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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 (Unpublished)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 (Unpublished)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’.

Re-reading the page (2013)
Presentation / Conference
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.

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.

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?.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.