While we often consider embodied technologies as seamless, what affordances are opened when we look explicitly at the seams of immersion? This lunchtime talk explores the inherent liminality of XR and how a seamed creative approach can offer an important lens for communicating disability as an altered or expanded form of embodiment. 

Ben Joseph Andrews is a disabled new media artist and researcher from Wathaurong land in Australia. Often in collaboration with Emma Roberts, his practice seeks to use emerging technologies to expand perceptions, reawaken curiosity and instill a sense of wonder to the world we inhabit. His work includes Starless (2017), Gondwana (2022) and, most recently, Turbulence: Jamais Vu, which won the Interactive Competition for Non-Fiction award at IDFA (2023).

Join us online on YouTube Live, or in the building on Friday 24th May 2024 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.