Sam Smith
Sam Smith (b. Sydney, Australia) is a filmmaker working within experimental documentary form and artist moving image. He is the founder of Hide Film, a production studio specialising in artist film and cinema, based in Bradford on Avon, South West England. By querying the manipulations inherent in moving image capture and production, his work brings documentary and archival content in contact with speculative narratives. Smith is also the Co-Director of Obsidian Coast with Nella Aarne, an entity for exhibitions, artist/filmmaker residencies and events with a commitment to artist moving image and environmentally sustainable and feminist practice. Smith's films, video installations and live desktop performances have has been presented at numerous international art institutions and film festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam, Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival, Kai Art Center (Tallinn), Gotland Konstmuseet and Sörmlands Museum (Sweden), Whitechapel Gallery and Institute of Contemporary Arts (London), Moscow International Experimental Film Festival, Les Rencontres Internationales (Paris and Berlin), Tai Kwun Centre for Heritage and Arts (Hong Kong) De Appel Arts Centre (Amsterdam) E-WERK (Freiburg), Riga International Short Film Festival 2ANNAS, Kunsthal Charlottenborg (Copenhagen), The Telfer Gallery for Glasgow International 2016, Centro de Artes Visuais (Portugal), Australian Centre for Moving Image (Melbourne), KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Berlin) and the Art Gallery of NSW (Sydney).
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- Place of Birth : Sydney, Australia
