John Smith

This critically acclaimed DVD contains 16 of the best classic and award winning British short films and delivers a snapshot of British cinema past ...

05 de mai. de 2003

At Stamford Road in Dalston Junction of east London, the camera follows pedestrians, cars and birds while a narrator, who appears to be the directo...

10 de mar. de 1976

A man finds himself haunted by a mysterious black tower in London that appears to follow him wherever he goes.

01 de jan. de 1987

A short film featuring the voices of those affected when the M11 Link Road in East London was built, accompanied by scenes and sounds of demolition.

31 de dez. de 1996

Being John Smith is a deceptively wry and deeply felt work by the English avant-garde legend, in which Smith reflects on his life and career by way...

06 de set. de 2024

A film about haircuts, clothes and image/sound relationships. - J.S.

09 de fev. de 1986

Filmado a partir da janela do artista durante o confinamento, Citadel combina vistas do horizonte londrino e pequenos fragmentos de discursos do pr...

25 de jan. de 2021

'Associations' sets language against itself by using the ambiguities inherent in the English language. Images from magazines and color supplements ...

01 de jan. de 1975

“London artist John Smith uses light-hearted humour to explore theoretical concerns - Gargantuan, for instance, is both pleasantly silly and acutel...

01 de jan. de 1992

Many of my films involve humour, but unlike the earlier work Shepherd’s Delight attempts to confront the problem of humour head-on, referring direc...

01 de jan. de 1984

Artist John Smith tells stories about tower block life, editing in bold, unconventional fashion, cutting into the material and highlighting the com...

01 de jan. de 1978

John Smith’s Leading Light evolves a sense of screen depth and surface through the simple agency of light. The film is shot in a room over a period...

01 de jan. de 1975

An exploration of the ambiguities of documentary photographs which develops ideas triggered by a German pun. Worst Case Scenario starts out as a se...

01 de jan. de 2003

A biblical interpretation of airline safety instructions.

15 de set. de 2019

A portrait of the artist as a not so young man. The film-maker attempts to enter the digital age by making a new video version of his 1978 film 7P.

01 de jan. de 1999

Dad’s Stick features three well-used objects that were shown to the artist by his father shortly before he died. Two of these were so steeped in hi...

05 de jun. de 2012

'Shine So Hard' is a rare Echo and the Bunnymen promotional concert film, taking place during their 1981 'Camo Tour'.

01 de jan. de 1982

Hamas have just won the Palestinian elections and a chocolate bar in a Rotterdam hotel room eventually reminds the filmmaker that there are more im...

02 de jan. de 2007

A film by John Smith and Ian Bourn

01 de jan. de 1999

A larger than life tribute to Prince Philip, His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, recorded in 2002 and completed on the day of his death, Apri...

09 de abr. de 2021

Recorded from a smartphone screen, its translation app running on the wrong settings and struggling to interpret North London street signs in Frenc...

07 de out. de 2016

Rapid cutting between identically framed portrait photographs creates composite faces and various illusions of movement. The film features photogra...

01 de jan. de 1975

Home Suite, Smith’s first video work, is a close-up journey through a domestic landscape and a journey through memory, containing only three cuts o...

06 de ago. de 1994

‘Covid Messages’ is a video in six parts, based around broadcasts of Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s COVID-19 press conferences. The work focusses o...

01 de mai. de 2021

From the idea that glass, even when cooled, is a liquid that changes in appearance over time, an offscreen narrator launches a recollection of the ...

02 de jan. de 1991

“If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.” Matthew 5:38-40

01 de jan. de 2017

A reworking of material from the 16mm film ‘Blue Bathroom’, a distillation of ideas concerning the tension between representation and materiality. ...

01 de jan. de 1979

On the 23rd of June 2016 Britain voted to leave the European Union. Who Are We? is a re-working of material from a BBC television debate transmitte...

01 de jan. de 2016

Waiting by the sea with his camera ready for action, the artist complains about the weather and attempts to describe his intentions and working met...

01 de jan. de 2012

16mm experimental film of a desk fan.

01 de jan. de 1978

Reflecting on past political problems and the state of the world as it was provides no tools or means for envisioning the future.

17 de out. de 2014

Lost Sound documents fragments of discarded audio tape found on the streets of a small area of East London, combining the sound retrieved from each...

01 de jan. de 2001

In the mid 1970s the EMI company were preparing to market the newly developed video disc. Being uncertain as to what content would be appropriate, ...

01 de jan. de 1977

Moving from one hotel in Bethlehem to another in East Jerusalem, the filmmaker encounters a series of problems involving a ceiling, a video camera ...

02 de jan. de 2007

‘Dungeness’ was originally made for ‘Dungeness: The Desert in the Garden’, a multi-media theatre production directed by Graeme Miller. By selective...

01 de jan. de 1987

A personal interpretation of the poetry and letters of T S Eliot which explores the ambiguities of language and space in a scenario built around an...

01 de jan. de 1999

An improvisation recorded over the course of one day, starting at dawn and finishing after dusk. The film was edited in camera and shot from one c...

01 de jan. de 1977