Sarah Smith

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Cinema in the Gallery: The Movies in Artists’ Film and Video

Smith, Sarah (2025) Cinema in the Gallery: The Movies in Artists’ Film and Video. Bloomsbury, London.

Decolonial Encounters with Hollywood Cinema: The Fragment as Audiovisual Metonym in Artists’ Moving Image

Smith, Sarah (2023) Decolonial Encounters with Hollywood Cinema: The Fragment as Audiovisual Metonym in Artists’ Moving Image. In: Screen Studies International Conference, 1-2 July 2023, University of Glasgow.

The Art of Maximal Ventriloquy: Femininity as Labour in the Films of Rachel Maclean

Neely, Sarah and Smith, Sarah (2019) The Art of Maximal Ventriloquy: Femininity as Labour in the Films of Rachel Maclean. In: Women Artists, Feminism and the Moving Image: Context and Practices. Bloomsbury Academic, London, pp. 165-177. ISBN 9781784537005

Posing as Art: The Ambiguities of Feminist Body Art and the Misclassification of Natacha Merritt’s Pornographic Photographs

Smith, Sarah (2017) Posing as Art: The Ambiguities of Feminist Body Art and the Misclassification of Natacha Merritt’s Pornographic Photographs. Feminist Media Studies, 17 (5). pp. 774-789. ISSN 1468-0777

Invited Speaker: Five Propositions: Towards a Scottish Collection of Artists’ Moving Image

Smith, Sarah (2017) Invited Speaker: Five Propositions: Towards a Scottish Collection of Artists’ Moving Image. In: Five Propositions: Towards a Scottish Collection of Artists' Moving Image’, 13th January 2017, LUX Scotland, CCA Glasgow.

Post-Feminism’s Confessional Mode as Discursive Decoy: The Misclassification of Natasha Merritt

Smith, Sarah (2015) Post-Feminism’s Confessional Mode as Discursive Decoy: The Misclassification of Natasha Merritt. In: Console-ing Passions: International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism, 18-20 Jun 2015, Dublin, Ireland.

The Art of Drawn Movements: Animation Films by GSA Alumni

Smith, Sarah (2014) The Art of Drawn Movements: Animation Films by GSA Alumni. [Show/Exhibition]

Norman McLaren: The Student Films (1933-36)

Smith, Sarah (2014) Norman McLaren: The Student Films (1933-36). The Glasgow School of Art, 3 May 2014 [Show/Exhibition]

Slurs, Stutters and Screams: Articulations of Hollywood’s Unconscious in Artists’ Films

Smith, Sarah (2014) Slurs, Stutters and Screams: Articulations of Hollywood’s Unconscious in Artists’ Films. In: College Art Association 102nd Annual Conference, 12-15 Feb 2014, Chicago, IL, United States.

Feminist Authorship and Found Footage Film: The Case of Susan Hiller’s Psi Girls

Smith, Sarah (2013) Feminist Authorship and Found Footage Film: The Case of Susan Hiller’s Psi Girls. In: Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MeCCSA) Conference 2013, 9-11 January 2013, University of Ulster, Derry.

'In Celebration of Grass Roots and Grass Widows: Women's Art Collaborations in Glasgow'

Smith, Sarah (2012) 'In Celebration of Grass Roots and Grass Widows: Women's Art Collaborations in Glasgow'. Map magazine.

'Spectres, Absences and Frames'

Smith, Sarah (2012) 'Spectres, Absences and Frames'. Collective Gallery.

Sculpting Irishness: a discussion of Dublin's commemorative statues of Oscar Wilde and Phil Lynott

Smith, Sarah (2012) Sculpting Irishness: a discussion of Dublin's commemorative statues of Oscar Wilde and Phil Lynott. Sculpture Journal, 21 (1). pp. 71-81. ISSN 1366 2724

Exhibition Catalogue Essay: 'Jim Lambie: Eight Miles High'

Smith, Sarah (2011) Exhibition Catalogue Essay: 'Jim Lambie: Eight Miles High'. In: Jim Lambie: Eight Miles High. Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.

Curated exhibition: 'Cinepoetry'

Smith, Sarah (2010) Curated exhibition: 'Cinepoetry'. Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, 13th September - 24th October 2010 [Show/Exhibition]

Catalogue Text: 'Another Opening,' Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art

Smith, Sarah (2010) Catalogue Text: 'Another Opening,' Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art. UNSPECIFIED.

Public Talk: Introduction to inaugural screening of ICO and Lux commisioned Artists' Cinema collection, The Glasgow Film Theatre

Smith, Sarah (2010) Public Talk: Introduction to inaugural screening of ICO and Lux commisioned Artists' Cinema collection, The Glasgow Film Theatre. UNSPECIFIED.

Conference Convening: 'The Discursive Space of Artists' Films'

Smith, Sarah and Neely, Sarah (2010) Conference Convening: 'The Discursive Space of Artists' Films'. In: UNSPECIFIED.

