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World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing. Axon: Creative Explorations, 13(1), 2-21. https://doi.org/10.54375/001/cbyvozki7k

Sarah Bodman reflects on 13 years of Bookarts at UWE Bristol's World Book Night (WBN) project; a text and image / artists' books-based event which has evolved from an initial collaboration with the artist and poet Nancy Campbell into an annual, inter... Read More about World Book Night United Artists - Stories of and strategies for experimental, collaborative publishing.

Night and Day (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Night and Day. [Artist's book]. Exhibited at Bristol. 5 July 2023 - 5 September 2023. (Unpublished)

The set theme for the ABC artists’ books club exhibition this year is Night and Day, inspired by the poetic works of Thomas A Clark. Clark is co-founder of Moschatel Press with Laurie Clark, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Night and... Read More about Night and Day.

To the library… where artists and books want to be (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2023, July). To the library… where artists and books want to be. Presented at GENERATIVE SPACES The Creative Powers of the Art Library, ARLIS UK & Ireland Annual Conference, Norwich

Sarah Bodman looks at some of the ways artist interact with the library as a creative catalyst for researching, making and exhibiting artists' books as well as making works in response to libraries. From installations by Guy Bigland, Leslie Mutchler... Read More about To the library… where artists and books want to be.

The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S., & Bakker, R. (2023, June). The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it. Presented at PROOF! 23 Symposium, UWE Bristol

Artists' talk for PROOF! Symposium Sarah Bodman and Roelof Bakker are undertaking a mail art collaboration to produce a body of work for exhibition / artist's book. Along the way we will document and reflect upon our practice to produce written text... Read More about The place in which I’ll fit will not exist until I make it.

Birds all sing / every flower exhales (2023)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Birds all sing / every flower exhales. [Risograph print and collage]. Bristol

A unique artist's book produced for the ABC exhibition Night and Day at Bower Ashton Library, July - August 2023. Risograph print and collage.

Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations. Printmaking Today, 32(126), 22-23

Sarah Bodman interviews Chrystal Cherniwchan and Craig Tattersall. Through overlayering and overlapping they bring print and sound together in their collaborative works. Cherniwchan's practice is rooted in digital photography and production, whilst T... Read More about Depths of fields - Chrystal Cherniwchan & Craig Tattersall's print and sound collaborations.

The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023 (2023)
Journal Article
(2023). The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023. The Blue Notebook, Volume 17(No 2, Spring – Summer 2023), 72

Editor: Sarah Bodman In this issue: Amador Perez -art… books… art books… artists’ books… As a child I had access to the world of art through printed reproductions on postcards and books. As a teenager I collected facsimile publications sold at... Read More about The blue notebook: Journal for artists’ books, Volume 17 No 2, Spring – Summer 2023.

Field Study emanation - the Fox sisters - for Field Report 2022 (2023)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Field Study emanation - the Fox sisters - for Field Report 2022. [Paper edition of 100]. Geelong, Australia

Field Study emanation, small performance in tribute to the Fox Sisters, 7.30pm, 7th October 2022 by Sarah Bodman for: Field Report 2022 Journal of Field Study International Published April 2023 David Dellafiora (curator) - The Field Report i... Read More about Field Study emanation - the Fox sisters - for Field Report 2022.

Space, line, colour (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Space, line, colour. [Artists' books]. Exhibited at Bristol. 21 April 2023 - 30 June 2023. (Unpublished)

Space, Line, Colour: a curated display of artists' books from Bower Ashton Library's special collections, on show in the side cabinets until the end of June 2023. Selected by artist and publisher Julie Johnstone to exhibit alongside her solo exhi... Read More about Space, line, colour.

We remember – World book night 2023 (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., & Parr, L. We remember – World book night 2023. [Exhibition artefacts]. Exhibited at Bristol. 21 April 2023 - 30 June 2023. (Unpublished)

Inspired by the work of Joe Brainard 1942-1994 I Remember (which in turn inspired Georges Perec 1936-1892 to write Je me souviens/) the theme for United Artists World Book Night 2023 was ‘We Remember’. One hundred and fourteen artists have respond... Read More about We remember – World book night 2023.

Shadow and light: Honoring Iraqi academics, photographs of witness, memory and solidarity (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Shadow and light: Honoring Iraqi academics, photographs of witness, memory and solidarity. [Photography]. Exhibited at USA. 13 April 2023 - 2 June 2023. (Unpublished)

An exhibition curated by Beau Beausoleil, Artists’ Alley Champaign, IL & Hundley Central Core Gallery, Spurlock Museum, Urbana, IL, USA. 'Compiled by Beau Beausoleil, a poet and activist in the San Francisco Bay Area, the project memorializes Iraq... Read More about Shadow and light: Honoring Iraqi academics, photographs of witness, memory and solidarity.

KART 125 (2023)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. KART 125. [collage, mail art, postcards]. Geelong, Australia

One contributing artist for KART 125, an edition of 40 collaged artworks for the project. David Dellafiora (curator) This 125th issue of KART commemorates the 30th anniversary of the death of the sculptor Dame Elizabeth Frink (14th November 1930-... Read More about KART 125.

The secret lives of books (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2023, March). The secret lives of books

A free public talk for the Paper Ink Print Festival, Saturday 18th March 2023: If you are new to artists' books Sarah will show some examples from the CFPR Archive of what they might be: from literature inspired book objects and wordplay to works... Read More about The secret lives of books.

In search of symmetry (2023)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2023). In search of symmetry. Printmaking Today, 32(125), 22-23

Sarah Bodman speaks with artist Tricia Treacy as she prepares for an exhibition of her new work Scaffolding at the Center for Book Arts, New York. Tricia Treacy is based in rural New Hampshire, USA where she makes prints and artists' books, often in... Read More about In search of symmetry.

How to be in the future? (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., & Oechsler, M. How to be in the future?. [Printmaking]. Exhibited at London. 8 March 2023 - 11 March 2023. (Unpublished)

MOCA London presents How to be in the Future? - Salon for a Speculative Future: Women Artists’ Print Portfolio exhibition and publication launch. This new Salon for a Speculative Future (SFASF) publication How to be in the Future? accompanies a b... Read More about How to be in the future?.

The mountains are calling… (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. The mountains are calling…. [Artists' books, printmaking]. Exhibited at Bristol. 3 March 2023 - 17 April 2023. (Unpublished)

Curation of an exhibition: This exhibition accompanies a Bookarts at UWE / LAND2 symposium in Bristol discussing environmental themes including water quality, land degradation, pollution and damage to the landscape, interventions and ideas. It sha... Read More about The mountains are calling….

What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2023, February). What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night. Presented at Printmaking to Book: Artist's Book in academic theory and practice/artists' talks/miscellanea, The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Fine Arts, Wrocław, Poland

Sarah Bodman explores the visual history of Bookarts at UWE Bristol's World Book Night (WBN) project which has evolved over the last 13 years from a collaboration with the artist and poet Nancy Campbell into an international, participatory celebratio... Read More about What we do in the shadows: Bringing book arts into world book night.

Slow Violence (2023)
Book
Fahy, N., & Clayton, G. (2023). Slow Violence. UWE, Bristol, UK: Impact Press

This publication details research conversation between researchers Niamh Fahy and Dr. Gillian Clayton which took place in December 2022 Gillian and Niamh have been collaborating on a project at Honeygar farm in Somerset,UK, from which Niamh is using... Read More about Slow Violence.

Slow violence and river abuse: The hidden effect of land use on water quality (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Fahy, N., Clayton, G., bodman, S., & Reynolds, D. Slow violence and river abuse: The hidden effect of land use on water quality. [Printmaking/Photography]. Exhibited at F block Gallery, Bower Ashton, Bristol. 31 January 2023 - 3 February 2023. (Unpublished)

Researchers from HAS, Dr Gillian Clayton and Professor Darren Reynolds (HAS) and Researchers from ACE Niamh Fahy and Associate Professor Sarah Bodman have been collaborating on a project in Somerset, UK, from which Niamh is using data and samples col... Read More about Slow violence and river abuse: The hidden effect of land use on water quality.

