A National Science Week event, Friday 16 August, 12-1pm on Zoom, supported by Orana Arts and Dubbo Regional Council and the Western Plains Cultural Centre.
Facilitator: Jessica Moore, Cultural Coordinator, Dubbo Regional Council
Discussing where the arts and science intersect in the quest to question, learn, reveal, and communicate new stories about the human and more-than-human experience are:
Kim V. Goldsmith, Dubbo NSW
Kim is a multi-disciplinary artist and writer who works across rural and regional territories of Australia and internationally. Interested in sensorial exploration and acousmatic or hidden sounds, she believes sound is a strong indicator of the health of a place or ecosystem. Kim studied Systems Agriculture and Journalism and has used this interest and knowledge for more than 30 years to tell the stories of rural and regional Australia. WEBSITE
Scott Baker, Bermagui NSW
Scott is a multi-disciplinary artist working across three areas of practice: audio-visual composition using a variety of electronic devices and video sources as Abre Ojos; creating site-specific video projection mapping installations; and sharing the skills and knowledge of the creative industries with young people through the Bioluminescence Project. WEBSITE
Rebecca Campbell, Armidale NSW
Bec is an amateur cook, non-practising scientist, and inconsistent reader. After studying and researching zoology, animal ecology, entomology, myrmecology and climate change for ten years, she realised academia wasn’t for her and rediscovered her passion for creative writing, including creative non-fiction. WEBSITE
Daryl Albertson, Armidale NSW
Daryl is an ecologist with 27 years’ experience—a wetland ecologist NSW Environment & Heritage for the past 18 years, and an artist since exploring a creative path as a ‘stress management tool’. He sees the potential for art to tell a similar story to science but in a more creative way. He believes this approach can engage with audiences in a way that standard science falls short. WEBSITE