Fri 26 Sep 2014 14:00
Studio producer Verity McIntosh and Creative Technologist David Haylock will introduce the ideas and inspirations behind the 'Playable City', from street mimes in Bogotá controlling traffic to a rubber road in Russia that lets you bounce to work. Find out more about Watershed's Playable City Award…
Fri 19 Sep 2014 14:00-15:00
As part of her ongoing project Colony, artist Nikki Pugh has been in residence at the Pervasive Media Studio over the Summer constructing panicked heartbeats, twitchy tails and slinky vertebrae. Join us for a lunchtime talk (and possibly a walk afterwards) as all these are brought together to form…
Fri 12 Sep 2014 14:00-15:00
Join us to kick off Watershed's latest Studio Artists Residency with a talk from recipients Run To Draw, a collaboration between illustrator Amelia Johnstone and product designer Peter Hathaway. Peter and Amelia run and draw simultaneously to explore how imagination and ideas are invigorated through…
Fri 5 Sep 2014 14:00-15:00
Objects are powerful prompts to memory, and emerging technical capabilities are making it possible for our objects to not just provoke, but to capture and echo back our stories, even when our own memories start to fail us. An interdisiplinary team from Bristol University have been working…
Fri 25 Jul - Fri 29 Aug 2014
The lunchtime talk and Open Studio Friday programme will be taking a break over the summer so that we can go and investigate what that big shiny thing in the sky might be. Fear not, we're already busy lining up exciting speakers for September. Check our events page for details.There are lots of…
Tue 22 Jul 2014 19:00-21:00
Fun Palaces are popping up all over the country on the weekend of the 4th and 5th October 2014. There’s art, there’s science, and everyone can make one happen."Choose what you want to do...dance, talk or be lifted up to where you can see how other people make things work. Sit out over space with…
Fri 18 Jul 2014 14:00
Studio resident, choregrapher and creative technologist Laura Kriefman will be giving us a sneaky peak at some of the extraordinary technologies involved in her new show 'Kicking the Mic' in advance of its debut at the Indonesian International Mask Festival this September.Kicking the Mic is a live…
Fri 11 Jul 2014 14:00-15:00
Inspired by the the spread of infections of disease or ideas through social networks, an award-winning team of artists, scientists, musicians and dancers combine cutting-edge technology and fluid movement to create a sonic and visual world where even the smallest interactions leave behind a…
Fri 4 Jul 2014 14:00-15:00
We are very excited to welcome digital storyteller Kevin Moss to the Studio to talk about the art of telling stories across plarforms as a pioneering form of theatre. He will introduce us to his recent project The Nightvision Experiment, an online horror performance played out in real time over…
Fri 27 Jun 2014 14:00-15:00
This week's lunchtime talk is all about three of our favourite things in the Studio: tea, cake and making.For one hour only we will be opening our toy box of gadgets and gizmos, from arduinos and makey makeys to Verity's prized 3Doodler and inviting you to join us for a bit of super-rapid…