El mundo es un pañuelo / The world is a handkerchief (2023)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. El mundo es un pañuelo / The world is a handkerchief. [Textile, Print and Pen]. Exhibited at USA. 27 January 2023 - 15 February 2023. (Unpublished)

A travelling exhibition, on show at the The Coral Gables Museum, USA. The World is a Handkerchief is a travelling exhibition rooted in the Spanish saying ‘el mundo es un pañuelo’ which translates into English as ‘this is such a small world’. The proj... Read More about El mundo es un pañuelo / The world is a handkerchief.

Worlds within words (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Worlds within words. Printmaking Today, 31(124), 22-23

Sarah Bodman talks to Graeme Hobbs of fallowpages about his hand-printed chapbooks inspired by classic literature and place.

Postcards for Perec (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Postcards for Perec. [postcards]. Exhibited at University of Puget Sound. 2 November 2022 - 14 January 2023. (Unpublished)

University of Puget Sound , Collins Memorial Library: The display (in the Reading Room) showcases the project Postcards for Perec. Georges Perec was a French novelist and filmmaker. Linda Parr coordinated an international project in which artists cr... Read More about Postcards for Perec.

KART 122 (2022)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. KART 122. [Printmaking, rubber stamp, stencils]. Australia

One contributing artist for KART 122. November this year marks the 50th anniversary of Richard Adams' book Watership Down and Kart celebrates this on the cover. KART magazine is an assembling publication promoting artistic and cultural diversity. K... Read More about KART 122.

Excellence in book art exhibition (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Excellence in book art exhibition. [artists' books]. Exhibited at Wollaton Library, Nottingham. 3 October 2022 - 29 October 2022. (Unpublished)

Showcasing the wonder of book arts, from unique hand-made books to book sculptures selected book artists from the region and beyond. SELECTED ARTISTS Sarah Bodman, Louisa Boyd, Melanie Bush, Larissa Cox, Lizanne van Essen, Sarah Grace-Dye, Paul... Read More about Excellence in book art exhibition.

Beyond the pale (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Beyond the pale. [Print on paper]. Exhibited at Oxford. 17 September 2022 - 6 November 2022. (Unpublished)

Beyond the Pale consists of responses invited by the Bodleian Bibliographical Press in parallel to a historical display taking place in the Weston Library – Foreshadowed – curated by Andrew Spira, exploring precursors to Kasimir Malevich’s Black Squa... Read More about Beyond the pale.

Connecting the dots (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Connecting the dots. Printmaking Today, 31(Autumn 2022), 22-23

Sarah Bodman links collaborative book projects by Mary V Marsh with her own printed poem created long distance during the pandemic.

Artists’ books (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Artists’ books. [artists' books]. Exhibited at Helsinki. 20 July 2022 - 18 August 2022. (Unpublished)

ARTISTS’ BOOKS, curated by Hannele Nyman, Galleria Duetto, Helsinki, Finland. Invited exhibitor. Elisa Alaluusua (UK/FI), Maija Albrecht, Kristoffer Albrecht, Sarah Bodman (UK), Pirjetta Brander, Nancy Campbell (UK), Codex Polaris: Rita Marhaug (NO)... Read More about Artists’ books.

22nd anniversary exhibition of the RikArt collection (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. 22nd anniversary exhibition of the RikArt collection. [artists' books]. Exhibited at Rikhardinkatu Library, Helsinki, Finland. 20 July 2022 - 31 December 2022. (Unpublished)

On the second floor of the library, it is possible to see the unique collection of artist books of the Rikhardinkatu Library – all of its more than 470 works are on display at the 22nd anniversary exhibition of the RikArt collection. An artist book i... Read More about 22nd anniversary exhibition of the RikArt collection.

Imaged words & worded image (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Imaged words & worded image. [Mail art]. Exhibited at Maitland, NSW, Australia. 2 July 2022 - 12 August 2022. (Unpublished)

A mail art exhibition curated by David Dellafiora for Field Study International, featuring 170 artists from 25 countries. Saturday 2nd July, until 12 August 2022. Imaged Words & Worded Images takes it title from a book edited by Richard Kostela... Read More about Imaged words & worded image.

Two sides to every story - letterpress printed bookworks by Andrew Morrison (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Two sides to every story - letterpress printed bookworks by Andrew Morrison. Printmaking Today, 31(122), 22-23

An interview with the book and letterpress artist Andrew Morrison whose studio is based in the South West of England, about his artists' books in progress that explore physical structures, phonetics and visual language.

Write Here - for Field Report (2022)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Write Here - for Field Report. [Artist's Book]. Australia

Field Report is edited and published by David Dellafiora for Field Study, Australia. It is a report of all field workers' activity over 2021 published the following year, June 2022. Artists contribute 100 pages of their 'report' which is a documentat... Read More about Write Here - for Field Report.

Ghosts in the machine (2022)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Ghosts in the machine. [Paper/Artist's book]. Bristol

Our Ghosts in the Machine WBN publication is an A4 loose-leaf artist’s book which can be taken apart and made into a portable exhibition. Produced in an edition of 100, housed in a string tied envelope with a screenprinted title. The block of pages h... Read More about Ghosts in the machine.

Ghosts in the Machine - World Book Night 2022 (2022)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Ghosts in the Machine - World Book Night 2022. [Paper/Artists' books]. Exhibited at Bristol. 13 April 2022 - 29 September 2022. (Unpublished)

The theme of our WBN United Artists participatory call for 2022 was Ghosts in the Machine. Inspired by haunting tales written by authors including M. R. James, Shirley Jackson, John Ajvide Lindqvist, Pierre de Ronsard, Fritz Lieber, Toni Morrison... Read More about Ghosts in the Machine - World Book Night 2022.

Read With Me (2022)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Read With Me. [Risograph and relief print]. London/Bristol, UK

Read With Me. Extending from the experimental book project ‘Read to Me’, this book is the result of: a performative drawing event, readings by a psychometric reader, collages made during lockdown and words assembled from the dissected readings. It wa... Read More about Read With Me.

Ripley's Buttons (2022)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., & Dixon, J. Ripley's Buttons. [Badges]. Bristol

A collaboration with poet Jeremy Dixon of Hazard Press. A limited edition of 50 sets of 6 text and image badges in tribute to 'The Talented Mr Ripley' by Patricia Highsmith.

Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand (2022)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2022). Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand. Printmaking Today, 31(121), 22-23

Norwegian artist Randi Annie Strand’s current printmaking project takes inspiration from light refraction. The artists’ books and films created for her Prism series are separate yet intertwined, and each is unique. As she explains: a book is three-di... Read More about Looking into the Light - artists' books by Randi Annie Strand.

Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023 (2022)
Book
Bodman, S., & Sowden, T. (2022). Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023. Bristol: Impact Press

Articles and essays: BOOKS BOXED – Imi Maufe asks – What happens when a book is boxed? and discusses the use and potential of box structures in artist’s book design; In the first of two pieces, David Solo reports on the – Book Art Review (BAR) Conve... Read More about Artist’s Book Yearbook 2022-2023.

Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books (2021)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2021). Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books. Printmaking Today, 30(120), 22-23

I spoke with Jennie Hinchcliff, Exhibitions and Events Manager at the San Francisco Center for the Book (SFCB) as they celebrate their 25th anniversary. SFCB was established by Mary Austin and Kathleen Burch in 1996, to serve west coast and internati... Read More about Twenty-five and counting: San Francisco Center for the book celebrates its past and future in artists’ books.

From literaturewurst to looped (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2021, November). From literaturewurst to looped. Presented at Spineless Wonders - Small Press Artists Books; The Global Book; Materials, Materiality and Process conference, UCL Slade School of Fine Art, London

Sarah Bodman explores how we might interact with books through non-linear reading; appropriated texts from books repurposed as 3D artefacts; collaborative and participatory projects that explore books, reading and memory.

