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Artist, composer and DJ Ain Bailey was the second Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, 2022-23.Ain brought a...
13/05/2026

Artist, composer and DJ Ain Bailey was the second Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, 2022-23.

Ain brought an interest in multi-channel sound, architectural acoustics and the constellation of sounds that form individual and community identities, to her encounters with physicists.

Her exhibition ‘The Jamaica Project’ is on view at Camden Arts Centre until 14 June.

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Ain Bailey will lead our Youth Collective session this Saturday 📣

To coincide with her exhibition ‘The Jamaica Project’ at Camden Art Centre, artist and DJ Ain Bailey will lead this one off session offering participants the opportunity to meet the artist and discuss their practice and process.

Transformative Futures is our free Youth Collective for anyone aged 15-25, new sign ups are always very welcome.

📆 Saturdays
🕖 2.30-4.30pm
🎟️ Free ticket required
🔗 Sign up via the link in our bio

Artist, composer and DJ Ain Bailey was the second Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, 2022-23.Ain brought a...
13/05/2026

Artist, composer and DJ Ain Bailey was the second Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, 2022-23.

Ain brought an interest in multi-channel sound, architectural acoustics and the constellation of sounds that form individual and community identities, to her encounters with physicists.

Her exhibition ‘The Jamaica Project’ is on view at Camden Arts Centre until 14 June.

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bailey


“Souls seeking and haunted, expressed in vibration and echo”. - Gail Lewis for File Note 159: Ain Bailey.

Pick up a copy of the File Note that accompanies our current exhibition ‘The Jamaica Project’ by Ain Bailey next time you are in Camden Art Centre 📘

🛒 £2 in our Shop
📝 Essay by Gail Lewis
🖨️ Printed by

Artist, composer and DJ Ain Bailey was the second Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, 2022-23.Ain brought a...
13/05/2026

Artist, composer and DJ Ain Bailey was the second Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, 2022-23.

Ain brought an interest in multi-channel sound, architectural acoustics and the constellation of sounds that form individual and community identities, to her encounters with physicists.

Her exhibition ‘The Jamaica Project’ is on view at Camden Arts Centre until 14 June.

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bailey


In Ain Bailey’s ‘The Jamaica Project’, a new work titled ‘Land, Light and Love’ adorns the windows of Gallery Three.

Made up of black, yellow and green circles, the work embodies the colours of the Jamaican flag, and bathes the gallery in these shades throughout the day.

Swipe to see the work up close 🔎

Graphic design by Laura Varzgalyte.
Photos: Rob Harris

If you’re reading the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship criteria and thinking “I’m not sure I’m qualified”—let us tell y...
13/05/2026

If you’re reading the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship criteria and thinking “I’m not sure I’m qualified”—let us tell you something:

→ You don’t need a science background
→ You don’t need to understand physics
→ You don’t need previous arts-science experience
→ You don’t need institutional validation

What we DO need:

Artists who are adventurous, playful, and willing to take risks.

Artists whose work is rooted in communities and ways of knowing that mainstream culture overlooks.

Artists who see this fellowship as a chance to transform their practice.

If that’s you, you belong here.

The artists we’ve supported come from dance, film, sound, sculpture, performance, new media, and beyond.

The artists we’ve supported work in languages physics doesn’t speak.And that’s exactly what we’re looking for.

Apply with confidence.

Deadline: Saturday 16 May 2026 11am British Summer Time (GMT+1)

What does it mean to “transform your practice” through the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship?Here’s what previous fellow...
09/05/2026

What does it mean to “transform your practice” through the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship?

Here’s what previous fellows explored:

🎬 Logan Ryland Dandridge explored the gravity within memory, language, and sound—investigating non-linear time through both Black radical tradition and quantum physics

🔊 Ain Bailey investigated sonic autobiography and architectural acoustics, thinking about how invisible forces shape identity

💃 Robert Ssempijja used movement to explore living with uncertainty—a question central to both decolonial experience and quantum mechanics

✨ Akeelah Bertram brought spirituality and immersive tech into dialogue with physics, exploring collective narratives and digital embodiment

Each fellow brought their own questions and emerged with new approaches they couldn’t have developed anywhere else.

What transformation are you ready for?

Deadline: Saturday 16 May 2026 11am British Summer Time (GMT+1)

ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY.Before you submit, ask yourself:✓ Does my portfolio show adventurous, experimental work? ✓ Have I...
09/05/2026

ONE WEEK LEFT TO APPLY.

