Liz Hingley

Photographer, Anthropologist, Curator

Liz Hingley is a photographer, anthropologist and curator working on multidisciplinary projects with academics that aim to further visual research practices and draw together the arts and sciences. She is an honorary research fellow at the University of Birmingham.

Liz has a key role in the project, working with the other artists to document, explore and record the interactions, and to strengthen and further the collaborations and in so doing to raise awareness for the potential of creative exchanges between art and science in three ways; firstly, by finding new methods and spaces to present and discuss physics to the public through installations, dance and sound performances, videos, apps and talks. Secondly, to build connections with art and educational institutions at both a local and international level. Thirdly to enable both the artists and scientists to reflect on their work and methodologies in new ways, thus enriching practice and developing understanding within the discipline for the significance of art and science collaborations, of which there is currently little knowledge and support.

Liz produced FINDING SPACE; An audio-visual work celebrating the research of women physicists, in collaboration with artist Edwin Mingard and composer Dr Annie Mahtani. The artwork features portraits of women at different stages of their career alongside animations presenting their research. The images are paced to an immersive soundscape using recordings from the University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy and sonifications of solar frequencies as measured by Birmingham Solar-Oscillations Network (BiSON).

The work was firstly showcased during the International Women in Physics conference in 2018 at the University of Birmingham. In May 2018 it was exhibited at the Institute of Physics, London.