're interested in an artist residency in a museum or keen to pen a new work - check out the current round of artists residency offers on the new Orana Arts website.

16.01.2022 I've published a limited edition (of 30), 24-page zine for the Outback Arts showing of EYE OF THE CORVUS this summer. Each one is numbered and signed. They're available for purchase at Outback Arts or online. $20 at the gallery or $25 online (includes $5 P&H within Australia). https://eyeofthecorvus.art/for-sale/

15.01.2022 [WARNING: NO PICTURES. JUST A FEW THOUGHTS TO TAKE INTO THE WEEKEND] You know, it's easy to feel down about where the arts in Australia is at. We haven't had much political support for some time. What we have had has been quietly eroded over time through budget cuts, restructures, interfering Ministers, incompetence, indifference and the like. I got another grant rejection yesterday - one that would have got my current Marshes project over the line. I've lost count - but I th...ink that makes 5 rejections for this year. Interesting, because I was asked last weekend who was funding my Pulse of the Wetland project. When I said, it was mostly me, with a very small grant to cover travel and time on collecting the stories part, I was looked at in disbelief. Why the hell would someone want to do that? While I believe this country has made a huge mistake in not backing the arts, you do have to make your own luck and opportunity as well. I got sick of waiting for others to support me, provide me opportunities and so I've largely made my own over the past 20 years, and hopefully brought a few along for the ride. I'm going to write a blog post about it this weekend and what 2020 has meant to me in terms of my professional practice. It's been a big year...and I thought 2019 was the pinnacle. 2020 has been a milestone year for me - both in age and in business (I'm heading towards my 25th business anniversary in 2021). I've been looking to shift my work into something more meaningful and fulfilling for a while, and it's slowly starting to happen. I've just looked over my calendar for the rest of the year and it is more field trips to the Marshes for Pulse, more stories to collect that will form an archive of what people value about the wetlands, a showing of Eye of the Corvus at the end of the year, a residency with the CORRIDOR project near Cowra starting next month, a spot in a digital program with Regional Arts Australia, and paid work doing some of the things I love - recording/editing/mixing interesting sounds, making/editing interesting videos, and lending my skills and experience to arts projects. And then there's the planning to get some things in place for 2021 - you know, residencies, exhibitions, collaborations, workshop offerings. My advice to anyone in a rut or feeling down about where you're at, take this time of isolation to think - deeply. Take the time to research, learn and create a plan. No one is going to make things happen for you. Only you can do that. It doesn't change the fact the old, formal cultural structures are crumbling - they need people with passion and vision to run them, and that's running in short supply. Same goes for politics. I'm ready for a change though. Will you join me?

14.01.2022 A plea to the year 2020. Please slow down. This is an indulgent blog post - more a record for myself for when I get to the end of the year and wonder what I did. If you're inclined to read it, thank you. But a warning - it's on the long side. On the flip side, if you're wondering what those who haven't had time to learn to knit, bake, sew and read have been doing, this will fill you in on why some of us have had NO spare time to get bored in iso.

13.01.2022 From a regional perspective, were now seeing more regional artists and more regional organisations represented across multiple conversations that they havent been able to access before. Were seeing much more inclusion.

13.01.2022 A short multitrack mix of wind-created sounds using only hydrophones attached to fences & the inside of a dead tree (from the weekend's Field Recording Sound workshop)

12.01.2022 Now that's what you call durational listening.

12.01.2022 My Pulse of the Wetland project has stalled a little with all the rain. It's made it hard to get off road as I'd planned to do this past month. While I'm still planning to get into the Marshes again in September, I've now set up another way to contribute your stories to the project. These will form the Macquarie Marshes story map. I've written a little more about that on the ecoPULSE blog, and there are links to how to contribute your story there too. Please share with anyone... who might be interested in contributing. https://ecopulse.art.blog//25/stories-can-shape-the-future/