Can you handle it? (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2021, October). Can you handle it?. Paper presented at Materiality, Space and Embodiment | Illuminating the Non-Representable, Istanbul, Turkey

Sarah will explore some aspects of our engagement with materiality through books we feel we must handle, may not want to touch, or books which make us complicit in their narrative through turning or interacting with the pages. Showing examples of art... Read More about Can you handle it?.

Postcards for Perec (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Postcards for Perec. [mail art postcards]. Exhibited at UK. 14 September 2021 - 11 November 2021. (Unpublished)

The Postcards for Perec exhibition is curated and organised by MAMDP alum Linda Parr in association with CFPR. Current venue: Winchester School of Art Library until 11th November 2021. The Postcards for Perec exhibition tour continues until the end... Read More about Postcards for Perec.

Dinner and a Rose (2021)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., & Campbell, N. Dinner and a Rose. [Digital print with silver detail on Nautilus Classic 135gsm recycled paper.]. Bristol

Dinner and a Rose Sarah Bodman & Nancy Campbell Artist Sarah Bodman and poet Nancy Campbell have created a new edition of Dinner and a Rose, an artist’s book in homage to the novel The Talented Mr Ripley by Patricia Highsmith. Originally produce... Read More about Dinner and a Rose.

Future past and tense (2021)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2021). Future past and tense. Printmaking Today, 30(119), 22-23

Sarah Bodman talks to Ioannis Anastasiou and Majka Dokudowicz online from their studio in Wrocław, Poland. Both are PhD researchers at the E. Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, actively exhibiting their prints and artists' books nationally... Read More about Future past and tense.

His dark materials (2021)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2021). His dark materials. Printmaking Today, 30(118), 22-23

Ian Andrews talks to Sarah Bodman about his collaboration with a particle physics group resulting in artists’ books exploring dark matter

Field Report - Journal of Field Study International: Why Publish? (2021)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Field Report - Journal of Field Study International: Why Publish?. [printed book]. Australia

Field Report is edited and published by David Dellafiora for Field Study, Australia. It is a report of all field workers' activity over 2020 published the following year, June 2021. Artists contribute 100 pages of their 'report' which is a documentat... Read More about Field Report - Journal of Field Study International: Why Publish?.

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.

The Herbarium – World Book Night 2021 (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., Campbell, N., & Parr, L. The Herbarium – World Book Night 2021. [artists' books, paper, letterpress, textiles, etc.]. Exhibited at Bristol, UK. 23 April 2021 - 23 May 2021. (Unpublished)

Co-curated with Linda Parr for World Book Night 2021. WBN United artists invited participants to search for flowers in a book or poem. The text could have a flowery title, be about flowers or the mention of flowers, perhaps even prompting a new artis... Read More about The Herbarium – World Book Night 2021.

BABE – The Lost Weekend Arnolfini, Bristol – online (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., Butler, A., Sowden, T., & Owen, P. BABE – The Lost Weekend Arnolfini, Bristol – online. [artists' books, videos]. Exhibited at Bristol, UK. 17 April 2021 - 18 April 2021. (Unpublished)

Sat 17th April – Sun 18th April 2021 Bristol Artist’s Book Event at Arnolfini presented works by over 160 book artists and small publishers from around the world, online over the weekend. We had submissions of books and videos from artists and pub... Read More about BABE – The Lost Weekend Arnolfini, Bristol – online.

It's a new day (2021)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., & Owen, P. It's a new day. [artists' books]. Exhibited at Bristol, UK. 2 March 2021 - 18 April 2021. (Unpublished)

Curation of exhibition - This online display in collaboration with Arnolfini, Bristol showcases a selection of artists’ books on mental health, wellbeing and recovery, and thinking about how we live within our environment. It links to themes of inter... Read More about It's a new day.

Field workers unite (2020)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2020). Field workers unite. Printmaking Today, 29(116), 22-23

Sarah Bodman talks with David Dellafiora of Field Study International about his inclusive book projects.

Nature Trails, botanical bookworks by Radha Pandey (2020)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2020). Nature Trails, botanical bookworks by Radha Pandey. Printmaking Today, 29(115), 22-23

Sarah Bodman interviews book artist Radha Pandey about her botanical bookworks and establishing Halden Bookworks, a new book arts centre in Halden, Norway.

Right here, right now - Observations, speculations & hallucinations (2020)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Right here, right now - Observations, speculations & hallucinations. [publish on demand]. Winchester, UK

This publication represents the output from an open call made to artists and designers in middle of a Covid-19 pandemic, April to May 2020. The result is a kind of visual atlas, photos and drawings, multiple perspectives of the same moment. Contri... Read More about Right here, right now - Observations, speculations & hallucinations.

An open book (2020)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2020). An open book. Printmaking Today, 29(115), 22-23

An Open Book: The generous narrative spaces in tactile artists’ books by Katerina Kyselica that demand to be handled

Wipe (2020)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Wipe. [rubber stamps]. UK

Wipe is a small assembling publication in which toilet paper is the medium. The use of a nonarchival, indeed anti-archival medium, is intentional, with the ephemerality and fragility of the medium in sharp contrast with the artistic concern for archi... Read More about Wipe.

Love and music in the format of the artist's book (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Love and music in the format of the artist's book. [artists' books]. Exhibited at Kirov, Russia. 1 August 2020 - 1 October 2020. (Unpublished)

Love and Music in the format of the Artist's Book, an exhibition organised and curated by Valeri Burov, at the M.E. Saltykov-Shchedrin museum, Kirov, Russia, 01/08/20 – 01/10/20

Measuring the heavens (2020)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2020). Measuring the heavens. Printmaking Today, 29(114), 22-23

Article exploring Kate Bernstein’s artist’s book tribute to astronomers, libraries and printers.

Field Report - Journal of Field Study International: 'Read With Me' (2020)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. Field Report - Journal of Field Study International: 'Read With Me'. [Printed publication in an edition of 100 copies]. Australia

Field Report is edited and published by David Dellafiora for Field Study, Australia. It is a report of all field workers' activity over 2019 published the following year, June 2020. Artists contribute 100 pages of their 'report' which is a documenta... Read More about Field Report - Journal of Field Study International: 'Read With Me'.

Susan Hiller (2020)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., Oechsler, M., & Kivland, S. Susan Hiller. [printed publication]. UK/France

‘Susan Hiller’ artist's page contribution to Salon for a Speculative Future, edited by Monika Oechsler with Sharon Kivland, published by Ma Bibliothèque, ISBN 978-1-910055-72-4, June 2020

Should we have stayed at home and thought of here? (2020)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., Parr, L., Campbell, N., & Bíro, C. Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?. [online exhibition of physical postcards]. Exhibited at Bristol. 23 April 2020 - 30 June 2020. (Unpublished)

A collaboration with 98 national and international artists responding to texts by Elizabeth Bishop, Nancy Campbell, W. G. Sebald & Olga Tokarczuk. Bower Ashton Library, UWE Bristol, UK online exhibition and mail art exchange. Coordinated in collabora... Read More about Should we have stayed at home and thought of here?.

Lire entre les couvertures: petite exploration des liens qui unissent artistes, livres et bibliothèques (2020)
Conference Proceeding
Bodman, S. (in press). Lire entre les couvertures: petite exploration des liens qui unissent artistes, livres et bibliothèques.

The field of artists' books has grown exponentially over the last 30 years. The range of subject matter and context held within it includes that of many practitioners and curators who use the artist's book as a means of exploring our relationship wit... Read More about Lire entre les couvertures: petite exploration des liens qui unissent artistes, livres et bibliothèques.

Books of the future (2019)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (in press). Books of the future. z.B. [zum Beispiel] [zum Buch] / [for example] [about books], autumn 2019,

Artists’ books have built and aligned their status according to the value of the printed book, so will arrive at their fate in parallel. If digital reading is going to be the majority method of the future, then how will physical books survive? And w... Read More about Books of the future.

