Mercurial Wrestler invite you to sit at a Magician's Desk
Posted on Fri 11 Jun 2010
Watershed is currently hosting The Magician's Desk, the outcome of one of our Studio Artists Residencies, created and presented by Mecurial Wrestler.
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Project Partners
Posted on Thu 10 Jun 2010
We have asked all the project partners, (Watershed, Calvium, Historic Royal Palaces, Bristol Old Vic and Bristol City Council) to share their motivations, expectations and challenges in relation to this project.
Artists Residencies: A Celebration Event
Posted on Fri 28 May 2010
Join us to see what exciting work has been produced by the Pervasive Media Studio's resident artists. In a shifting media landscape finding time and resources to explore ideas augmented by new technologies can be tricky. The Pervasive Media Studio Artists Residencies were set-up as a direct response…
Daemon: so how will your robot inner self talk to you? iPhone apps perhaps or BCI?
Posted on Thu 27 May 2010
In my exploration of Robotics and Narrative, this week I've continued talking to technologists about how I can get Daemon to do what I want. Here's my notes from a chat about using iPhone apps with Tim Kindberg from Matter2Media. Followed by my second visit to Bristol Uni. Computer Science Dept. to…
Magician's Patter...
Posted on Tue 25 May 2010
Our final event is looming into sight... We have been busily collecting people's perceptions on what is magic and have come up with some interesting revelations which will feed into our final piece. The major one seems to be that people experience magic in the natural world, as natural occurrences…
Theatre Sandbox - What is it all about?
Posted on Tue 25 May 2010
Theatre Sandbox is a national commissioning scheme for theatre-makers to provide time and space to research and develop experimental pieces of performance that engage with pervasive technologies. Theatre Sandbox extends the learning iShed has gained over two years of successfully running Media…
A Living Teddy Bear who plays Sigur Ros: Daemon installation test
Posted on Mon 24 May 2010
I set up an installation test here in the Pervasive Media Studio last week as part of my work in progress presentation. It actually went pretty well, although it wasn't a comprehensive test, due to time restrictions I only asked for one volunteer, I was really pleased to get the exact feedback I…
KTF language and value workshops
Posted on Thu 20 May 2010
Under the AHRC Knowledge Transfer Fellowship scheme at the pervasive media studio, Constance Fleuriot and Jon Dovey are developing DCRC research into how we describe and define both the language and value of pervasive media. We are running a series of discussion sessions involving studio residents…
Light Graffiti with Tine Bech: The Documentary
Posted on Fri 14 May 2010
In March 2010, Visual Artist Tine Bech hosted a series of Light Graffiti workshops exploring the space in and around Watershed through drawing with light. Watershed were working with Tine towards the installation of an interactive artwork and the workshops were the first step in researching people's…
The Frome Maidens
Posted on Thu 13 May 2010
Ralph Hoyte (poet), Marc Yeats (composer) & Phill Phelps (coder) have now been working on their Frome Maidens project since February. The Frome Maidens is a GPS-triggered music/poetryscape laid out along the course of the River Frome, from her source near Old Sodbury to her conjunction with the…