My work investigates the constructed real, as seen on TV and in the newspapers. I am very interested in colloquialisms and generalisations, the idiosyncrasies and ‘mistakes’ which we have singled out as making us human and flawed. In my work, I construct situations which play these human errors off against the established systems of communication inherent to media organisations. I work primarily with video recordings of live situations. In the editing process, I bring together combinations of structured and unstructured video sequences, both ‘packaging reality’ and illustrating documentary techniques. It is said that a skilful editor’s work goes unnoticed-I attempt through editing to underline my authorship. The aim of this is to disrupt the relationship between the visitor and the video, forcing people to digest new, strangely structured formats, thus comparing them to formats they have already encountered. People are central to my practice, and I document their actions as they take part in a project, often finding it difficult to stop the camera rolling. I am concerned with the role of the editor, and I attempt different types of interjection with a piece of found footage in my practice. Ultimately I oversee each piece of footage, forcing it along a particular route, questioning its role at each stage while fully aware that each stage, including the process of making, is transitory. I don’t think this out of disdain for video but out of fascination. Films and videos are artefacts recording and reflecting an incident whilst permanently separated from it. Films and Videos are filling up vaults and archives, and are, I feel, a rich resource. I collect masses of footage and have amassed a little, living archive of distorted recordings. These recordings show and do not show reality. They reflect thoughts and ideas without following a set structure. They relate to each other and the world but are mundane, apparently useless. My work, I feel, celebrates improvisation and attempts at community, criticising blindly followed curricula and supporting auto didacticism, adversity and agonism. CV Internships -Eastside Projects, Birmingham, UK. July-September 2010 -Bucharest Biennale, Bucharest, Romania. May 2010 -Paris Territory, Paris, France. November 2009-April 2010 -’Chupacabra’ gallery space, Hackney, London, UK. July 2009 -Open Sailing, Area 10, Peckham, London, UK. June-July 2009 -Artothèque de Caen, Caen, Normandy. March 2009 -Battersea Arts Centre, London, UK. Oct 2008-Feb 2009 -Jerwood Drawing Prize, London, UK. July 2008 -Rhubarb Rhubarb Photography Festival, Birmingham, UK. July 2007 -Artsfest, Birmingham, UK. July 2007 Group Exhibitions -About the Human Condition, Streaming Festival, online (based in the Hague, Netherlands). Apr 2011 -Off the Beaten Track, Studio Voltaire, Clapham, London, UK. March 2011 -Vanishing Point, Elevator Gallery, Hackney Wick, London, UK. Oct-Nov 2010 -Q Art presents, APT Gallery, Deptford, London, UK. July 2009 -Reflections of Choice, Camberwell Arts Festival, London, UK. July 2008 -Traversion, The Very Good Room, Shoreditch, London, UK. Feb 2008 Screenings -Q Art London, Chelsea Triangle space. May 2011 -Q Art London, UAL Hub. Feb 2009 Education -University of the Arts London: BA (Time Based Media), 2008-2011. TBC -Birmingham Institute of Art and Design: Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, 2007. Distinction In addition, Samantha is a contributor to the following sites: -http://horseandhegemony.blogspot.com -http://www.studentlogic.co.uk/