Digging up the past (2019)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2019). Digging up the past. Printmaking Today, 28(110),

A new series of collaborative artists' books by Tamar MacLellan & Philippa Wood explores the contents of our gardens

Read With Me – an exhibition of an experiment (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Read With Me – an exhibition of an experiment. [n/a]. Exhibited at Bower Ashton Library, UWE, Bristol, UK. 2 December 2019 - 15 January 2020. (Unpublished)

2nd December 2019 – 15th January 2020 Exhibition in the study area, Bower Ashton Library, UWE, Bristol, UK Sarah Bodman: This exhibition continues the Read To Me project – an experiment made in collaboration with a psychometric reader, as an attemp... Read More about Read With Me – an exhibition of an experiment.

Posted/Unposted (2019)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. (2019). Posted/Unposted. Printmaking Today, 28(112),

Exploring a project curated by Dr Angie Butler and Imi Maufe celebrating letterpress printing practice in the UK and Ireland

Read With Me (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Read With Me. [n/a]. Performed at Arnolfini, Bristol, UK. 14 November 2019 - 14 November 2019. (Unpublished)

An automatic drawing experiment took place on Thursday 14th November 2019 at Arnolfini bookshop. Participants were invited to attend or to conduct the experiment remotely. The drawings were exhibited at Bower Ashton Library December 2019 and will fo... Read More about Read With Me.

Zero Waste, an exhibition of artists’ books (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Zero Waste, an exhibition of artists’ books. [n/a]. Exhibited at Bristol UK and Tallinn, Estonia. 1 November 2019 - 20 March 2020. (Unpublished)

Zero Waste, an exhibition of artists’ books curated by Sarah Bodman and Eve Kask; UWE, Bristol, Bower Ashton Library, 20/09/19 & Estonian Academy of Arts Library, Tallinn, 01/11/19 - 20/03/20 Zero Waste alludes to responsible lifestyles, ending w... Read More about Zero Waste, an exhibition of artists’ books.

Idaho Booker’s Dozen (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Idaho Booker’s Dozen. [n/a]. Exhibited at Boise State University, USA. 1 November 2019 - 30 April 2020. (Unpublished)

The Idaho Booker’s Dozen is a biennial, travelling juried exhibition of artists’ books featuring works from Idaho and around the USA, and those of international artists from The Netherlands and the UK. Idaho Booker’s Dozen, touring exhibition o... Read More about Idaho Booker’s Dozen.

Lago Cremisi Permanente (2019)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., & Cherniwchan, C. Lago Cremisi Permanente. Messina, Italy

A text and image response to the short story ‘Watching God’ in the collection Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville. This a new book, based on the collaborative artist’s book trilogy (Red Blue Shades, Perm Green Light & Cad Yellow Deep) Edi... Read More about Lago Cremisi Permanente.

Sarah Bodman – I Made This For You (2019)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Sarah Bodman – I Made This For You. [n/a]. Exhibited at Messina, Italy. 12 October 2019 - 14 November 2019. (Unpublished)

Sarah Bodman – I Made This For You 15th AMACI – Giornata del Contemporaneo Curated by Antonio Freiles, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea L. Barbera, Messina, Italy, 12/10/2019 – 14/11/2019 The 15th Day of Giornata del Contemporaneo – Itali... Read More about Sarah Bodman – I Made This For You.

Artist's Book Yearbook 2020-2021 (2019)
Book
Bodman, S. (2019). Artist's Book Yearbook 2020-2021. Bristol, UK: Impact Press

Published by Impact Press at The Centre for Fine Print Research, University of the West of England, Bristol, September 2019 Essays: With her regular front page, Tanya Peixoto (UK) celebrates some highlights of bookartbookshop over the last two ye... Read More about Artist's Book Yearbook 2020-2021.

Gwalia Gazette (2019)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., Parr, L., Butler, A., & Campbell, N. Gwalia Gazette. Bristol, UK

A collaboration with 47 national and international artists for World Book Night 2019. Coordinated by Linda Parr. In collections: Tate Britain, London, UK; UWE Bristol Special Collections, Bower Ashton Library, Bristol, UK; Biblioteca Universitária UF... Read More about Gwalia Gazette.

Australian artists’ books (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S., & Mosely, T. (2018, October). Australian artists’ books. Presented at Artists’ Books in Australia and Brazil – looking to the past to read into the future, The Station, Bristol, UK

Australian artists’ books - a conversation with Dr Tim Mosely & Sarah Bodman for Artists’ Books in Australia and Brazil – looking to the past to read into the future. A day of discussions considering aspects of artists’ books in Australia and Braz... Read More about Australian artists’ books.

Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., & Marshall, J. Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros. [n/a]. Performed at Geelong, Australia. 7 September 2018 - 7 September 2018. (Unpublished)

On Friday 7th September 2018, Sarah Bodman (UK) and Jayne Marshall (Spain) performed a reading of Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros in Spanish and English at 9pm in the Plaza de Cañadío, Santander as an emanation for David Dellafiora’s Fie... Read More about Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros.

Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros. [n/a]. Exhibited at Santander, Spain. 14 August 2018 - 15 September 2018. (Unpublished)

Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros invited 36 artists and writers from the following countries to participate in this collaborative book and exhibition: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Swede... Read More about Encounters with Books / Encuentro con Libros.

Read To Me (2018)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. (2018). Read To Me. [Artists' book]

‘Read to me’ is an experiment made by the artist in collaboration with a psychometric reader, to transmit the emotional content of selected narratives through a series of physical objects. Ten objects were selected to read chapters of novels, or shor... Read More about Read To Me.

Red Blue Shades II (2018)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., & Cherniwchan, C. Red Blue Shades II. [Artist's book]. Bristol, Uk

A collaborative artist's book inspired by the short story ‘Watching God’ in the collection Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville. A text and image response to the elements of nature, movement, reading, writing, the passing of time and the s... Read More about Red Blue Shades II.

Cad Yellow Deep (2018)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., & Cherniwchan, C. Cad Yellow Deep. [Artist's book]. Bristol, UK

A collaborative artist’s book trilogy (Red Blue Shades, Perm Green Light & Cad Yellow Deep) inspired by the short story ‘Watching God’ in the collection Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville. A text and image response to the elements of nat... Read More about Cad Yellow Deep.

Perm Green Light (2018)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., & Cherniwchan, C. Perm Green Light. [Artist's book]. Bristol, UK

A collaborative artist’s book trilogy (Red Blue Shades, Perm Green Light & Cad Yellow Deep) inspired by the short story ‘Watching God’ in the collection Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville. A text and image response to the elements of nat... Read More about Perm Green Light.

Read to me: A psychometric collaboration with objects (2018)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2018). Read to me: A psychometric collaboration with objects. Axon: Creative Explorations, 8(1),

‘Read to me’ is an experiment made by the artist in the UK, in collaboration with a psychometric reader in The Netherlands, to transmit the emotional content of selected narratives through a series of physical objects. The project will be produced as... Read More about Read to me: A psychometric collaboration with objects.

Red Blue Shades (2018)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S., & Cherniwchan, C. Red Blue Shades. [Artist's book]. Bristol, UK

A collaborative artist’s book trilogy (Red Blue Shades, Perm Green Light & Cad Yellow Deep) inspired by the short story ‘Watching God’ in the collection Three Moments of an Explosion by China Miéville. A text and image response to the elements of nat... Read More about Red Blue Shades.

Making friends with books (2017)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2017). Making friends with books. Printmaking Today, 26(4),

A report on the first Cardiff Artists' Books (CAB) event at The Printhaus in Cardiff and their future plans for 2018.

Bristol fashion (2017)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2017). Bristol fashion. Printmaking Today, 26(3), 17

Sarah Bodman reports on a book project close to home that brings together the entire bookmaking community.

Artist’s Book Yearbook 2018-2019 (2017)
Book
Bodman, S. L. (2017). S. L. Bodman (Ed.), Artist’s Book Yearbook 2018-2019. Bristol: Impact Press

Essays: With her regular page for bookartbookshop, Tanya Peixoto celebrates Kelly Wellman; Endangered Species of Book by John Bently, ponders the disappearance of paper-based books from our daily routines; Liminal Moments At The Edges: Reading Montag... Read More about Artist’s Book Yearbook 2018-2019.

