Susan Thomson

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Susan Thomson is a writer, visual artist and filmmaker working across the formal boundaries of visual art, film and literature. Susan is currently directing The Swimming Diaries funded by an Arts Council of Ireland Reel Art film award. This is an experimental docufiction feature length film based on her memoir/artist's book, which was previously exhibited at X Initiative, New York and Tate Modern, London, and was exhibited and sold for many years at Artbook@PS1 MoMA, New York. The Swimming Diaries film had its World premiere at the Dublin International Film Festival in February 2024. It is Official Selection at the Kerry International Film Festival, Ireland in October 2024, and has been selected for Visions du Reel, Ji.hlava Documentary Festival and Thessaloniki AGORA industry film markets.