All Outputs (298)

The beauty of the book (2013)
Book Chapter

Commissioned essay for the King St. Stephen Museum Fifth International Artists’ Book Exhibition, Hungary, May 2013

Pack up your troubles: Recent artists’ books on a topographical theme (2013)
Journal Article

Time to escape? Sarah Bodman turns travel agent with a whistle-stop tour of recent artist' books on a topographic theme.

New pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms (2013)
Book Chapter

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.

Lost and found: The library of lost books (2013)
Journal Article

Sarah Bodman explores The Library of Lost Books, an initiative to salvage and transform discarded library volumes.

Eyes on the prize (2013)
Journal Article

The Sheffield International Artist's Book Prize is an excellent platform for book artists to gain recognition and connect with collectors, writes Sarah Bodman.

Black books: The use of color in artists' books (2013)
Journal Article

When I began thinking of examples of colour in recent artists' books for this article, many works sprang to mind. The first work I thought of was Alison Turnbull's Spring Snow-A Translation (Book Works, 2002), a beautiful reworking of Yukio Mishima's... Read More about Black books: The use of color in artists' books.

A manifesto for the book: Book - artist's book - artist's publication - book art? (2013)
Book Chapter

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?.

Life, the universe and everything: The artist's book as a means of theoretical, political and social consideration of the natural world (2013)
Book Chapter

Peer reviewed conference paper given at the IMPACT 7 Multi-disciplinary Print Conference, Monash University, Australia, September 2011.

Nature and the landscape surround us and we depend upon them. Many artists explore our relationship with the na... Read More about Life, the universe and everything: The artist's book as a means of theoretical, political and social consideration of the natural world.

9th International Book Art Festival: Correspondence (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

Sarah Bodman was the invited curator of British artists. The exhibition toured 2012-2014: Plocka Galeria, Plock, Galeria Miejska, Tarnow, Ksiaznica Pomorska, Szczecin, Biblioteka Miejska, Lublin, Galeria Dwor Karwacjanow, Gorlice, Szklany Dom, Cen... Read More about 9th International Book Art Festival: Correspondence.

Contemporary artists and the art of the book (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sarah Bodman has been invited to give the lecture Contemporary Artists and the Art of the Book as part of the 2012 University of Bristol Art Lectures. This series of lecutres looks at the art of the book, from the physical beauty that books can conv... Read More about Contemporary artists and the art of the book.

From physical to digital: What do artists do with books? (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Sarah Bodman was invited to give the lecture 'From Physical to Digital - What Do Artists Do with Books?' at the University of Minnesota. Artists’ books have been around for centuries, but as digital technology has advanced so quickly recently, so hav... Read More about From physical to digital: What do artists do with books?.

Sense of place in artist books (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A Site & Incitement Symposium panel discussion on Sense of Place in Artist Books, with Sarah Bodman, a Research Fellow for Artists Books, and Masters Program Leader for Multidisciplinary Printmaking, at Centre for Fine Print Research, University of t... Read More about Sense of place in artist books.

Publicar e ser danado: Como ser um editor institucional underground (2012)
Journal Article

2011 was a year of celebration for our reference publications at the Centre for Fine Print Research, which was the 10th anniversary of the Artist's Book Yearbook and the 5th anniversary of The Blue Notebook. Paul Silveira invited Sarah Bodman to writ... Read More about Publicar e ser danado: Como ser um editor institucional underground.

Imaginary shadows: Fictional documentary photography in artists’ books (2012)
Book Chapter

Invited chapter in 'Photography and The Artist’s Book'.

There is a renewed interest in the relationship of photography and the artist's book, both as a work of art and as an alternative means of exhibition and dissemination. There is also a notab... Read More about Imaginary shadows: Fictional documentary photography in artists’ books.

Codex Event 8 (2012)
Exhibition / Performance

An Australian and British collaborative research project into pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books between Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden.

Codex Event 8 tackled the ‘urban jungle’, its physical mass... Read More about Codex Event 8.

New Pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

A showcase of how artists are exploring and utilising the tools available to create books for e-readers through epub, hypertext and publish-on-demand (POD), and how small publishers are embracing the potential of small scale publishing of affordable,... Read More about New Pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms.

‘How Do I Love Thee?’ and ‘Fehling's Solution’ (2012)
Book Chapter

Two artists’ books by Bodman: ‘How Do I Love Thee?’ and ‘Fehling's Solution’ have been selected by Sandra Salamony with co-curators Peter and Donna Thomas (USA) to be included in ‘1000 Artists’ Books: Exploring The Book As Art'.

The book is a time... Read More about ‘How Do I Love Thee?’ and ‘Fehling's Solution’.

1000 artists’ books: Exploring the book as art (2012)
Book Chapter

Invited chapter on Sarah Bodman's artist book practice. The book is a timeless art form, one that is as alive today as ever before, and artists continue to explore and explode the boundaries of what a book is and can be. In this beautiful collection... Read More about 1000 artists’ books: Exploring the book as art.

Un Manifesto para o Livro (A Manifesto for the Book) (2012)
Journal Article

A Manifesto for the Book was first published as a free online download as part of the findings from a two-year AHRC funded research project on the future of the artist’s book in the digital age(http://www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/canon.htm).

The manife... Read More about Un Manifesto para o Livro (A Manifesto for the Book).

The small press movement in the age of mass publication (2012)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Invited October 2011 to write a conference paper for "An atlas of desktop publishing: what roads to what issues", international conference organised by the Édith Laboratory, ÉSADHaR, École Supérieure d’Art et de Design, Le Havre/Rouen, Normandy, Fran... Read More about The small press movement in the age of mass publication.