Behind the Scenes Studio Visits: Vicky Smith

Spike Island supports, produces and presents contemporary art and culture across an 80,000 square foot former industrial building in Bristol. Its diverse artistic programme includes free major exhibitions, events and engagement activities taking place on-site and online. Championing outstanding work by emerging and underrepresented local, national and international artists, the programme enhances access to contemporary art for audiences from all backgrounds.Alongside its public offer, Spike Island directly supports artists through new commissions, over 70 subsidised studios, and sector-leading artist development opportunities that widen access to its programme and facilities. Its Exhibition Services business supports the bespoke production and installation of artists’ film and video throughout the UK and internationally. Spike Island is home to a dynamic community of hundreds of artists and creative businesses, working in flexible, affordable workspaces, alongside UWE Bristol’s Fine Art department, Spike Print Studio, and café bar Emmeline.

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In this studio visit, meet artist filmmaker and academic Vicky Smith who has worked in experimental animation and film for over 30 years.

Join us for an online behind the scenes studio visit at Spike Island. This is a chance to explore artists’ and makers’ studios, see their working environments, processes and works-in-progress.In this studio visit, meet artist filmmaker and academic Vicky Smith who has worked in experimental animation and film for over 30 years. Her work has been screened in galleries and at festivals internationally and she is a co-founder of artist collective Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF). In this talk, Smith shares her artistic practice, some recent works and wider interests around analogue film production and education, collectivism, and modes of presentation with Spike Island assistant curator Rosa Tyhurst.The conversation will be followed by a Q&amp;A with the online audience.VICKY SMITHDr Vicky Smith has screened works at numerous institutions, galleries and art festivals across the world including Barbican Cinema, London (2021); Arnolfini, Bristol (2021); SFMOMA, San Francisco (2017); Athens Ohio Film Festival (2017); Tate Modern (2016); Flatpack Festival, Birmingham (2016); Edinburgh Film Festival (2016); the London Short Film Festival (2015); ICA, London (2015); Tate Britain (2014), amongst others.She has authored essays in many journals such as Animation: an Interdisciplinary Journal (2015) and Sequence (2013). In 2018 she co-edited a book with Nicky Hamlyn in 2018 titled Experimental &amp; Expanded Animation: Current Perspectives that received the McLaren/Lambart Best Scholarly Book in Animation award.Vicky Smith is based at Spike Island Studios, Bristol.Visit Vicky Smith&#x27;s blog: https://vickysmith.blog/

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