Art / The Mount Without
Exhibition to celebrate murdered Bristol journalist’s work
An exhibition to celebrate the work of murdered Bristol journalist Dom Phillips is being held in the city.
Dom Phillips and Brazilian Indigenous peoples expert Bruno Pereira were murdered in the Amazon rainforest in June 2022 while on a research trip for Dom’s book.
Their research was concerned with the struggles of indigenous people for the sustainable development of the Amazon, and their subsequent murder led to an international outcry.
In honour of their work, an exhibition, entitled For Dom, Bruno and the Amazon, will be held at the Mount Without in June.
A spokesperson for the exhibition said that it aims to continue Phillips and Pereira’s “campaign of education and resistance to despoliation of the Amazon – the beating heart of the climate crisis”.
Dom at Ashton Court Festival in 1990 – photo: Chris Rydlewski
Their research in the Amazon rainforest was intended for Phillips’ book How to save the Amazon: Ask the people who know. The book will be published by Manilla Press posthumously in spring 2025.
Phillips’ wife Alessandra Sampaio Phillips will visit the UK to launch the Dom Phillips Institute. This charitable institute will aim to continue Phillips’ work on the Amazon rainforest, and become an educational resource.
Alessandra Sampaio Phillips will hopefully be visiting the exhibition during her UK visit with Dom Phillips’ sister, Sian Phillips.
The exhibition was put together by Alison Cahn, and Phillips’ nieces Rhiannon Davies and Dominique Davies.
It has been touring nationally since September 2022, and reaches Bristol for the two-year anniversary of Phillips and Pereira’s deaths, a city which Phillips held strong connections to.
Phillips worked as a journalist in the city in the late 1980s and early 1990s, where he co-edited New City Press, broadcasted New City Sound, and played a key role in the charity fundraising album which came to be known as the Bristol Sound.
John Mitchell, who worked closely with Phillips, has discussed his connection with Bristol. Mitchell said that despite Phillips leaving Bristol in 1992, he “always retained an abiding affection for the city”.
‘For Dom, Bruno and the Amazon’ will be held at the Mount Without from June 9 to June 16 at 10am to 5pm.
Main photo: Dom Phillips X
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