Curated exhibition: 'Citing Cinema in Artists' Films'

Smith, Sarah (2010) Curated exhibition: 'Citing Cinema in Artists' Films'. The Glasgow Film Theatre, 17th April 2010 [Show/Exhibition]

Public Talk: 'That Vertical Feeling: Exploring Maya Deren's Concept of Cinepoetry'

Smith, Sarah (2010) Public Talk: 'That Vertical Feeling: Exploring Maya Deren's Concept of Cinepoetry'. UNSPECIFIED.

Review of 'Focus on Film Study Day' National Gallery Edinburgh

Smith, Sarah (2009) Review of 'Focus on Film Study Day' National Gallery Edinburgh. UNSPECIFIED.

‘Somewhere Between Art, TV and Cinema: Exploring the Generic Incongruity of Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno, 2006),’

Smith, Sarah (2009) ‘Somewhere Between Art, TV and Cinema: Exploring the Generic Incongruity of Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (Douglas Gordon & Philippe Parreno, 2006),’. In: Framing Film: Cinema and the Visual Arts, 4th - 6th September 2009, University of Winchester.

Exhibition Catalogue Essay: 'Natural Order: Emergent Artists' Exhibition'

Smith, Sarah (2009) Exhibition Catalogue Essay: 'Natural Order: Emergent Artists' Exhibition'. UNSPECIFIED.

The Rhetoric of Porn in Feminist and Postfeminist Art: from Critique to Complicity

Smith, Sarah (2009) The Rhetoric of Porn in Feminist and Postfeminist Art: from Critique to Complicity. In: UNSPECIFIED.

Review of 'A Temporary End,' solo exhibition by Leonora Hennessey

Smith, Sarah (2009) Review of 'A Temporary End,' solo exhibition by Leonora Hennessey. UNSPECIFIED.

Sculpting Liminal Irishness: A Discussion of the Commemorative Statues of Oscar Wilde and Phil Lynott

Smith, Sarah (2009) Sculpting Liminal Irishness: A Discussion of the Commemorative Statues of Oscar Wilde and Phil Lynott. In: UNSPECIFIED.

Mondrian Did Not Grow Flowers: The Criticality of Appropriation in the Culture of Permission

Smith, Sarah (2008) Mondrian Did Not Grow Flowers: The Criticality of Appropriation in the Culture of Permission. UNSPECIFIED.

Lip and Love: Subversive Repetition in the Pastiche Films of Tracey Moffatt

Smith, Sarah (2008) Lip and Love: Subversive Repetition in the Pastiche Films of Tracey Moffatt. Screen Journal, 49 (2). pp. 209-215. ISSN 0036-9543

Nick Evans: Residency

Smith, Sarah (2008) Nick Evans: Residency.

Curated Exhibition: 'Flowerbed' by Susanne Norregard Nielsen, The Glasgow School of Art

Smith, Sarah (2007) Curated Exhibition: 'Flowerbed' by Susanne Norregard Nielsen, The Glasgow School of Art. [Show/Exhibition]

Exhibition Catalogue Essay: 'Reframing Mondrian's Flowers' solo show by Susanne Norregard Nielsen

Smith, Sarah (2007) Exhibition Catalogue Essay: 'Reframing Mondrian's Flowers' solo show by Susanne Norregard Nielsen. UNSPECIFIED.

Lip and Love: Subversive Repetition in the Pastiche Films of Tracey Moffatt

Smith, Sarah (2007) Lip and Love: Subversive Repetition in the Pastiche Films of Tracey Moffatt. In: Screen Studies 2007.

Research Seminar: '24 Hour Psycho as Acinema: The Politics of Slowness in Parodic Quotations of Cinema'

Smith, Sarah (2007) Research Seminar: '24 Hour Psycho as Acinema: The Politics of Slowness in Parodic Quotations of Cinema'. In: UNSPECIFIED.

‘Lip and Love: Subversive Repetition in the Pastiche Films of Tracey Moffatt

Smith, Sarah (2007) ‘Lip and Love: Subversive Repetition in the Pastiche Films of Tracey Moffatt. In: Screen Studies Conference 2007, University of Glasgow.

Bazaar,' Open Eye Club video art event, Tramway, Glasgow, 16th November 2006

Smith, Sarah (2006) Bazaar,' Open Eye Club video art event, Tramway, Glasgow, 16th November 2006.

Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s: The Photographs of Bert Hardy

Smith, Sarah (2005) Ireland in the 1940s and 1950s: The Photographs of Bert Hardy. Field Day Review. pp. 133-155.

Review of They Are The We of Me by Jane Topping at Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow

Smith, Sarah (2005) Review of They Are The We of Me by Jane Topping at Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow. UNSPECIFIED.

Review of Via 2

Smith, Sarah (2004) Review of Via 2. UNSPECIFIED.

Jim Lambie: The Displaced Object of Art

Smith, Sarah (2004) Jim Lambie: The Displaced Object of Art. 02 Magazine.

From Dogma to Acinema: Can an avant-garde cinema emerge from a doctrine of exclusion?,

Smith, Sarah (2002) From Dogma to Acinema: Can an avant-garde cinema emerge from a doctrine of exclusion?,. In: Screen Studies Conference 2007, University of Glasgow.

Walker

Smith, Sarah (2001) Walker. [Image]