Mandy Rose
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May Festival of Ideas: Searching for Happiness

Mon 20 May 2013 19:15-20:30

Fifty years ago people on the streets of Paris were asked; Are you happy? in a documentary experiment with the new film technology of 1960 – hand-held sync sound.  Searching for Happiness takes advantage of a new era of creative technology to ask the same question today.

Endgame: Syria
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Lunchtime Talk: Endgame:Syria, News games & Making Soapboxes from Platforms

Fri 17 May 2013 14:00-15:00

Tomas Rawlings, Creative Director of Auroch Digital and the GameTheNews.net project, will be joining us to talk about his company's recent dealings with Apple, who controversially rejected their real time strategy game, Endgame Syria, an unflinching interactive exploration of events unfolding in…

WormSlayer testing out his new Oculus Rift
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Open Studio Friday: Oculus Rift demo

Fri 10 May 2013 15:00-18:00

After the talk we will be joined by Bristol games developer WormSlayer who will be demo-ing an Oculus Rift, a prototype Virtual Reality headset that has been taking the tech world by storm.

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Lunchtime Talk: In Search of Soundmarks

Fri 3 May 2013 14:00-15:00

Former Studio resident Ruth Farrar has been developing 'From Bristol to Brooklyn: In Search of Soundmarks' (an audio equivalent of landmarks). In New York, she recently launched two sound art interactive websites where listeners can create and send audio postcards and now is bringing them back to…

Ken Eklund
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Ken Eklund – Transmedia For Change

Tue 30 Apr 2013 14:00-15:00

The Pervasive Media Studio and UWEs Digital Cultures Research Centre present a very special, one-off lunchtime talk with Ken Eklund.

Theatre Jukebox
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Lunchtime Talk: The Evolution of Theatre Jukebox

Fri 26 Apr 2013 14:00-15:00

Stand + Stare will take us through a brief history of their arcade-style storytelling project, Theatre Jukebox, as it evolved from a micro-residency in the Studio in June 2011 to being nominated for this year's SXSW Interactive Awards.Brother and sister, Barney and Lucy Heywood, run Stand + Stare…

Guardian Streetstories sound walk immerses you in memories of Kings Cross
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Lunchtime Talk: Experience design for located sound walks

Fri 19 Apr 2013 14:00-15:00

Studio residents Calvium will reflect on their thoughts and experiences of developing the emerging genre of located sound walks. From the 2004 research user trials of "Riot! 1831" to their current commercial Soundwalk product, Calvium have been involved in helping to develop over 30 GPS…

Helen White with a solar telescope
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Listen to the Sun

Thu 18 Apr 2013 19:00-20:00

With media attention on solar flares and their effects on positive events (the northern lights) or predicted negative events (technological disruption), designer Helen White has been exploring creative ways to respond to this natural phenomena. Helen has been in residence in the  Studio since…

twilio logo
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Lunchtime Talk: Twilio

Fri 12 Apr 2013 14:00-15:00

Over the past few years, Studio residents have used cloud communications service Twilio in a number of projects, from haunted zoetropes to mass musical phone calls. In this lunchtime talk, Director of Twilio Europe, James Parton will tell us more about Twilio and introduce us to some of his…