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In Conversation with Emma Bettridge

Posted on Wed 25 Jul 2018

Emma Bettridge is Bristol Old Vic Ferment Producer and for the last 8 years has been the driving force behind Ferment, an extraordinary testing ground supporting artists to develop and share experimental work at an early stage. We have known Emma for many years, and are endlessly inspired by her…

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i-docs 2018

Posted on Wed 11 Jul 2018

Nadav Assor was a keynote speaker and exhibitor at this year’s i-docs. We were very lucky to be joined by him for this week’s Lunchtime Talk.

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Confessions Corner

Posted on Tue 3 Jul 2018

I’m writing this deep in the nook of confessions corner. I’m going to admit to something you probably don’t know about me.

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Epic Games with No Code – Platforms for Designing Story Worlds

Posted on Tue 3 Jul 2018

Resident Vincent Baidoo has been exploring the expanding universe of software & apps, asking the question - can games creation become more like AV, where tools for production & design are in the hands of the many, not the few?Five Things I Learned:1. Vincent’s favourite companies are manga…

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No Bindings: A New Approach to Publishing

Posted on Mon 2 Jul 2018

No Bindings is re-inventing social publishing with hybrid books, combining sound recordings, art, text and most importantly putting people at the forefront of everything it does. We heard Lily Green, No Bindings founder and assistant producer Will Taylor discuss pivotal projects, lessons learnt and…

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Building a Martian House

Posted on Mon 2 Jul 2018

Ella Good and Nicki Kent collaborate together to create work all about the future. They are currently in the midst of a ten-year project called A Decade of Mars.

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Catching up with Artists in Residence Action Hero

Posted on Fri 22 Jun 2018

This May, our latest Artists in Residence Action Hero set off from Bristol on a six month journey across Europe. In a motorhome housing a recording studio, they are currently travelling over 30,000km, recording songs of love, hope, heartbreak, loss and desire, sung by the people they meet. The…

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Introduction to A Haunted Existence

Posted on Thu 21 Jun 2018

In the early 1950s a 17-year-old called, Geoffrey Patrick Williamson was a train going from Exeter to Bristol, when he approached a plain clothed railway officer. Their brief encounter was deemed inappropriate and Williamson was arrested. On questioning, Williamson revealed the names of 17 men he…

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Immersive Histories: Dam Busters

Posted on Wed 6 Jun 2018

Around the end of 2017 All Seeing Eye, made up of four team members, proposed an historically accurate XR experience that explores virtual reality, physicality and is set on a large WWII aircraft called the G-George. Resident Olie Kay shared with us the processes they went through to create The Dam…