Studio blog
Building Creative business capacity
Posted on Tue 9 Jun 2020
This is Part One of a series of four blogs Gill Wildman is writing for the Studio. Gill Wildman is Business Development Adviser for Watershed and SWCTN.
Studio blog
Experiments in Warholian hotdoggery and more...
Posted on Thu 7 May 2020
It all started with a humble hotdog. A hotdog Snapchat Lens to be precise. This was last summer (before the great unmentionable). As a trio of creative technologists, we instinctively dive into exciting technology to understand what it is, what it does and how we might use it in our work. We are a…
Introducing our Spring Residency artist 2020
Posted on Mon 27 Apr 2020
A big remote welcome to our Spring Residency artist - Joe Hill.
Project blog by Dan Pollard
One note at a time.
Posted on Mon 20 Apr 2020
The birth of The Isolation Melody and how to get involved.
Studio blog
Biological robots
Posted on Wed 15 Apr 2020
Robbie Thomson investigates ways to incorporate organic and recycled materials into the fabric of his sculptures...
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...
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
Project blog by Robbie Thomson
Materials research
Posted on Tue 3 Mar 2020
Experiments with oyster mushroom mycelium and SCOBY leather = smelly studio
Project blog by Ella Good
Maintenance on Mars
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?
Project blog by Xavier Velastín
The fluid form of whalesong and [whalesong]
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.