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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dinner and a Rose (2011)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., & Campbell, N. Dinner and a Rose

Sarah Bodman and Nancy Campbell have collaborated on a new artist’s book for the University of Dundee’s AHRC funded project Poetry Beyond Text: Vision, Text and Cognition (http://www.poetrybeyondtext.org/index.html), which has commissioned new work a... Read More about Dinner and a Rose.

Scott’s Flight: Migrating East (2010)
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. Scott’s Flight: Migrating East

Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden were invited to make a collaborative book 'Scott’s Flight: Migrating East' a unique reconfigured book, cut with figures of Ospreys for the 4th round of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina International Biennale for the Artist’s Bo... Read More about Scott’s Flight: Migrating East.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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?.

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?.

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.

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.

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.

Ø - Cherry Blossom Island Tree
Physical Artefact
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2009). Ø - Cherry Blossom Island Tree

A collaborative artist’s book by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden was exhibited at Doverodde Book Arts Festival, Doverodde, Denmark, Saturday 9th May 2009, with the production of the book en-route documented as a collaborative video work available to view... Read More about Ø - Cherry Blossom Island Tree.