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.

Building communities (2017)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2017). Building communities. Printmaking Today, 26(2), 17

Article on ambitious community ventures at leading centres for the book arts in the USA and UK.

Milestones (2017)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2017). Milestones. Printmaking Today, 26(1), 16

article on Booknesses international colloquium, celebrating 21 years of artists’ books in South Africa.

Communities of practice: Building an internationally connected practice in and for the book arts (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2017, March). Communities of practice: Building an internationally connected practice in and for the book arts. Presented at Booknesses, Department of Visual Art Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture of the University of Johannesburg, South Africa

At the Centre for Fine Print Research at the University of the West of England in Bristol, UK, ‘book arts’ investigates contemporary artists’ book practice nationally and internationally. The findings from these research are disseminated freely and a... Read More about Communities of practice: Building an internationally connected practice in and for the book arts.

Tell it to the Bees (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Tell it to the Bees. Printmaking Today, 25(4), 17-17

Sarah Bodman talks to Sarah Nicholls about letterpress and linocut, her popular pamphlet series and a recent artist’s residency in Chicago

Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning) (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning)

A reflection on the relationship between Liberature and artists’ books. The majority of artists creating books have been drawn into their creative pathway through a passion for physical books themselves. Whether literature or Liberature, the publicat... Read More about Liberatura, literatura i książka artystyczna: kontekst, treść i istotne znaczenie materiału (Liberature, literature and the artist’s book: Context, content and material meaning).

Turning the pages (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Turning the pages. Printmaking Today, 25(2), 17

Sarah Bodman talks to Jules Allen, founder of ‘turn the page’, and discovers the secrets of the success of this unique artist’s book festival in the heart of Norwich.

GIFT: I Made This For You (2016)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2016). GIFT: I Made This For You. [Artists' book]. Berlin

A book inspired by the Angel of Bremen (serial poisoner Gesche Gottfried), produced to resemble the type of pamphlet publication / recipe book given away with newly purchased gas cookers in the 1940s-50s. It contains 14 ‘recipes’ for 15 people. Each... Read More about GIFT: I Made This For You.

ABBE (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). ABBE

A report on the Artists’ Books Brisbane Event.

A study in pink, red, black and white (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). A study in pink, red, black and white. Printmaking Today, 25(1), 17

Sarah Bodman examines some artists’ books by Guy Bigland, Amir Brito Cadôr, Egidija Čiricaitė and Sophie Loss, which respond to paintings.

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.

ABBE: Artist's Books Brisbane Event (2016)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). ABBE: Artist's Books Brisbane Event

A review of the ABBE: Artist's Books Brisbane Event at the Griffith Centre for Creative Arts Research, Brisbane, Australia

The Prof. Jonathan Osmond lecture (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2015, December). The Prof. Jonathan Osmond lecture. Presented at Livres d'Artistes: The Artists' Book in Theory and Practice Conference, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK

Sarah Bodman was invited to give the Prof. Jonathan Osmond Lecture at the Livres d'Artistes: The Artists' Book in Theory and Practice Conference.

The heart of the matter (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2015). The heart of the matter. Printmaking Today, 24(4), 15

Sarah Bodman spoke with Marian Crawford at the Artists' Book Event Brisbane about her recent artists' books made as part of The News Network Project.

Artist's Book Yearbook 2016-17 (2015)
Book
Bodman, S. (Ed.). (2015). Artist's Book Yearbook 2016-17. Bristol: Impact Press, UWE Bristol

The Artist’s Book Yearbook is a biennial reference publication focusing on international activity in the field of book arts. It serves as a resource for artists, academics, students, collectors, librarians, dealers, publishers and researchers, in... Read More about Artist's Book Yearbook 2016-17.

King of stamps: Sarah Bodman interviews artist Stephen Fowler on the eve of his new publication (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2016). King of stamps: Sarah Bodman interviews artist Stephen Fowler on the eve of his new publication. Printmaking Today, 25(3),

An interview with the artist Stephen Fowler on the processes of rubber stamps and how he researched the subject for his new book Rubber Stamping: Get Creative with Stamps, Rollers and Other Printmaking Techniques published by Laurence King.

Artists' books as a physical site of practice (2015)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2015, July). Artists' books as a physical site of practice. Presented at Artists Books Brisbane Event: A Conference on Critical Thinking about Artists Books, Queensland, Australia

If a post-literate society might also encompass new ways of thinking about reading, we could think of contemporary artists' books as a site of practice beyond that of McLuhan's signposting of the invention of moveable type as fundamentally responsibl... Read More about Artists' books as a physical site of practice.

BABE – The Fifth Bristol Artists Book Event (2015)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2015). BABE – The Fifth Bristol Artists Book Event. Exhibited at Bristol. 11 April 2015 - 12 April 2015. (Unpublished)

Curated event including 113 artists, publishers, dealers and presses from the Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Norway, Sicily, Spain, South Korea and the UK, attracted 7150 visitors and held at the Arnolfini, Bristol, 11-12 April 2015.

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.

Island Life - Otto of ottoGraphic’s artist’s book Flat Holm (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2015). Island Life - Otto of ottoGraphic’s artist’s book Flat Holm. Printmaking Today, 24(1), 17

An unusual island landscape that captivated Otto is represented in a new artists' book with poems by Chris Sully, writes Sarah Bodman

The threads that bind us: WSW and Libby Scarlett’s A 19-2 view (2015)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2015). The threads that bind us: WSW and Libby Scarlett’s A 19-2 view. Printmaking Today, 24(2), 17

Women's Studio Workshop residencies offer artists the facilities and funding to create a bookwork, writes Sarah Bodman.

PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Sowden, T., & Bodman, S. L. (2014). PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books. 1 July 2014 - 1 August 2014. (Unpublished)

PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books curated by Debbie Hill and Geoff Wallis, offers a rare insight and overview of the development, range and ambition of the Artists Book over half a century. Featuring books, postal art and other 'alternative... Read More about PAGE.PRINT.POST: 50 years of Artists Books.

RUKSSIAN artists' books (2014)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L., Pogarsky, M., Vlasov, V., & Lukin, V. (2014). RUKSSIAN artists' books. 13 March 2014 - 18 May 2014. (Unpublished)

Curated by Sarah Bodman, Mikhail Pogarsky, Vasily Vlasov, Viktor Lukin. Artists' books speak the international language of art. These books can be understood in almost any corner of the world. Artists, who work in the genre of the artist's book profe... Read More about RUKSSIAN artists' books.

Talking prints (2014)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2014, February). Talking prints. Presented at Artlab Contemporary Print, Preston, UK

Based at the University of the West of England, Bristol, the book arts forms a small part of the Centre for Fine Print Research, where the research focus is on the production and investigation of the physical artefact, primarily predicated in print.... Read More about Talking prints.

A stitch in time: Artists’ books by Candace Hicks (2014)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2014). A stitch in time: Artists’ books by Candace Hicks. Printmaking Today, 23(2), 15

Sarah Bodman catches up with book artist Candace Hicks as she returns to printmaking after extensive work on hand-sewn books.

Story time: Kate Bufton’s book sculptures (2014)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2014). Story time: Kate Bufton’s book sculptures. Printmaking Today, 23(3), 15

Kate Bufton is known for her scultpures, but now she is exploring the representation of these works in two dimensions during a residency at Hot Bed Press, writes Sarah Bodman.

Readers and dreamers: Artists’ books by Mário Azevedo (2014)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2014). Readers and dreamers: Artists’ books by Mário Azevedo. Printmaking Today, 23(1), 17

Mário Azevedo's robust printmaking and love of visual typography produces works that create new conversations, writes Sarah Bodman.

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.

Everything we do begins with a conversation (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2013, October). Everything we do begins with a conversation. Paper presented at Perspectivas do Livro de Artista - O livro de artista na universidade (Perspectives of the artist's book - The Artist's Book and the University), Centro Cultural UFMG, Brazil

Sarah Bodman was invited to give this presentation as part of the panel The Artist’s Book as a Tool for Research at the seminar Perspectivas do Livro de Artista - O livro de artista na universidade (Perspectives of the artist's book - The Artist's Bo... Read More about Everything we do begins with a conversation.

