Metal Works Artist Residency: A River’s Song, Liam Taylor-West
Artist(s): Liam Taylor-West
Dates: 2025
Partners: Bristol City Council, Windmill City Farm
Client: Watkin Jones plc
A River’s Song is a collaborative music project led by composer Liam Taylor-West, inspired by the River Malago and the surrounding area of Bedminster Green in South Bristol.
From July to October 2025, Liam invites local singers, instrumentalists, and music-makers — as well as residents with a strong connection to the river — to help create a new, original composition that celebrates the area’s stories, sounds and ecology.
The resulting composition will reflect the voice and character of the River Malago, while celebrating the creativity of local musicians. It will be professionally recorded and shared through a public exhibition and a permanent sound installation, freely accessible to anyone walking along the river’s path.
If you'd like to be involved in the project, visit www.a-rivers-song.co.uk to sign-up and hear more.
Upcoming Events
Public Recording Session
Saturday 27 September, 2–4pm
Philip Street Chapel, Philip St., Bedminster, Bristol, BS3 4EA
Press are invited to attend, RSVP to jane@ginkoprojects.co.uk
Experience the first full performance of A River’s Song. The event includes audience participation: a mass choir (no experience necessary) will help create unique ‘river wash’ sound effects that will feature in the final recording.
Listening Exhibition
Thursday 2 and Friday 3 October, 5–8pm
Saturday 4 October, 12–6pm
Philip Street Chapel, Bedminster
Step inside an immersive installation of light and sound, where Taylor-West’s finished composition is presented alongside a new light artwork by Bristol-based artist Zoe Broome.
Audio Walk Experience
Saturday 4 – Sunday 5 October - launching at ‘Art on the Hill’ arts trail
About THE RESIDENCY
Liam Taylor-West and Leeza Awojobi are the artists selected for new 8-month residencies at Metal Works, funded by Watkin Jones plc as part of the wider regeneration of Bedminster Green in south Bristol. These residencies are an invitation to think differently about public space — and to imagine new ways of living, making, and being together in the city. Located within a major new student housing development, Metal Works is a key site in Bedminster Green. The residencies are part of Futureweave — a long-term public art strategy developed by Ginkgo Projects in collaboration with local residents and city-based partners commissioned by Bristol City Council.
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Metal Works Artist Residency: Common Threads, Leeza Awojobi
Bristol-based restorative poet Leeza Awojobi is undertaking an eight-month artist residency exploring the evolving identity of Bedminster Green, as part of the area's wider regeneration.
Titled Common Threads, the project invites local residents and partners to reflect on what makes this part of Bristol unique — and what connects its diverse communities.