Outputs (22)

Spending time within books (2021)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2021). Spending time within books. In C. Benjamin Schulz, V. Hildebrand-Schat, & K. Bazarnik (Eds.), Refresh the Book: On the Hybrid Nature of the Book in the Age of Electronic Publishing (221-245). Leiden, The Netherlands: Koninklijke Brill NV. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004443556

In my work as a researcher in the field of artists’ books, I encounter new books on a daily basis. Artists send information on their publications to go into the Book Arts Newsletter or the biennial Artist’s Book Yearbook, or write about their work fo... Read More about Spending time within books.

Foreword (2017)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2017). Foreword. In The Polar Tombola: A Book of Banished Words. UK: Bird Editions

Catalogue Essay by Sarah Bodman for The Polar Tombola, A Book of Banished Words by Nancy Campbell.

Livres d'artistes et micro-éditions, perspectives sur l'avenir du livre à l'ère de la publication de masse (2016)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Livres d'artistes et micro-éditions, perspectives sur l'avenir du livre à l'ère de la publication de masse. In C. Schwartz, G. Acezat, D. De Beir, & O. Delleaux (Eds.), Edith (60-69). France: ESADHaR

The proceedings of the international conference "An atlas of desktop publishing : what roads to what issues ?" Aimed to start thinking in the fields of art and graphic design of a territory, border to border , in France as in the rest of the world. B... Read More about Livres d'artistes et micro-éditions, perspectives sur l'avenir du livre à l'ère de la publication de masse.

Views across the pages (2015)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2015). Views across the pages. In A. Béchard-Léauté, & V. Oncins (Eds.), Le livre d’artiste depuis 1980 en France et au Royaume-Uni (45-56). France: Université de Saint-Étienne

This chapter is a short overview of some examples of contemporary books by British artists inspired by experiences, travel and memories of France.

Shuffle and cut: Editing and re-presenting material in artists’ books (2014)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2014). Shuffle and cut: Editing and re-presenting material in artists’ books. In Index (5-7). UK: Café Royal Books

The book is an experimental exchange of out-of-context, repurposed text and image.

Artists as 21st century explorers of the book (2014)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2014). Artists as 21st century explorers of the book. In E. Shemilt, A. Watson, & P. L. Harrison (Eds.), Borders and Crossings: The Artist as Explorer (63-68). Dundee: Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee

We now live in an age where, according to the writer and artist Radoslaw Nowakowski, e-paper has now overtaken p-paper, but what does that mean for book artists? And what kinds of books are they making? Access to available technology allows artis... Read More about Artists as 21st century explorers of the book.

Os “livros” são eléctricos: ‘Are 'Books' Electric? Some possibilities for the artist's book in the 21st Century’ (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Os “livros” são eléctricos: ‘Are 'Books' Electric? Some possibilities for the artist's book in the 21st Century’. In E. Derdyk (Ed.), Entre ser um e ser mil: O objecto livro e suas poéticas (121-143). São Paulo, Brazil: Senac

As Ulises Carrión stated in The New Art of Making Books in 1975: a book is a sequence of spaces. Over the last 36 years, the book as a physical space has undergone some dramatic changes in concept, format and reception. A book is still a sequence of... Read More about Os “livros” são eléctricos: ‘Are 'Books' Electric? Some possibilities for the artist's book in the 21st Century’.

Artists’ books: Document, communicate, disseminate (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Artists’ books: Document, communicate, disseminate. In C. Atkinson (Ed.), Words (1-8). Café Royal

Commissioned essay for Café Royal’s Words Project 2013

A manifesto for the book: Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art? (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2013). A manifesto for the book: Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art?. In L. Morgan (Ed.), Intersections and Counterpoints: Proceedings of Impact 7, an International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference (75-80). Australia: Monash University Publishing

This paper was based on the results of a two-year research project led by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, March 2008-February 2010. This project investigated the context and future of the artist's book... Read More about A manifesto for the book: Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art?.

New pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2013). New pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms. In E. Waeckerle, & R. Sawdon Smith (Eds.), The Book is Alive!. UK: Research Group for Artists Publications (RGAP) / bookRoom

This book is the edited survey of current thinking and innovative practice in contemporary publishing, which was presented at BOOKLIVE! International symposium in London in June 2012. This two day event brought together some of the key theorists,... Read More about New pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms.