Studio Resident Jasmine Butt recently started PostGraduate Research exploring 'Subversive Musical Instruments' at UWE. Her work is centred around Optical Sound - a photographic recording technology in which audio waveforms are printed with (and read as) fluctuations in light.

This talk will explore the fascinating, half-buried history of optical sound technology, including its role in groundbreaking early audio synthesis of the 30s and 40s and its use as an audio-visual artistic tool by experimental film-makers in the 1970s. Jasmine will also share details of her own work, where she is researching methods of converting the moving image to sound and developing digital tools to extend the optical sound framework, both in software and in the darkroom.



Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 6th October 2023 at 1pm for the talk and to take part in the Q and A discussion afterwards. 

The Pervasive Media Studio is a partnership between the Watershed, University of the West of England and University of Bristol. The lunchtime talks are partly supported by MyWorld, a project led by the University of Bristol to support creative industries in the region. Watershed is supported by Arts Council England. 

Address:

Watershed, 1 Canon's Rd, Bristol BS1 5TX

Directions:

The Lunchtime talks take place in the Pervasive Media Studio Event Space. To access the Studio, please go to the Main Watershed Box Office entrance and go upstairs to the Café Bar. Walk across the cafe bar, turn right and walk towards the double doors. Go through into the corridor and walk all the way down until you reach the Studio. A member of staff will sign you in, and check your ticket, if you have booked.

The Studio is wheelchair accessible, and the events space has a hearing loop. The last talk of every month is BSL interpreted. 

For more information on accessing the studio take a look here.

*Please note this is a hybrid event and will be live streamed so please be aware you will be in the live broadcast and recording when watching in the Studio.