12.01.2022 I'm pleased to say I'm putting the finishing touches on a video series for The Corridor Project and PLANT X - National Science Week 2020. The Orange, Cowra, Cabonne Science Hub (facilitated by tCp) and the Department of Primary Industries are delivering a program based on the 2020 International Year of Plant Health (IYPH). The online program, called Plant X, will be delivered through a series of scientist chats and webinar presentations bringing community, scientists and crea...tive industries together to investigate the health of plant systems, including pests, diseases, and beneficial insects. Creative industry tutors in the program are: Todd Fuller - digital illustration and drawing using iPads, and Angus Fisher - botanical illustration drawing methodologies. My job has been editing the comprehensive video and audio Todd and Angus recorded to demonstrate their skills. Tricky crunching hours of intense creativity into 4 short videos, but we did it! Find more info on Science Hub and the Science Week program on the tCp website. As part of the National Innovation and Science Agenda, the Orange-Cowra-Cabonne Science Hub is supported by Inspiring Australia to foster public participation in science, technology and innovation.

11.01.2022 On the job for Orana Arts & Sydney Trains today working on a commemorative video celebrating 150 years of Stuart Town railway station. The story of this stop reflects the bigger narrative about the significance of travel corridors pre & post colonisation. And then there's the story of the last night train to travel the line in 1988 - a train I knew as the Western Mail when I travelled on it in my high school days of the early 1980s. This day in the office was a day of stories and colourful encounters Thanks to @air819 for the photo.

11.01.2022 Big to Regional Arts Australia for another engaging conversation in the Artlands Conversation series. This was the last one for 2020, they resume in February. Thanks to Jess Olivieri for facilitating the exploration of connection in times of isolation & to fellow panelists Alana Hunt & Emile Zile

10.01.2022 Last weekend, an artist in the Arts Front hosted symposium, Field Trip said as artists we have to be part of the solution. I've been thinking about this all week, and why it's no longer good enough to simply agitate (I've done plenty of that), commentate (that too), or present simplistic concepts based on what are often complex issues (you see this across social media every day). The environment I choose to live and work in has always informed my art. I have to nurture that environment to nurture my practice - it's part of that unique voice regionally based artists have. So this afternoon, my hands are dirty from planting more trees. I've planted thousands over the years... but it needs to be more than that. Just as our practices need to be more than just documentary processes. Food for thought, don't you think?

10.01.2022 A last minute decision was made this morning to make a dash for the Macquarie Marshes before the next big fall of rain due early next week. No such thing as just jumping in the car though when you work with tech. It'll take me all day to charge up cameras, program field recorders & prep. Then there are the camping arrangements. I'm working at dusk, through the night and early morning - so headlamps, mossie repellent, a fly veil (for mossies) & hot water for cups of tea are about it.

10.01.2022 Preparations are underway here this weekend for the next showing of Eye of the Corvus at the Outback Arts Gallery, opening 23 November. Originally a Western Plains Cultural Centre commissioned exhibition, this iteration will present slightly differently with new landscape scenes from the Armatree/Coonamble/Pilliga areas not previously shown, plus another element to be revealed next week. Videos Soundscapes Hero photograph... Catalogues TBA The Campbelltown Arts Centre Fisher's Ghost Art Award (Contemporary) winning video, 'Dust Storm of the Waagan', with narration by Wiradjuri elder, Diane Riley-McNaboe, will be in this exhibition along with the 'Snow Storm of the Hrafnar' video, with Icelandic narration by Skagaströnd resident and farmer, Sigrún Lárusdóttir. Both women generously share their stories and language of the crow/raven.

10.01.2022 Much to consider from today's Field Trip symposium (hosted on the #ArtsFront platform). An engaging program of presentations, provocations and perspectives exploring where we are now and where we want to be as creatives working at the intersection of the arts, science, technology and the environment. A well planned and run online program that brought together about 300 delegates over 8 hours.

08.01.2022 Afternoon reflections. Playing with a new long lens.

07.01.2022 Home after 5 days offline at The Corridor Project undertaking Round 1 of my residency. Such a luxury to have a string of uninterrupted days dedicated to experimental creative processes. Lots of sound & video recordings to play with and think about before Round 2 in late October. Great company too thanks to Phoebe, Carissa, Jess and Nerida.

07.01.2022 I've registered for this and looking forward to it. Some incredible people in the program and running the show. Worth a look if you're into reimagining the future through the intersection of art, the environment, technology and science.

