Fri 30 Jan 2015 13:00-14:00
Karen Palmer will introduce us to SYNCSELF 2, a Transmedia Parkour Neurogame, an immersive storytelling experience in which the obstacles that the freerunners face within a film are determined by the user's mental focus.
Fri 23 Jan 2015 13:00-14:00
Novelists Nikesh Shukla and Chris Killen have both written novels about the emotional impact of social media on our lives. As lines in the sand for how we live now and whether bare our souls online in 140-character confessionals. There will be arguments, there will be references to Jane Austen,…
Fri 16 Jan 2015 13:00-14:00
Jane Grant and John Matthias will be joining us to talk about several of their collaborative artworks such as The Fragmented Orchestra that draw on ideas from neuroscience in which the public interact with a simulated ‘neural network’ to create sounds.
Fri 9 Jan 2015 13:00-14:00
John Durrant, designer at digital agency BDH, introduces their animated work combining Britain's greatest War Poet and DIY virtual reality googles Google Cardboard. John will will talk about the techniques, hand drawn artwork, puppetry and CGI animation used in 'War of Words VR', a 360/3D experience…
Thu 8 Jan 2015 19:00-20:00
We are really happy to host this South West Data meet up in the Studio. Bristol City Council has been exploring the potential of open data to transform the City and Council Services. Kevin O’Malley will outline some of the initiatives undertaken to date, demonstrate some new resources for the…
Fri 26 Dec - Fri 2 Jan 2015
We will be taking a short break from the Lunchtime Talk and Open Studio Friday programme over the festive period, but we're already busy lining up exciting speakers for January. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Fri 19 Dec 2014 13:00-14:00
'Theatre Book - Macbeth' is a prototype pop-up book that comes to life with miniature projection mapping. The book includes 6 pop-up pages designed like sets on a stage with actors projected onto the paper scenery. We will be joined by artists Davy and Kristin McGuire, Sarah Ellis from the Royal…
Fri 12 Dec 2014 13:00-14:00
In a last minute change to our lunchtime programme, Pervasive Media Studio lunchtime talk favourite Sam Phippen steps into the breach to share a deep dive into the NSA leaks and how they have affected our relationship with the web.
Fri 12 Dec 2014 13:00-14:00
POSTPONED - sadly Katherine is unable to join us, she sends her apologies and we will re-programme as soon as possible. If you'd like to pitch a talk in her place (and can make it over to the Studio today at 1pm) pitch your talk topic to Verity McIntosh via twitter @veritymcintosh
Fri 5 Dec 2014 13:00-14:00
Designer Dean Brown joins us to introduce his current project The 7 Lamps of Making, drawing comparisons between Arts & Crafts (1860 - 1910) and The Maker Movements.
