Former studio resident Jackie Calderwood is in the second year of a practice-based PhD with the Institute of Creative Technologies at De Montfort, Leicester. Jackie's research draws on her background in community and participatory arts to explore how pervasive media can contribute to engagement with landscape and environment.

In this lunchtime talk Jackie will discuss her experimental walks practice that has developed over the last nine months, how the walks relate to recent work with mediascapes and community engagement (e-merge and Soundlines), and some interesting meanderings into creative research methods and metaphor. During the talk Jackie will show extracts of short film which attempt to convey some of the experimental walks (including Moving Image shown recently in Gallery 12, QE College Leicester) and work from interactive walks made during an interdisciplinary research residency at Dundee Contemporary Arts. She will also outline plans for her new commission with Chrysalis Arts, for a dynamic media 'treasure' in the Geo Art Cache project, North Yorkshire.

After the talk and discussion there will be the opportunity to join Jackie for a 30-minute harbourside walk, with a 30-minute experimental responses discussion back at the Studio over a cup of tea.

This Lunchtime Talk is part of Open Studio Friday, which takes place at the Studio every week

Do you want to find out what is going on at the Pervasive Media Studio? Are you interested in meeting our residents, talking about a specific project or curious about pervasive media? Why not pack a sandwich and join us for one of our Lunchtime Talks and Open Studio Friday.

Lunchtime Talks are informal presentations by Studio residents and associates. They normally take place at 1pm on Friday, are free and open to everybody who’s interested in what we do.

After the Talk, we also invite you to stay with us for the afternoon to continue the conversation or work on your own projects. We provide chairs, tables, wireless and a great space. You bring what you need to work with (laptop/mobile). Our open afternoons close at 5pm, usually with a trip to the bar.

Let us know if you haven’t been to the Studio before and we'll be happy to show you around! Send an email to Shirin@pmstudio.co.uk and we will meet you at 12.30pm for a quick tour.