Since 1995 Sargeant has written and contributed to numerous books on
underground film, including:
Deathtripping: The Cinema of Transgression, about
Cinema of Transgression filmmakers such as
Richard Kern and
Nick Zedd,
Naked Lens: Beat Cinema, and
Cinema Contra Cinema, a collection of essays on alternative film. In 2007
Deathtripping was republished by
Soft Skull Press, this was followed by a re-printing of
Naked Lens: Beat Cinema in 2008. Sargeant is the editor of the journal
Suture, and has co-edited the books
Lost Highways: An Illustrated History of the Road Movie (with Stephanie Watson) and
No Focus: Punk on Film (with Chris Barber). In 2014 his collection of essays on the world of
William Burroughs and associated artists such as
Brion Gysin was published as
Against Control by Swedish publisher Eight Millimetre. In 2016 Amok Books published
Flesh and Excess: On Underground Film. Sargeant has contributed to numerous books on subjects ranging from
Andy Warhol movies to
road rage and
car crash songs. His work has been included in collections such as
Mikita Brottman's
Car Crash Culture, Mendick & Harper's
Underground USA, Wollen & Kerr's
Autopia, among others. He has also authored and edited
true crime books including
Born Bad, Death Cults,,
Bad Cop Bad Cop, and
Guns, Death Terror. These books have featured contributions from
Monte Cazazza, Michael Spann, Andrew Leavold, John Harrison, Simon Whitechapel, Chris Barber, and others. Sargeant has written introductions for
Joe Coleman's
Book of Joe and photographer Romain Slocombe's
Tokyo Sex Underground. He has contributed to publications such as Headpress as well as Panik,
Electric Sheep,
The Wire,
Fortean Times and
Bizarre magazine, as well as academic journals such as
Senses of Cinema and
M/C. Since 2008 he has written film reviews and a regular column for the Australian film magazine
FilmInk focusing on unusual areas of film culture. He has also appeared as an occasional guest on ABC Radio National's MovieTime. Between 2001 and 2003 he was film editor at large for
Sleazenation. He has written cover notes for DVDs by various underground and independent filmmakers, including the
British Film Institute's DVD release of
Kirby Dick's film
Sick: The Life and Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist and their
Jeff Keen DVD box set. In addition he has contributed liner notes to the
Throbbing Gristle TGV DVD box set. As a public speaker Jack Sargeant has given numerous talks on a variety of subjects including the work of JG Ballard, William Burroughs, and many other subjects often related to subjects he has written about. Sargeant has appeared in numerous film and TV documentaries on culture and film, as well as having cameos in underground films. He has also appeared on a recording by the experimental group I/O. He has promoted and organised shows for filmmakers and artists at the
Horse Hospital in London and Cinematheque in Brighton, UK, and has also toured film festivals in America, Europe, and Australia, including the
New York Underground Film Festival, the
Chicago Underground Film Festival,
Melbourne Underground Film Festival,
Brisbane International Film Festival, and Sydney Underground Film Festival. In 2002 and 2003 he collaborated with Simon Kane on The Salon, an annual event that has featured performances by
David Tibet,
Cosey Fanni Tutti, and Cotton Ferox. Since 2008 he has been Program Director for the
Revelation Perth International Film Festival, and in 2010 he curated the film program for
Sydney Biennale. at
monochrom office (
Museumsquartier, Vienna), 2018 Sargeant has been a frequent collaborator of art and theory group
monochrom and founder
Johannes Grenzfurthner. He got invited to
Vienna as
Q21/MQ artist in residence by monochrom in winter 2018. == Bibliography ==