Sarah Hayden

Professor Sarah Hayden holds the position of Professor of Experimental Writing & Art at the University of Southampton. Her interdisciplinary research focuses on the intersections of voice, text, and access in contemporary art, leading two AHRC Innovation Fellowships under the 'Voices in the Gallery' initiative. She curates exhibitions such as Liza Sylvestre's solo show at John Hansard Gallery and collaborates on projects like the 'Caption-Conscious Ecology' program. Her teaching includes modules like 'Speech Acts,' exploring sonic properties of language and vocal performance in art.

• Education: Doctoral studies at University College Cork (modernist avant-garde), DAAD postdoctoral fellowship at Freie Universität Berlin
• Key Roles: Centre for Modern and Contemporary Writing (CMCW) member, co-leader of British Art Network’s 'Art of Captioning' group

Research interests span experimental poetics, artists' moving image, and modernist literature. Her recent work analyzes voice in video art through literary frameworks, with a forthcoming book on the topic for University of Minnesota Press. She has published two monographs: Curious Disciplines: Mina Loy and Avant-Garde Artisthood (2018) and Peter Roehr–Field Pulsations (co-authored, 2022).

Notable awards include AHRC Innovation Fellowships and DAAD postdoctoral support. Her creative output includes poetry collections like Sitevisit and Exteroceptive, performed internationally. She also leads the Entropics poetry series at Southampton.

PhD supervision focuses on English literature and experimental writing, with current advisees Isaac Adam Fravashi and Jessica Clare Payn among others. External engagements include keynote speaking at Harvard’s Sound/Text seminars and invited talks on accessibility in moving image.