Emma Smith has a social practice that is both research and production based and responds to site-specific issues. Using an inter-disciplinary approach, including organised events, performance, participation, sound and text, she explores the inter-relation between people and place. Situated in the everyday Smith’s work investigates historic behaviours in relation to the present, collapsing notions of time in exploring transitory relations to place and practices of being. Excavating embedded knowledge, exploring the psychology of space and considering relational dynamics her work is particularly focussed on social and collective action.
As part of her process Smith regularly collaborates and works through the bringing together of multi- disciplinary teams.
The resulting events, occurrences and instigations construct ephemeral moments that are both particular to and for the the people who experience them at the time.