Featured Projects
The Playable City Sprint
MoreWatershed and the British Council will bring together twelve leading artists and designers from across East Asia and the UK, to create new work on the theme of The Playable City.
REACT
MoreAn AHRC funded Creative Economy Hub and collaboration between the University of the West of England, Watershed and the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. Between 2011 and 2014, this project will fund 8 new Sandbox programmes.
The Pervasive Media Studio
MoreA city-centre research studio which brings together artists, technologists and academics to explore the future of mobile and wireless media.
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Open Cities: Guimares
MoreAs part of Guimarães 2012, this year's European Capital of Culture, iShed is partnering with Tom Flemming Associates to deliver an Open Cities strand of the ‘Cidade’ (City) Programme
Embedded Artists Residency
MoreA residency supporting development of a new sound and technology project by artist Jen Southern, delivered in collaboration with Sound and Music.
Media Sandbox
MoreAn annual commissioning scheme which supports digital media companies to explore pioneering ideas using new technologies.
Sky Orchestra
MoreA project by artist Luke Jerram with composition from Dan Jones which delivers music to sleeping people from out of the sky. Hot air balloons take off at dawn and dusk with speakers attached, creating a massive audio landscape.
Theatre Sandbox
MoreA commissioning scheme, first run in 2010, which supports theatre companies to develop new work using digital technologies.
Micro-residency: Stand + Stare Collective
MoreA Micro-residency supporting development of Theatre Jukebox, a new project by Stand + Stare Collective.
PIRL (Played In Real Life)
MoreMake your own smart phone app: user-friendly tools for the cultural sector, developed with technology start-up Calvium.
South West Artists Residencies
MoreSupport for research and development of new ideas using creative technologies.
Creative Producers
MoreSupporting the development of ten creative producers, the 2011 iShed programme included a trip to SXSW Festival and a Producers' Summer School.
Projecting Holograms
MorePrototype software by world-class projection artists AntiVJ to create innovative 3D experiences.
Light Up Bristol
MoreIn December 2007 designers, artists and filmmakers magically transformed Bristol with a spectacular light and moving image show.
Creative collaborations, new ideas, emerging technologies and talent development
