Documents held in
the British Artists' Film and Video Study Collection
(title, author,
publication, date, etc, included where known)
Detailed C.V and
bio to 2002
Detailed CV and
filmography to 2001
Bio to 1994
Films from 1974-76.
'Steven Farrer at
Milch' Sacha Craddock londonart.co.uk magazine 1999;
Good Night Ladies
'Steve Farrer' Sotisit Kyriacou Art Monthly November 1999;
'Steve Farrer' Mark
Currah Time Out 6th October 1999;
‘Buried Alive’
Stuart Morgan Coil Winter 1997;
‘Around the
Galleries’ Sacha Craddock The Times 14th January 1997;
Cinema of
Machine [curator’s
statement] Sunderland Art Gallery 1997;
Steve Farrer –
Against the Steady Stare
[leaflet] contains '360 Degrees' Rod Stoneman 'A Cinema of Pure Pictures' Anna
Thew, MOMA Oxford 1989;
'360 Degrees' Rod
Stoneman Artscribe n11 Summer [reprint of the above] 1989;
‘The British
Underground, Video versus Experimental Cinema' Julia Knight American Book
Review vol.ll #2 June 1989;
[‘Crimson Joy’]
'The London Film Festival: New British Film and Video' Nicky Hamlyn Art
Monthly November 1989;
'Machine Tests' Rod
Stoneman March 1988 [statement supporting the project];
‘Against the Steady
Stare’ Nik Houghton Independent Media n77 May 1988
'Observations on
the first demonstration of Steve Farrer's MACHINE' Anna Thew [statement
supporting the project] 1988;
‘Frameless
Film’ Nicky Hamlyn Undercut 13
1984;
‘See Real Images'
Deke Dusinberre Afterimage 8/9 1981;
‘Programme 9’
[programme notes accompanying Perspectives on English Avant-Garde Film
on ‘Ten Drawings’] Deke Dusinberre August 1978;
Fragments from an
interview with Deke Dusinberre November 1977;
[see also Live
in Your Head catalogue, Whitechapel 2000].
Articles and
reviews by the artist
‘Film London
Expanded Cinema – Steve Farrer’ statement 1979 (verso application);
‘Ten Drawings’ A
Perspective on British Avant-Garde Film Arts Council / British Council
1978.
'Against the Steady
Stare' MOMA Oxford 1990;
'Against the Steady
Stare' Diorama London April 1988;
‘Silk Screen Film’;
‘Interior / Exterior’, ‘Bulb Film’ programme notes for LFMC Cinema 4th
February 1976.
'Goodnight, Ladies,
Goodnight' - invitation to new commission by Steve Farrer at The Bracknell
Gallery 12th February 2000;
‘New Installations’
Milch 27th November 1996;
'Against the Steady
Stare' Diorama (original layout + copies) 8th April 1988;
'Re-opening The
Palace of Light' Diorama Arts Trust April 1988;
‘The Machine’
statement 1988?
Bursary to ACGB
AFVcommittee 15th June 1985;
Bursary to ACGB
AFVcommittee 1982?
Completion of ‘The
Machine’ ACGB AFVcommittee 6th October 1980;
Ten Drawings
bursary ACGB AFVcommittee 11th October 1976.
‘Goodnight, Ladies,
Goodnight’ press release 15th September 1999;
New Installations
press release 1996;
'Dear Tony' letter
14th April 1994;
'B1L Metro Two'
image 10th April 1994;
'Muscle Lense'
image 1980;
Schematic drawing
for ‘10 drawings’ 1976.