07.01.2022 Even if you aren't interested in my exhibition at Outback Arts, you have to see Prue Cullen's ceramic show in the space next to mine. Just beautiful. Prue & I will need chatting in the gallery in a few weeks' time. Keep an eye out for when.

06.01.2022 http://EYE OF THE CORVUS is now installed in The Roads Gallery at the Outback Arts Creative Arts Centre in Coonamble. It's sitting alongside the incredible sculptural clay works of Prue Cullen in her solo show, UNPRECEDENTED. Both shows open Monday 23 November and run through until early February. More pics next week, along with details about an artist talk with the two of us, in planning for next month.

06.01.2022 Today, a long awaited accessory arrived from @catharticaudio in the UK. A little luxe wind protection for my @zoomaustralia H2n. It fits like a Snow Fox glove. This little guy is a very easy and quick way of recording 360 sound, now with added wind protection. I could have used that on it in Iceland last year instead of the scrap fleece I found in the studio textile box. Good now.

06.01.2022 Who's ready for a field recording sound workshop tomorrow? Just putting the finishing touches on this pilot workshop for Sunday with the intention of running more in 2021. I hope my guinea pigs rug up for the field recording bit! We'll be giving the windshields a goods run for their money.

06.01.2022 Coming up this time next week. An important conversation going forward. Get your tickets by following the link

04.01.2022 Undeterred by the arctic Dubbo conditions, the field recording sound workshop went ahead with about an hour of recordings in the back paddock, in between indoor sessions on equipment & set up, file management & a quick rundown on editing (we ran out of time). Sounds gathered included voice, atmos, vibrations, and friction-based recordings to work around the stiff wind conditions. Lots of great questions asked over the 5 hours together, along with some laughs & stories. We ran out of time but all agreed it was a topic worth exploring further. So as they say, watch this space! There's a possibility of delivering this remotely too if there's interest. Big thanks to Phoebe & Nerida for being my test participants

03.01.2022 As I itch to get back to the Macquarie Marshes to do more recordings, I've been looking through my gatherings from the The Corridor Project and starting to plan where my time there might go. Project outlines to write, grant applications to consider, a crowdfunding campaign to organise for the next stage of the Marshes work - it's all starting to come together quite nicely. If only I could find a dry few days to head north again...

02.01.2022 Sunday morning walk. Beautiful weather, birds in full song, too many distractions to make it effective exercise. .

02.01.2022 NEW ecoPULSE BLOG POST ecoPULSE is a new website created for all my digital media ecology projects. I've been doing these types of projects for some years now, and this will be their new home. (I'm trying to reduce the number of websites I'm managing!) The latest project, Pulse of the Wetland is actually part of a bigger collaboration - Mosses & Marshes; something my Arts Territory Exchange collaborator, Andrew Howe and I have been working on for a while now.... This latest post on ecoPULSE is a Q&A with Andrew about his work and how he sees our projects coming together. https://ecopulse.art.blog/2020/07/20/with-andrew-howe/

02.01.2022 This morning's it's been announced that I've been shortlisted in the Worst Sound category of the inaugural Sound of the Year Awards for a recording inside a meat ant nest on the floodplains of the Macquarie Marshes. Winners are announced tomorrow. ...I self-nominated in this category, so this is a bit exciting for my first ever sound competition. It's an international competition based in the UK as a partnership between The Museum Of Sound, The New BBC Radiophonic Worksh...op, and others. Over 400 entries were submitted for this first year of the award. You can hear my sound via the Award website https://www.soundoftheyearawards.com/2020-shortlists-winners

01.01.2022 Well worth a visit if you're in Sydney. #alwayswasalwayswillbe #NAIDOC2020

01.01.2022 Big for the Australian Governments Regional Arts Fund (Relief Grant), provided through Regional Arts Australia and in NSW through Regional Arts NSW allowing me to upgrade my digital media editing capabilities at a time when there's been a big shift in my professional practice and communications business. It's greatly appreciated. The Regional Arts Fund is an Australian Government initiative that supports sustainable cultural development in regional, remote and very remote Australia. Big thanks to Orana Arts and The Corridor Project for their support too.