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Bristol Photo Festival 2025 Theme 'Time Machine' Announced

festival-fair · 2026-05-12

This autumn, the third edition of the Bristol Photo Festival will launch, centered around the theme 'Time Machine.' Following the success of its previous edition, which attracted over 115,000 attendees, the festival will showcase exhibitions and events throughout Bristol's prominent visual arts venues, as well as in unique and alternative locations. In addition to the main events, there will be ongoing community engagement and educational initiatives aimed at highlighting often-ignored elements of the city's narrative. The theme delves into the concept of time as interconnected, where the past, present, and future merge, viewing the current moment as a fluid intersection enriched by memory, imagination, and anticipation.

Key facts

  • Third edition of Bristol Photo Festival announced
  • Theme is 'Time Machine'
  • Opens this autumn
  • Second edition drew over 115,000 visitors
  • Exhibitions and events across major visual arts institutions and unconventional spaces
  • Includes long-term engagement and education projects with local communities
  • Explores time as cyclical and interwoven
  • Considers present as porous convergence of memory, imagination, anticipation

Entities

Institutions

  • Bristol Photo Festival

Locations

  • Bristol
  • United Kingdom

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