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Lunchtime Talk: Craig Against The Machine

Fri 9 Feb 2024 13:00-14:00

Composer/Improviser/instrument builder Craig Scott talks about building and improvising with his Machine Learning assisted, semi-automated guitar as part of his 'Patterns in Practice' residency at Pervasive Media Studio.

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First Friday February

Fri 2 Feb 2024 17:00-18:00

First Friday is a monthly social event open to anyone. February's event coincides with the opening night of Bristol Light Festival. See a selection of work from our Studio Residents incorporating light.

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Lunchtime Talk: Creative Technology and Policy

Fri 2 Feb 2024 13:00-14:00

Brendan Arnold presents his experience in the last two years working on knotty policy problems using design thinking to bridge technical knowhow, making and policymaking.

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Lunchtime Talk: Wormwood - A Nuclear Plant

Fri 19 Jan 2024 13:00-14:00

Oma Keeling and Morgan Jennings present their research project exploring nuclear history in the North of England, nuclear radiation and illness in popular video games, and the potentials of destruction in science fiction. 

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Lunchtime Talk: Sound Art Out and About

Fri 12 Jan 2024 13:00-14:00

Sound artist Ralph Hoyte will share his experience, as well as the trials and tribulations of using located audio to re-imagine authentic histories.

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Lunchtime Talk: Immersive Play

Fri 8 Dec 2023 13:00-14:00

For this talk, Adrienne Mackey will share some of her past immersive works and offer insights into their genesis and creative process. 

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First Friday December

Fri 1 Dec 2023 17:00-18:00

First Friday is a monthly social event open to anyone. December’s event will feature work from Watershed’s Grounding Technologies cohort, a project exploring the intersection of creative technology and local climate action

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Lunchtime Talk: Grounding Technologies

Fri 1 Dec 2023 13:00-14:00

Melissa Blackburn will share motivations and insights from six funded teams - who’ve been exploring how participatory and just approaches creative technology can embolden local climate and biodiversity action.