Funny Games: Stuart Comer Talks with John Smith
Artforum, May 2011, v. 49, no. 9, pp. 250-257
An interview with British film and video-maker John Smith. Major topics of discussion include Smith's "deft use of strategic ambiguity and disorderly humor," his play with narrative structure, metaphoric readings of place, and challenge to documentary guarantees. Smith admits to a penchant for funny audiovisual incongruities and "bad puns." The interview touches briefly on Smith's expedient transition from film to video in the early 1990s, and on his approach to producing work for gallery exhibition.
ITEM 2011.083 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Girl Chewing Gum – John Smith
Wavelength – Michael Snow
Associations – John Smith
The Black Tower – John Smith
Hotel Diaries – John Smith
Home Suite – John Smith
Flag Mountain – John Smith
Triangles – John Smith