Chair of discussion panel: The role of the sketchbook in contemporary fine art practice (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2013, September). Chair of discussion panel: The role of the sketchbook in contemporary fine art practice. Presented at The Role of the Sketchbook in Contemporary Fine Art Practice, Rabley Drawing Centre, Marlborough, Wiltshire' UK

The Role of the Sketchbook in Contemporary Fine Art Practice Seminar.

Appropriation and creation: Artists’ books and extant narrative (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2013, July). Appropriation and creation: Artists’ books and extant narrative. Paper presented at Book Art Biennial 2013, Minnesota, USA

The Book Art Biennial 2013 explored in depth the common threads between book art and film. Historically as well as in contemporary practice, artists blur and perforate the boundaries between these two disciplines, both of which are time-based and gro... Read More about Appropriation and creation: Artists’ books and extant narrative.

Al-Mutanabbi Street starts here (2013)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L., & Beausoleil, B. (2013). Al-Mutanabbi Street starts here. 10 July 2013 - 21 September 2013. (Unpublished)

Co-curated by Sarah Bodman and Beau Beausoleil Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here assembled artists’ responses to the tragic loss of a cultural and intellectual hub in Baghdad that occurred in March 5, 2007, by a bomb explosion. The Center for Book Art... Read More about Al-Mutanabbi Street starts here.

BABE – The fourth Bristol Artists Book Event (2013)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2013). BABE – The fourth Bristol Artists Book Event. Exhibited at Bristol. 20 April 2013 - 21 April 2013. (Unpublished)

Curated by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden with the Arnolfini Bristol this event showcased 105 artists, publishers, dealers and presses from the UK, The Netherlands, Belgium, USA, Canada, South Korea and Italy with 7530 visitors.

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’.

Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2013). Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century. In D. Jury, & P. Rutledge Koch (Eds.), Book Art Object 2 (22-24). USA: Stanford University Press

The most ambitious and diverse survey of the book arts published to date, Book Art Object 2 serves as a record of the third biennial Codex Book Fair and Symposium, "The Fate of the Art," held in Berkeley, California in 2011. The event showcased conte... Read More about Some thoughts on the artist’s book in the 21st century.

Building with books (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L., & Beausoleil, B. (2013). Building with books. In Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here (14-22). New York, USA: Center for Book Arts

Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here assembles artists' responses to the tragic loss of a cultural and intellectual hub in Baghdad that occurred in March 5, 2007, by a bomb explosion. This important and timely exhibition, organized by Beau Beausoleil and... Read More about Building with books.

The beauty of the book (2013)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2013). The beauty of the book. In Fifth International Artists’ Book Exhibition Catalogue (8-11). Hungary: King St. Stephen Museum

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

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.

Lost and found: The library of lost books (2013)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Lost and found: The library of lost books. Printmaking Today, 22(4), 15

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

Eyes on the prize (2013)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Eyes on the prize. Printmaking Today, 22(2), 15

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

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?.

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
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Life, the universe and everything: The artist's book as a means of theoretical, political and social consideration of the natural world. In L. Morgan (Ed.), Proceedings of Impact 7, an International Multi-Disciplinary Printmaking Conference (70-74). Australia: Monash University Publishing

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
Bodman, S. L., Słowikowska, A., Tryzno, J., & Gilmore, A. (2012). 9th International Book Art Festival: Correspondence. 2012 - 2014. (Unpublished)

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
Bodman, S. L. (2012, November). Contemporary artists and the art of the book. Presented at Autumn Art Lecture Series 2012: The Art of the Book, Great Hall, Wills Memorial Building, University of Bristol

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
Bodman, S. L. (2012, November). From physical to digital: What do artists do with books?. Presented at Thursdays at Four Presentation, Nolte Center for Continuing Education, University of Minnesota

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
Bodman, S. L., Bright, B., Rathermel, J., & Coombs, M. (2012, November). Sense of place in artist books. Presented at Site and Incitement Symposium panel discussion, University of Minnesota

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
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Publicar e ser danado: Como ser um editor institucional underground

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
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Imaginary shadows: Fictional documentary photography in artists’ books. In R. Miller, T. Wilkie, & J. Carson (Eds.), Photography and The Artist’s Book (252-271). UK: Museumsetc

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
Laidler, P., Bodman, S. L., Sowden, T., & Mosely, T. Codex Event 8. 13 June 2012 - 31 August 2012. (Unpublished)

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
Bodman, S. L. (2012, June). New Pages: Celebrating the book as a democratic multiple in a variety of 21st century forms. Paper presented at BOOK LIVE!, London South Bank University, London, UK

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
Bodman, S. L. (2012). ‘How Do I Love Thee?’ and ‘Fehling's Solution’. In S. Salamony, P. Thomas, & D. Thomas (Eds.), 1000 Artists’ Books: Exploring The Book As Art. USA: Quarry Books

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
Bodman, S. L. (2012). 1000 artists’ books: Exploring the book as art. In S. Salamoney, D. Thomas, & P. Thomas (Eds.), 1000 Artists’ Books: Exploring the Book as Art (125-243). USA: Quarry Books

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.

The small press movement in the age of mass publication (2012)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2012, March). The small press movement in the age of mass publication. Paper presented at Small Press Atlas, Musée des Beaux- Arts, Rouen

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.

Artists' books in Australia (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Artists' books in Australia

6,000-word,invited, illustrated article for ‘The Journal of Artists’ Books’ (JAB) published by Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts, Chicago, USA (http://journalofartistsbooks.org), JAB 31, March 23, 2012. The article provides a... Read More about Artists' books in Australia.

Artists’ Books in Australia (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Artists’ Books in Australia

Invited article for the Journal of Artists’ Books, JAB 31, USA, Spring 2012, pp 16-23 Six new writers for JAB make their debut in this issue including Thomas Kromann, Anthony Leslie, Sarah Bodman, Alastair Johnston, Sarah Bassnett, and Albert Coer... Read More about Artists’ Books in Australia.

No place like home (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). No place like home. Printmaking Today, 21(4), 13

Philippa Wood and Angie Butler, in the USA, produce books that celebrate life's quiet and comforting domestic pleasures, writes Sarah Bodman.

Playing with space (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Playing with space. Printmaking Today, 21(3), 15

American artist Heidi Neilson's books explore the mysteries of the universe via miniature props and ingenious invention, writes Sarah Bodman.

Publish and be damned: How to be an underground institutional publisher (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Publish and be damned: How to be an underground institutional publisher

The Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at the University of the West of England, Bristol UK publishes reference materials on contemporary printmaking and related areas for an international audience. Three of its established publications focus on a... Read More about Publish and be damned: How to be an underground institutional publisher.

Steve McPherson: Saltwater soup (2012)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Steve McPherson: Saltwater soup. In C. Lamas Cornejo (Ed.), Packet Soup (31-32). Berlin: SAVVY contemporary

Invited catalogue essay for the exhibition Packet Soup, curated by Claudia Lamas Cornejo, SAVVY Contemporary, Berlin, 05/05/12 - 02/06/12, pp 31-32

Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012 (2012)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L., Sowden, T., Laidler, P., & Moseley, T. (2012). Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012

A co-authored article by all the artists for Imprint journal, Australia, September 2012. Sarah Bodman and Paul Laidler from the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR) at UWE, Bristol, UK joined Tim Mosely in Brisbane at Queensland College of Art (Q... Read More about Codex Event 8: An Australian and British Collaboration of pulp-printing, installation and artists’ books with Sarah Bodman, Paul Laidler, Tim Mosely, Monica Oppen and Tom Sowden 2011-2012.

The cutting edge of artist’s books (2011)
Digital Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2011). The cutting edge of artist’s books. Australia

Sarah Bodman was interviewed by Michael Shirrefs, Feature Producer of ABC Radio Australia’s ‘Artworks’ programme, at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne. Most of us would have the notion that artists' books - that is 'books made by artists' -... Read More about The cutting edge of artist’s books.

