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Lost and Found: Artists’ books, absence and existence (2024)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2024, March). Lost and Found: Artists’ books, absence and existence. Paper presented at Książka artystyczna Obecność i nieobecność

Some of the ways that absence has been expressed through artists’ books - the loss of biodiversity, memory, relationships and culture. Examples include works by Roelof Bakker, Caren Florance, Ben Jenner, Gracia & Louise, Essence Press, Sophie Loss, E... Read More about Lost and Found: Artists’ books, absence and existence.

The lives of artists' books in UK libraries and collections (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. (2023, September). The lives of artists' books in UK libraries and collections. Presented at Kunstnerboken: unik og mangfoldig, Kristiansand Kunsthall and Library Rådhusgata 11, 4611 Kristiansand, Norway

A short talk by Sarah Bodman about UK libraries and collections practices with artists' books for the seminar panel at: Kunstnerboken: unik og mangfoldig (Nordic Artists' Books). The seminar at Kristiansand folkebibliotek focuses on artist's books an... Read More about The lives of artists' books in UK libraries and collections.

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.

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.

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.

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?.

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.

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.

The Prof. Jonathan Osmond lecture (2015)
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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.

Artists' books as a physical site of practice (2015)
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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.

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.

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.

Re-reading the page (2013)
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Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2013, March). Re-reading the page. Paper presented at New Art of Making Books, Winchester School of Art

Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden are based at the Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol, where they explore many aspects of artists’ publishing: from the conception and history of the artist’s book to creative processes and output, current developm... Read More about Re-reading the page.

Contemporary artists and the art of the book (2012)
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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.

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

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.

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)
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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 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.

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, nature, landscape (2010)
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Bodman, S. L. (2010, May). Artists' books, nature, landscape. Presented at Doverodde Book Arts Festival ll, Doverodde Book Arts Center, Denmark

A themed talk of Collections and Observations of nature, Textscapes, Journeys through landscape, Working in the landscape, The politics of landscape, Altered books and nature, and A darker (then lighter) side of nature.

Artists’ books around the world in the 21st century (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2009, May). Artists’ books around the world in the 21st century. Presented at Doverodde Book Arts Festival and Exhibitions, Denmark

As the editor for CFPR book arts research publications on the historical and contemporary concepts of international artists’ books, exhibitions and events, such as the bi-annual Artist’s Book Yearbook, the Book Arts Newsletter (circ. 2027) and the Bl... Read More about Artists’ books around the world in the 21st century.

Public Presentation and Demonstrations, BuchDruckKunst (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2009, January). Public Presentation and Demonstrations, BuchDruckKunst. Presented at BuchDruckKunst - 6th Norddeutsche Handpressenmesse 2009, Museum der Arbeit (Museum of Work) Hamburg

A talk, and series of public demonstrations over 3 days by Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden at the invitation of Jurgen Bönig, Director of the Museum der Arbeit, and Wibke and Stefan Bartowiak of Bartkowiak’s Forum Book Art - organisers of BuchDruckKunst.... Read More about Public Presentation and Demonstrations, BuchDruckKunst.

The future of publishing (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2008, November). The future of publishing. Paper presented at 10th Biennial Pyramid Atlantic Book Arts Fair and Conference, Cafritz Art Center, Montgomery College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD, USA

Sarah Bodman and Tom Sowden were invited by Tate Shaw, organiser of the event, to present research into the future of the contemporary artist’s book in the digital age from their AHRC funded project. In an arena including digital and traditional arti... Read More about The future of publishing.

Artists’ books abroad (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L., & Sowden, T. (2008, November). Artists’ books abroad. Presented at Artists’ Books Abroad, Minnesota Center for Book Arts, Minneapolis, USA

Presenting an overview of artist's book publishing in Europe and further afield: contemporary artists’ books, Internet publishing projects, altered books, performance books, and use of digital and traditional production methods.

The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist’s book (or, why do artists make books?) (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2008, July). The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist’s book (or, why do artists make books?). Paper presented at Books that Fly, University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts and Architecture

Invited paper at Books That Fly Conference, University of Brighton, Faculty of Arts and Architecture. As today’s discussions are related to the concept of the ‘artist’s book’ in the show Blood on Paper - The Art of the Book and Tom Lubbock’s revi... Read More about The quiet democracy of the contemporary artist’s book (or, why do artists make books?).

The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser within this field (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2008, April). The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser within this field. Presented at Beyond the Book Symposium, Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Sarah Bodman invited speaker for Symposium: Beyond the Book, Friday 18 April 2008, 10.30-17.00, Lecture Theatre, Victoria and Albert Museum, London. A one-day symposium that accompanied the Blood on Paper exhibition. Topics included private presses... Read More about The artist’s book market, and the relationship between the artist and purchaser within this field.

Page on page – an overview of contemporary British and Irish artists’ books (2007)
Presentation / Conference
Bodman, S. L. (2007, July). Page on page – an overview of contemporary British and Irish artists’ books. Paper presented at Beautiful & Useful? Supporting the Arts & Crafts in the 21st Century, ARLIS UK and Ireland Annual Conference 2007, University of Gloucestershire

There are many artists working with the book format in the UK and Ireland. Page on Page discusses some of the concepts and formats of contemporary, British and Irish artist’s book production, and some sources for further information on artists' books... Read More about Page on page – an overview of contemporary British and Irish artists’ books.