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Podcast: Secession Podcast
Episode: Artists: John Smith in conversation with Jeanette Pacher
Description: Listen to John Smith talk about his most ordinary name and how that possibly has more impact on his work than you’d think; how this inspired him to make the (autofictional) film Being John Smith (2024), one of three films in his Secession show; about the power of language, used both as voice-over and caption, over imagery; and about bad puns.
This episode was recorded on 11 September 2025, shortly before the opening of John’s exhibition:
John Smith
Being John Smith
12.9. – 16.11.2025
In the mid-1970s, John Smith shared the widespread interest in challe...