Life, the universe and everything: Artists’ books which question our relationship with nature and the way we live (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L. (2011). Life, the universe and everything: Artists’ books which question our relationship with nature and the way we live. 27 October 2011 - 30 October 2011. (Unpublished)

Curated by Sarah Bodman for the Impact 7 Multi-disciplinary Printmaking Conference, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. An exhibition of 28 artists’ books – placed on a shelf - which ask the viewers some questions about how we perceive, treat... Read More about Life, the universe and everything: Artists’ books which question our relationship with nature and the way we live.

Imaginary shadows: Fictional documentary photography in artists’ books (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2011, October). Imaginary shadows: Fictional documentary photography in artists’ books. Presented at Symposium: Photography and the Artist's Book, Manchester Metropolitan University Special Collections, Manchester, UK

Artists making books often use photography as a means of recording a narrative of places or their travels, but what if they are documenting something that isn’t actually there at all? A few examples of the artists who inspired me to do the talk are:... Read More about Imaginary shadows: Fictional documentary photography in artists’ books.

Books of all stripes: Artists’ publishing in the 21st century (2011)
Presentation / Conference
21st century. Presented at Books of all stripes: Artists’ publishing in the 21st Century, State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia

Sarah gave an invited lecture to an audience of 100 artists, academics, curators on 'Books of all stripes: Artists’ publishing in the 21st Century' on the 26 September 2011. In this lecture, artists' books specialist Sarah Bodman presents contempo... Read More about Books of all stripes: Artists’ publishing in the 21st century.

Artists' Book Yearbook 2012-2013 (2011)
Other
Bodman, S. L. (2011). Artists' Book Yearbook 2012-2013. Bristol

This edition includes: John Bently on books and community; Earle D. Swope’s extraordinary account of how he came to be a book artist; an update on the work of the collaborative artists’ group AMBruno; a study by Eileen O’Keefe of Sarah Jacobs’ thorou... Read More about Artists' Book Yearbook 2012-2013.

From Fluxus to iPad: A very short history of artists' books (2011)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2011). From Fluxus to iPad: A very short history of artists' books

A journal article on the contemporary artist's book which has emerged gradually from the French livre de luxe tradition of the mid-19th century,where texts by authors – including the Symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé (1842–98) – were published in exqu... Read More about From Fluxus to iPad: A very short history of artists' books.

The World as Text (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L. (2011). The World as Text. 16 June 2011 - 12 August 2011. (Unpublished)

Sarah Bodman was the invited curator for THE WORLD AS TEXT, a summer reading room at The Center for Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Chicago, USA. A hybrid space designed to amplify connections between the action of reading and the activity of p... Read More about The World as Text.

Artists and librarians: making art in and out of books. (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2011, June). Artists and librarians: making art in and out of books. Paper presented at The Artist in the library - free symposium at UEL, Library and Learning Services at the University of East London

A conference paper given at The Artist in the Library, a symposium, University of East London, Docklands Campus, London, June 2011

Any street, anywhere (2011)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2011, May). Any street, anywhere. Presented at The Death and Life of Al-Muntanabbi Street, John Rylands Library, Unviersity of Manchester, Manchester, UK

Invited public lecture at the John Rylands Library, Unviersity of Manchester, on the Al-Mutanabbi Coalition and the impact of the worldwide response to the attack.

BABE – The third Bristol Artists Book Event (2011)
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2011). BABE – The third Bristol Artists Book Event. Exhibited at Bristol. 29 April 2011 - 30 April 2011. (Unpublished)

Curated by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden with the Arnolfini Bristol. Artists book event which showcased 100 artists, publishers and presses from the UK, France, Belgium, Russia, USA, Canada, South Korea and Spain with 5724 visitors.

Sarah Bodman (2011)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2011). Sarah Bodman. In E. Wallace (Ed.), Masters Book Arts: Major Works By Leading Artists. USA: Lark Books

Eight artists’ books by Bodman included by invitation by the curator Eileen Wallace, Lamar Dodd School of Art, University of Georgia. In the book Major Works by Leading Artists in a juried collection of showcased artists’ books as “pioneers in the fi... Read More about Sarah Bodman.

Future fantasteek! (2011)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2011). Future fantasteek!. Printmaking Today, 20(2), 15

Jackie Batey is celebrating the tenth issue of her artist's zine with a touring show in Europe and the USA writes Sarah Bodman.

Station to station (2011)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2011). Station to station. Printmaking Today, 20(1), 17

Follow-Ed is a touring exhibition of diverse yet related artists' books produced in tribute to American artist Ed Ruscha.

This one’s from the heart (2011)
Other
Bodman, S. L. (2011). This one’s from the heart. Australia

Introductory catalogue preface written by Sarah Bodman for the exhibition 'The Silent Scream: political and social comment in books by artists' at Monash University Library, Melbourne, Australia, 28/09/11- 25/11/11, published by Ant Press, Australia,... Read More about This one’s from the heart.

The al-Mutanabbi street coalition: Making a stand through print (2011)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2011). The al-Mutanabbi street coalition: Making a stand through print

Journal article published in the autumn 2011 issue of IMPRINT Magazine, the Print Council of Australia. Sarah Bodman is the UK and European curator of the exhibitions of the Al-Mutanabbi Street Broadsides Project, 2008- 2009 and 2010-2014. She is als... Read More about The al-Mutanabbi street coalition: Making a stand through print.

The hand printed page (2011)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2011). The hand printed page. In M. Galleries (Ed.), BITE – A new show of artists making prints (18-19). UK: Mall Galleries

Invited catalogue essay, BITE – A new show of artists making prints, Mall Galleries, London, 24/08/11 – 03/09/11, pp 18-19

Collaboration in Artists' books (2010)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2010, December). Collaboration in Artists' books. Presented at “With a little help from our friends”: Collaboration and art libraries, Westminster Reference Library

Presentation given at “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 eve... Read More about Collaboration in Artists' books.

Artists' books and the book arts (2010)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2010). Artists' books and the book arts

In this article Sarah Bodman, Senior Research Fellow for Artists' Books at the Centre for Fine Print Research (CFPR), investigates what actually constitutes an artist's book in the 21st Century, published in Insight 2, Ace Foundation Newsletter, Dece... Read More about Artists' books and the book arts.

Northern lights (2010)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2010). Northern lights. Printmaking Today, 19(1), 34

Sarah Bodman surveys the diversity of artists' books being made in Scandinavia today and the organizations that help promote them, as she looks ahead to a major book arts' festival in Denmark this spring.

Of God and small things (2010)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2010). Of God and small things. Printmaking Today, 19(2), 34

Karen Hanmer's artist's books and designer bindings spring from a love of tactility allied with a curiosity that spans the inscrutable and the cosmological, says Sarah Bodman.

A bridge to Baghdad (2010)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2010). A bridge to Baghdad. Printmaking Today, 19(4), 17

Sarah Bodman describes how one US-based bookseller has proved an inspiration to Iraqi artists and to the global artists' book community

A multi-coloured life (2010)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2010). A multi-coloured life. Printmaking Today, 19(3), 17

Klaus von Mirbach is inspired by sources as diverse as his children's toothbrushes to the great Flemish painter van Eyck, writes Sarah Bodman.

Artists’ books: Visual Studies Workshop Press 1971 – 2008 (2009)
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. (2009). Artists’ books: Visual Studies Workshop Press 1971 – 2008. In J. Lyons (Ed.), Artists’ Books: Visual Studies Workshop Press 1971 – 2008 (27). Visual Studies Workshop Press

On her retirement from VSW Press, founder Joan Lyons assembled this selected bibliography of titles printed at VSW with commentary from the artists she worked with including Sarah Bodman.

Codex event 6 (2009)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2009). Codex event 6. Printmaking Today, 18(1), 12

Confounded structure (2009)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2009). Confounded structure. Printmaking Today, 18(4), 31

Sarah Bodman on Excavating Babel, an astonishing installation by Tina Hill, which explores the biblical story and ideas about the loss of language.

