Image of Mars Desert Research Station in Utah. Photo by Robert Keller, Satori Photos.
Studio blog

Maintenance on Mars

Posted on Tue 31 Mar 2020

Since 2016 artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent have been working with the people of Bristol, towards Building a Martian House - a real life house that you can step into and imagine how we might live on another planet...

Cheers Drive - Bristol Light Festival

Watershed building shut for now, but our arms are wide open

Posted on Thu 19 Mar 2020

As the Watershed is closing temporarily, our own physical doors will be closed, but we’re looking to see how we open the digital doors of the Studio and how we can help our residents and visitors feel connected and hopeful. Follow us on twitter to keep up to date @pmstudiouk

A film by reubenand.co
Project blog by Robbie Thomson

Posted on Tue 3 Mar 2020

Experiments with oyster mushroom mycelium and SCOBY leather = smelly studio

Concept Design by Hugh Broughton Architects
Project blog by Ella Good

Posted on Wed 26 Feb 2020

Life on Mars might be less Star Trek than you'd imagine. Could it show us a slower paced life with a different focus? What will people on Mars do all day? What do people on Earth do all day?

A film by reubenand.co
Project blog by Xavier Velastín

Posted on Mon 24 Feb 2020

Natural whalesong exists in flux with its environment, changing its motifs as the creator moves through the ocean. Here's some stuff about it and how it's inspired my sound piece.

A neon bat
Article

Drawing in VR

Posted on Tue 29 Oct 2019

One of newest Residents, illustrator and painter, Andy Council, discuses what it likes to use Tilt Brush, the VR tool that lets you paint in 3D Virtual Reality spaces.

Image of artists Ella Good and Nicki Kent at the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah.

Introducing our Winter Residency artists

Posted on Thu 17 Oct 2019

Following our open call for Watershed and MAYK’s Winter Residencies programme, we’re delighted to announce the three artists who will develop works exploring technology and climate breakdown.


Tineke De Meyer & Duncan Speakman Residency

Posted on Thu 12 Sep 2019

So we were on this island. I could tell you how we got there, describe the flight and the water & how we had trained our mind & prepared our body for it....

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