John Smith

Made over six years in the hotels of six different countries, Hotel Diaries charts the ‘War on Terror’ era of Bush and Blair through ...

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

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

Jack, Victor, and Winston are old-age pensioners who live in a tower block outside Glasgow. One day, the lift breaks down, leaving them stuck in ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shine So Hard is an abstract and fragmentary (*) short film made in 1981, As the post-punk band Echo and the Bunnymen had concluded the tour ...

An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on ...