Made to measure online (2009)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2009). Made to measure online. Printmaking Today, 12(2), 12

Sarah Bodman looks at how artists can use the internet to create and distribute their books and converse with other artists worldwide.

Primal force (2009)
Journal Article
Bodman, S. L. (2009). Primal force. Printmaking Today, 18(3), 10

Sarah Bodman looks at the powerfull, tactile use made of book arts by the Russian artist Dmitry Sayenko.

La Voisin (1999)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (1999). La Voisin. [Artists' book]

The imaginary diary of Catherine Monvoisin; provider of potions, solutions and services to the court of Louis XIV. Monvoisin was a celebrated advisor to her clientele before being accused of murder by her rival La Bosse, who testified against her and... Read More about La Voisin.

Serena Joy
Digital Artefact
Bodman, S. L., Bernstein, K., Duignan, L., Thames, A., Fowler, S., Caves, J., …Perera, S. (2016). Serena Joy

2016 World Book Night collaborative book and video. Our set book this year was chosen by the artist John Bently, who also wrote and performed a tribute ‘sermon’ on the night. Forty artists read 'The Handmaid’s Tale' by Margaret Atwood, and then desig... Read More about Serena Joy.

Flowers In Hotel Rooms Volume V
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2016). Flowers In Hotel Rooms Volume V

Lots of travel can sound glamorous but in reality is mostly time spent in airports, stations and hotel rooms. These books have helped occupy my time by imagining what the characters in the books I read would be doing if they were here. For Volume V,... Read More about Flowers In Hotel Rooms Volume V.

Shine on
Physical Artefact
Ambeck, M. D., Atkinson, C., Bodman, S. L., Butler, A., Butler, S., Campbell, N., …Wyatt, C. (2015). Shine on

On 23/04/15, we, the WBN United Artists made our annual World Book Night tribute. This year we chose Stephen King's magnificent horror novel The Shining. We matched the models to text excerpts from the New English Library paperback edition of The Shi... Read More about Shine on.

Bookishness: An in-depth interrogation of the mystery of Loch Ness by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau Rebooted 2017
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2017). Bookishness: An in-depth interrogation of the mystery of Loch Ness by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau Rebooted 2017

“Although there have been quite a few books written on the subject, really we know very little.” NESSIE, Seven Years in Search of the Monster, Frank Searle Monster-Hunter Extraordinary, Coronet Books, 1976. For 2017, our tribute is to all the weird a... Read More about Bookishness: An in-depth interrogation of the mystery of Loch Ness by the Loch Ness Investigation Bureau Rebooted 2017.

Their eyes were watching God
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2018). Their eyes were watching God

A collaborative artist's book produced for World Book Night 2018. Book, exhibition and video curated by Sarah Bodman. Contributors to the exhibition and book are: Alex Goodman, Andrea Robinson, Angela Thames, Angie & Si Butler, Anonymous, Arra St... Read More about Their eyes were watching God.

Why say it again?
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Why say it again?

Artists' book screenprinted with a clear water-based varnish, the stencils made from dipping glasses and cups into ink to make a mark, just as you would if you put a glass or cup onto a table. The marks, like poison are barely discernible. The handwr... Read More about Why say it again?.

Some Small, Good Things
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Some Small, Good Things

A collaborative zine made for World Book Night, which resulted in a free download DIY publication www.bookarts.uwe.ac.uk/13smallgt.htm This year the work was a tribute to Raymond Carver's collection of stories Cathedral (1983), some of which were... Read More about Some Small, Good Things.

Bodman’s Dark Humours
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2013). Bodman’s Dark Humours

A selection of Bodman's 70 artists’ books included in the exhibition Press & Release, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, UK, 27/04/13 – 09/06/13

Post Office
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., Butler, A., Butler, S., Campbell, N., Duignan, L., Grainger, H., …Smith, S. (2014). Post Office

A collaborative artist’s book made for World Book Night 2015. The tribute this year was to Charles Bukowski, we asked readers to sum up how they felt about his novel 'Post Office' in three words for us to produce an artist's book on the night. Contri... Read More about Post Office.

Dead search
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Dead search

Artists book created by invitation for the exhibition Lessons in History Vol. II – Democracy at grahame galleries + editions, Brisbane, Australia, October – November 2012. 100 copies given away during the exhibition http://www.grahamegalleries.com/ca... Read More about Dead search.

Do not enter
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2012). Do not enter

Unique pulp/screenprinted book on the theme the urban jungle, moving between smooth and striated space as defined by Deleuze and Guattari's explorations in their publication A Thousand Plateaus. Found text from the city environs and the installati... Read More about Do not enter.

What do you want to make today
Book Chapter
Bodman, S. L. What do you want to make today. In E. Hogan, & B. Williamson (Eds.), Transforming Artist Books. UK: The Tate

Commissioned essay for the collaborative AHRC-funded project Transforming Artists’ Books, between Tate, Chelsea College of Art and Design, Victoria and Albert Museum, and the British Library, July 2012. http://www.tate.org.uk/about/projects/transf... Read More about What do you want to make today.

X exercises for Kurt Johannessen
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2012). X exercises for Kurt Johannessen

Sarah Bodman made her first artist’s book tribute to Kurt Johannessen after Tanya Peixoto introduced her to his books at bookartbookshop. She produced ‘An Exercise for Kurt Johannessen’ in 2010, in tribute to his book ‘Exercises’. The titles of th... Read More about X exercises for Kurt Johannessen.

The secrets of metahemeralism
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., & Campbell, N. (2012). The secrets of metahemeralism

An artist’s book, letterpress print and video launch on World Book Night 23rd April 2012, for our project in tribute to The Secret History by Donna Tartt. The annual collaboration organised by Nancy Campbell and Sarah Bodman to produce an artist’s bo... Read More about The secrets of metahemeralism.

Toast: A night on Weevil Lake
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., Butler, A., Allsebrook, H., Baeumler, C., Butler, S., Campbell, N., …Stevens, E. F. (2011). Toast: A night on Weevil Lake

A collaborative artist's book and movie produced on World Book Night, Saturday 5th March 2011, in tribute to Douglas Coupland's novel The Gum Thief, an evening of nothing being cooked, Chinese food having to be ordered in and eaten off of paper plat... Read More about Toast: A night on Weevil Lake.

Sons of the Sea Russia
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S. L., & Pogarsky, M. (2011). Sons of the Sea Russia. (Unpublished)

Curated by Mikhail Pogarsky and Sarah Bodman. We depend upon time, we depend upon the seasons, we depend on the sea. Seasons change our mood, influence our art, that is why art also depends upon the sea. This project was an art-investigation of seas... Read More about Sons of the Sea Russia.

An exercise for Kurt Johannessen
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2010). An exercise for Kurt Johannessen

Kurt Johannessen made his 'Exercises' book in 1994. He says: “Here is a handbook of exercises that hardly anyone has tried. The format is small, which makes it easy to take the book everywhere and practise anywhere when needed. The book has been pri... Read More about An exercise for Kurt Johannessen.

Closure
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L. (2009). Closure

An artist’s book about the end of a love affair between a flower arranger and a plane spotter. Made for ‘weloveyourbooks’ Closure exhibition, May 2009. Also shown in the exhibition DIY(Visits Chicago): Photographers and Books, September 18—December 7... Read More about Closure.

How do I love thee?
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., & Willis, J. P. (2009). How do I love thee?

Digital print and laser cut images and text, folding book in black hardback cover, edition of 20, October 2009. A collaborative book; inspired by the Romantic poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnet 43. An example of how far people in love will... Read More about How do I love thee?.

Postcards for Perec, complied and edited by Linda Parr
Exhibition / Performance
Bodman, S., & Parr, L. Postcards for Perec, complied and edited by Linda Parr. Exhibited at UK. (Unpublished)

Inclusion of artworks in the exhibition publication: Postcards for Perec, Complied and edited by Linda Parr, Impact Press, Bristol, February 2022. The publication brings together all 243 postcards produced by artists for the project. With a forew... Read More about Postcards for Perec, complied and edited by Linda Parr.