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Sarah Bodman

Selected Presentations and Papers

Conference paper: 'Life, the universe and everything: the artist's book as a means of theoretical, political and social consideration of the natural world'.  IMPACT 7 Multi-disciplinary Print Conference, Monash University, Australia, 27 September 2011.

Conference paper: 'A Manifesto for the Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art?'IMPACT 7 Multi-disciplinary Print Conference, Monash University, Australia, 28 September 2011.

Conference paper: Artists' books, nature, landscape, Doverodde Book Arts Festival ll, Doverodde Book Arts Center, Denmark. 13-16 May 2010. Abstract: A themed talk of Collections and Observations of nature, Textscapes, Journeys through landscape, Working in the landscape, The politics of landscape, Altered books and nature, and A darker (then lighter) side of nature.

Impact 6 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Chair of Panel 11, 'Artists' Books: International Views' at Impact Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, University of the West of England, 16-19 September 2009. A panel of papers on contemporary artists’ books practice from an international perspective. Speakers: Rosa Tarruella, Julie Barratt, Maria Lucia Cattani and Tom Sowden.

Artists’ Books Seminar 2, Friday 20th March 2009 Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden reported back on the project’s findings to date with Artists’ books reports from Poland, Germany and the USA. Morning Sessions. University of the West of England, Bower Ashton Campus, Bristol

The Future of Publishing? 10th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair, Cafritz Art Center Montgomery College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD, USA, November 8th, 2008

The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist's book (or why do artists make books?) - Books that Fly conference, University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts and Architecture, 5th July 2008 (paper) Artists’ Books Seminar 1 - How are artists using and investigating new media for publishing?

Where are we going with this? Where will the books end up? UWE, Bristol for CFPR AHRC project, Thursday 8th May 2008

The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser, Beyond the Book, Symposium, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 18 April 2008.

Exploring Arcadia: the impossible landscape, presentation via DVD for Interaction/Books 07, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, Australia, 2nd Sept 2007.

Artists’ publishing - ideas: methods and collaboration, Artists’ Talks on Artists’ Books Symposium, Winchester School of Art, 13th July 2007.

Page on Page – an overview of Contemporary British and Irish Artists’ Books, Beautiful & Useful? Supporting the Arts & Crafts in the 21st Century, ARLIS UK and Ireland Annual, University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK, 5th July 2007

Arcadia id Est, panel discussion at Washington University, USA, April 5th, 2007.

The hybrid lexicon: an overview of contemporary artists publishing in the UK, CODEX Symposium: The Fate of the Art, The Hand Printed Book in the 21st Century. Berkeley Art Museum, California, USA, Tuesday, 13-15 February, 2007

Artists' Books Are Accepted by Art Institutions, Interaction 2006: a seminar exploring the artist's book, Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantan, Australia, 22nd September 2006 (invited international speaker for debate, presentation via DVD)


Public Lectures & Talks

Artists and librarians: making art in and out of books.
'The Artist in the Library' symposium, Docklands Library, University of East London, London E16 2RD. 3 June 2011.

Any street, anywhere.
As the British representative of the Al-Mutanabbi Coalition, Sarah gave a talk about the project and the impact of the worldwide response to the attack. The John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester, UK. http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/mutan11.htm, 19th May 2011.

Books of all stripes: Artists’ publishing in the 21st century.
State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia. 26th September 2011
An invited lecture to an audience of 100 artists, academics, curators, in this lecture, artists' books specialist Sarah Bodman presents contemporary works from Europe and further afield, reflecting the variety of 21st-century book arts – from beautiful, traditional printed works to online publishing projects, altered books, performance books and video books.

Collaboration in Artists' books
“With a little help from our friends”: Collaboration and art libraries at Westminster Reference Library, December 2010
Libraries are increasingly looking beyond their doors to engage with outside partners in projects and events that will place their importance firmly in their communities. This event showcased some of the collaborative work done with artists and performers in Westminster and Bristol, and collaboration with organisations in preparing our collections for a wider audience. We also looked at the importance of collaboration in a wider context in the changing world, and invited ideas and discussion. This event was organised by the ARLIS Education and Professional Development Committee.

Artists' books, nature, landscape
A themed talk of Collections and Observations of nature, Textscapes, Journeys through landscape, Working in the landscape, The politics of landscape, Altered books and nature, and A darker (then lighter) side of nature. Doverodde Book Arts Festival, Sat 15th May 2010 (http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/denmark10.htm)

Artists’ Books Around the World in the 21st Century Doverodde Book-arts Festival Doverodde, Denmark, Friday 8th May 2009

21st Century Artists’ Books, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Friday 27th February 2009

Contemporary Artists’ Books, Ffotogallery, Penarth, Saturday 15th November 2008

Artist's books abroad, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden present an overview of artist's book publishing in Europe and further afield. Saturday, November 1st, 2008

S. Bodman; Creating and Distributing Artists' Books, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Research Series, University of the Arts London, 10th January 2007