She was previously married to Peter Phillips. She is an actress, known for Rainbow (1995), The Roomies (2010) and Sirens (1993). The audio piece reflects on the impact of gas across Bristol and beyond: from local memories of children being sent to collect ‘coke’ (coal) in prams and homemade Go-Karts for their families’ fires to the historic industrial development of the Feeder Canal, Barton Hill and East Bristol the Gas Workers Strikes of 1889 and the domestic and societal implications of gas as an innovation.īristol Digital Futures Institute commissioned the installation for their newly renovated home to illustrate the history of innovation on the site from the last 200 years. Autumn Phillips (I) Actress Autumn Phillips was born on in Montreal, Qubec, Canada. Local memories, artefacts and photographs as well as a BDFI report, ‘Avon Street Gasworks and Bristol Gas Industry’ informed the work. Ravenscroft in his handbook Town Gardening (1883).”21”Īvon Street Gasworks and Bristol’s Gas Industry A Bristolian history of innovation with lessons for our digital future “The fumes, or products of combustion, of coal-gas have a more injurious effect upon plant-life than anything else,” wrote B. Gas was associated with air pollution which posed a constant threat to horticultural activities. “It was recommended by some horticultural experts to give plants the protection of a Wardian case (used for transporting plants from across the globe) if there was a gaslight in the room. It inspired the artwork through the history of the gas works researched by Dr James Watts who writes: The Wardian Case represents innovation and all the wondrous possibilities and harmful impacts it can bring. The artwork invites reflection on the past, present and future of innovation in Bristol through the symbol of a Wardian Case, a terrarium-like wooden crate used for transporting plants in protected environments across the British Empire during the 1800s. Autumn R Phillips's office address in San Diego, CA and make an appointment. Fear of the new, of change and hidden or unseen implications have always gone hand in hand with socio-technical innovation. The artwork explores the relationship between innovation and societal change prompted by the history of the gas works. The sculpture was fabricated by Jack Stiling of Stiling’s Workshop. The work was commissioned by the University of Bristol’s Bristol Digital Futures Institute for permanent display in the new innovation hub housed in the Victorian Gas Works on Avon Street. Injurious Effect, a public artwork by Bristol-based artist Ellie Shipman has been unveiled.
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