It has been a refreshingly calm week in the Studio. As it tips it down outside we have been comforting ourselves with thoughts of the wonderful projects we will see brought to fruition this Spring and Summer. A few of these projects, such as Relatives of Long Ago Lovers, Door Into the Dark and the Daredevil Project, are in their testing stages. This week, some of us have been involved in test runs and discussions, which have given us an exciting insight into these projects as they take shape.

We have had a group of Masters Students, currently studying either Wildlife Film-Making or Documentary Features at UWE, who have been visiting the Studio every Friday as part of a shared module called Future Documentary. This module will investigate interactive and participatory media in the field of documentary making, and is running very much parallel with the Future Documentary Sandbox. Nick and Mandy of the DCRC have been introducing them to the residents and telling them about some of the things that are happening here. They are becoming increasingly engaged with the kinds of projects taking place in the Studio, and it looks like some of them will use the opportunity to get involved in projects and get stuck into some project testing for ANAGRAM and Circumstance.

Duncan Speakman has been working (alongside collective, Circumstance) on a trilogy of audio works called ‘relatives of long ago lovers and how to feel about meeting them’, consisting of interweaving audio for two people to listen to together but on their own devices. The piece, which is divided into past present and future, gives instructions placing you at the centre of a narrative so that you and your partner become performers creating a miniature cinematic experience. A few of us paired up and set out into the wind to experience the piece, which is to be launched at Splore 2014 in Auckland this weekend, and will be available to the wider public in March.

Paul and Will have been making important decisions surrounding the Daredevil Project and the kind of platform it would be best suited to. They have decided to release it as a City-wide, mobile, multiplayer game that can be played with friends at any time. The game will be released in Bristol in March for a month, where teams of friends will be able to play the Daredevil game against the clock, and ultimately against the rest of the City. The overall winner will be announced at the end of the Month. Have a look at the Daredevil Project website to find out more.

May, half of start-up resident duo ANAGRAM, has been gathering interestingly textured materials for testing Door Into the Dark, their immersive documentary project. The project will see participants feeling their way through different narratives, which concern being lost in some way. Their sight will be compromised, but the garment used to do this will be supplying the audio that will guide them through the narratives, and eventually out of the dark.

There are only a few weeks left until No Boundaries. Bristol has sold out, but there are still tickets available in York, so book now to join the debate. A full list of the delegates who have already joined can be found on the website. Follow No Boundaries on Twitter to see the crescendo of activity leading up to the Conference; there are already interesting blog posts and articles being written, questioning the role of arts and culture in 21st Century Society.