Sam Godfrey (they/them)

Sam Godfrey is an artist, curator and practice-based PhD researcher, funded by the South, West and Wales Doctoral Training Partnership (AHRC). Their PhD project takes the etymological root of the word ‘smock’ meaning ‘to creep into a garment’ or ‘a garment to creep into’ in Olde Norse and English as the basis for proposing ‘creeping’ as a trans creative methodology. Through a multidisciplinary research practice using textile techniques, digital and sonic landscapes and collaborative practices to create installations, they examine how creeping might be used as an embodied research approach to critical craft studies, gender and sexuality studies, and queer and trans visual culture studies.

Thesis title: Creeping (a trans creative methodology)

Supervisors: Dr. Daniel Fountain (Exeter) & Dr. Conor Wilson (Bath Spa)