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DCRC Presents: Learning from Digital Lives - Nicole Matthews

Wed 27 Nov 2013 16:00-17:30

The Digital Cultures Research Centre is delighted to welcome Nicole Matthews (Macquarie University, Sydney) for a special Wednesday afternoon talk - open to all - at the Pervasive Media Studio. Digital life story narratives are often seen as a way of empowering socially marginalized people, offering…

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Lunchtime Talk: Designing for touchy subjects

Fri 11 Oct - Wed 27 Nov 2013

For 18 years Aerian has made some of the biggest and best web products in the world. They build websites, apps, installations, experiences and campaigns with clients such as BBC, Vodafone, The Times, Danone, Sky and Nectar across a range of platforms.Here in the Studio we are currently hosting one…

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Lunchtime Talk: Mixing Medium Meanings

Fri 22 Nov 2013 13:00-14:00

For this talk we will be joined by our newest Studio resident, designer Joshua Barnes who tells us:Quilts have always played a role in my family's life. Every child was given one at birth, and they can still be found on all our beds. Travelling with us throughout our lives these objects have been…

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Lunchtime Talk: Digital Hat - What Happened Next

Fri 15 Nov 2013 13:00-14:00

A year ago Hannah Nicklin and Seth Honnor gave a talk about a new idea they had for payments for live events that happen in a non-box office, online and mobile setting. A year later they're returning to tell you what they did next. It's no longer called Digital Hat, because one thing they've…

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Lunchtime Talk: Cascade

Fri 8 Nov 2013 13:00-14:00

Games designer Gaz Bushell and Biochemist Jody Mason will be introducing their extraordinary new game, Cascade, which recently took home the coveted UK Game of the Show title at this year’s Gamescom in Cologne. Cascade is a game set in a brain under the siege of Alzheimer’s disease. Moving…

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Digital Bristol Workshop Day: The Playable City

Mon 4 Nov 2013 10:00-10:50

Venue: Colston Hall, free but booking essential We are running a panel session at this year's Digital Bristol Workshop Day. We'd love you to join us for this session and there are plenty of other cool things going on for free the same day - you can find the whole programme here.10:00 Bristol: The…

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Spellbinding Storytelling Workshop

Sat 2 Nov 2013 13:00

As part of the nation-wide Family Arts Festival taking place this October and November, Watershed brings you a curious season of films and workshops perfect for all the family. Join us on 2 November for our fantastical Spellbinding Storytelling Workshop. Spellbinding Storytelling Workshop Lewis…

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Lunchtime Talk: Reaching Robotics

Fri 1 Nov 2013 13:00-14:00

Reach Robotics is an entertainment robotics startup company with an ambitious goal: to use robotics to revolutionise gaming and to dynamically link physical and digital modes of play. The project was started at the beginning of this year and is now in the process of being realised. New studio…

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Rolling Stones Dance Workshop

Wed 30 Oct 2013 14:00

As part of the nation-wide Family Arts Festival taking place this October and November, Watershed brings you a curious season of films and workshops perfect for all the family. Join us on 30 October for an enchanting Rolling Stones Dance Workshop.Rolling Stones Dance Workshop Shrink like Alice and…

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Alice + The Big Draw Magic Ink Workshop

Sat 26 Oct 2013 14:00

As part of the nation-wide Family Arts Festival taking place this October and November, Watershed brings you a curious season of films and workshops perfect for all the family. Join us on 19 October for a screening of Alice and then The Big Draw Magic Ink Workshop. Alice and then The Big Draw Magic…