Make Shift Meet-Ups are a space for early career creatives to come together. Meet other creatives in the city, learn from established practitioners, and think about the next steps in your creative career.

Each month we have a guest from the Pervasive Media Studio who works in the creative industries. They will be on hand to speak about their work and can give advice. Guest speakers are experts in their field.

In May we are joined by:

• Harmeet Chagger-Khan, Creative Director and Founder of Surfing Light Beams who create immersive experiences and playable adventures.
• Helen Brown, a Behaviourial Scientist with a varied background in psychology, research and digital product design.
• Sharon Clark, an award-winning writer/dramaturge for stage and film and Creative Director of Raucous, a site responsive theatre company that fuses performance, music, film, AR, AI and creative technology.

Harmeet, Helen and Sharon will introduce Kinship Wayfinder, a multi-user playable experience that uses Artificial Intelligence to foster connections between disconnected people. They will guide us through an exploration of themes and questions around the dynamics of building trust, kindness and creating friendships.

Benefits of Make Shift

• Find out about Watershed, the Pervasive Media Studio and what we offer to South West based creatives
• A chilled space where you can meet and chat with other creatives
• Talks from creative practitioners on anything from finding funds for your project to how to do your tax return

Timings

You are welcome to arrive from 17:30. The hosted element of the event will start at 17:45 and finish at 20:00. Don't worry if you can't make it for the beginning of the session or stay for the whole session.

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