Films commissioned in celebration of ‘100 years of Postgraduate Research’

Less than perfect Bryony Gillard

Artist Bryony Gillard has been commissioned by Bristol Doctoral College to work with  a team of PhD researchers from the departments of Physics, History and English Literature, and materials from Special Collections and Archives, on a collaborative project in response to the centenary marking 100 years of postgraduate research at the University of Bristol.

Three short films: More than Human, More than Bristol, and Less than Perfect, explore three distinct but interwoven themes discovered in the life and work of students in the first twenty years of PhD research at the University. From trail-blazing women researchers, international academics, traces of empire and colonialism and innovations in agriculture — the socio-political, academic and civic shadows and legacies of the University’s alumni are very much present today.

IN/FINITE exhibition at Liberty House, Stokes Croft

Photo: Liam Taylor West
Exhibition Poster Liam Taylor-West

Liam Taylor-West  Composer and creator of immersive artworks, has been working with the School of Mathematics as part of a Create-React residency, since August 2020. During the residency, Liam has worked closely with mathematicians to understand active research in a number of diverse and complex areas, including algebraic number theory, the geometry of quasicrystalsfractals and mathematical forest fire models. His latest audio-visual compositions are inspired by these topics and often employ underlying rules that are directly drawn from mathematical concepts.

The work he has produced has culminated in IN/FINITE: Order in the Unknown – an exhibition of music and art, which is open to the public at Liberty House, Stokes Croft, from January 19 until end of January 2022.