Breaking Cinema – Experimental Film 2010-2023

Operating in multiple materials and arenas, Cauleen Smith roots her work firmly within the discourse of mid-20th-century experimental film, and makes things that deploy the tactics of these disciplines while offering a phenomenological experience for spectators and participants. This book adds to the growing scholarship on Cauleen Smith's work, as art historian Romi Crawford elucidates a critical phase of the artist’s career and how Smith recasts film history in the context of the artistic and cultural ferment of Chicago’s South Side [publishers’ note]