Before you submit, ask yourself:

✓ Does my portfolio show adventurous, experimental work?
✓ Have I explained my community relationships clearly and honestly?
✓ Did I communicate my openness to new ideas and collaboration?
✓ Have I articulated what I hope will TRANSFORM in my practice?

If yes to all four—you’re ready.

A few final tips:

→ Be specific about why THIS fellowship at THIS moment
→ Show us your thinking process, not just finished work
→ Don’t try to sound “scientific”—use your own language
→ Let your excitement and curiosity come through

We can’t wait to read your application.

Deadline: Saturday 16 May 2026 11am British Summer Time (GMT+1)

We are thrilled to welcome interdisciplinary artist Thulani Rachia [ ] as the next Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Gir...
11/11/2025

We are thrilled to welcome interdisciplinary artist Thulani Rachia [ ] as the next Cavendish Arts Science Fellow at Girton College, following selection from over 700 artists worldwide who responded to our CAS Fellowship Open Call.

Thulani will be in residence in Cambridge from until September 2026, exchanging ideas with physicists at the Cavendish Laboratory and Fellows across multiple disciplines.

​​”I’m looking forward to how the conversations and encounters within this community will inspire unexpected shifts in my practice and reveal new ways of seeing and working.”
– Thulani Rachia, CAS Fellow 2025/6

Thulani Rachia is a South African artist working across moving image, performance, music composition, and sculpture. His broader inquiry, rooted in his research-based practice Siwaguba kanjani amaphupho ethu agqitjwe kulezindonga? (in his mother tongue isiZulu, ‘How do we excavate the dreams laid to rest in these walls?’), centres on two key processes in his work: critique and recovery—seeking a collective reclamation from the cultural erasure and displacement wrought by colonial ethnocide.

His work has been exhibited at institutions and festivals both nationally and internationally including São Paulo-Arte; Bluecoat, Liverpool; Subsolo Laboratorio de Art São Paulo; Glasgow International Festival of Contemporary Art and Edinburgh Art Festival.

“Thulani’s innovative, interdisciplinary approach to his artistic practice – blending film, sculpture, performance, costume, sound and musical composition – aligns perfectly with Girton’s proud history of pushing boundaries. We are excited to welcome him to our community for the next year.”
– The Mistress of Girton College, Dr Elisabeth Kendall

Portrait of Thulani Rachia photo: courtesy of the artist






Cavendish Arts Science Fellow Akeelah Bertram concluded her fellowship year in Cambridge with Sonic Ceremony, an interac...
10/11/2025

Cavendish Arts Science Fellow Akeelah Bertram concluded her fellowship year in Cambridge with Sonic Ceremony, an interactive, immersive soundscape exploring how intuition, or emotional and spiritual resonance, can shape space.

“My research explored the role of resonance within and across relationships, dropping below intellectual relation toward another layer of existence… emotional resonance, spiritual resonance. Even something as simple as feeling someone has entered a room when you can’t see or hear anything. The physics conversations helped me visualise this. For me, much of physics is about getting into another layer, beyond what is immediately visible. I wanted to move deeper into the more indescribable, intangible, harder-to-quantify levels of resonant relationships. Resonance as material, as a plane to stretch, shape, explore, and be subjected to.” — Akeelah Bertram

With huge thanks to Una Ryan for her vision and support of the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship, to our partners at Girton College, and everyone who supported Akeelah during her fellowship.









Image Sonic Ceremony, Girton College Chapel. Photo Credit: Phil Mynott

Cavendish Arts Science Fellow Akeelah Bertram concluded her fellowship year in Cambridge with Sonic Ceremony, an interac...
10/11/2025

Cavendish Arts Science Fellow Akeelah Bertram concluded her fellowship year in Cambridge with Sonic Ceremony, an interactive, immersive soundscape exploring how intuition, or emotional and spiritual resonance, can shape space.

“My research explored the role of resonance within and across relationships, dropping below intellectual relation toward another layer of existence… emotional resonance, spiritual resonance. Even something as simple as feeling someone has entered a room when you can’t see or hear anything. The physics conversations helped me visualise this. For me, much of physics is about getting into another layer, beyond what is immediately visible. I wanted to move deeper into the more indescribable, intangible, harder-to-quantify levels of resonant relationships. Resonance as material, as a plane to stretch, shape, explore, and be subjected to.” Akeelah Bertram

With huge thanks to Una Ryan for her vision and support of the Cavendish Arts Science Fellowship, to our partners at Girton College, and everyone who supported Akeelah during her fellowship.








Image Sonic Ceremony, Girton College Chapel. Photo Credit: Phil Mynott

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