Article

Stepping into Virtual Reality - where to begin?

Posted on Wed 28 Aug 2019

This is the second in a series of articles, commissioned by Watershed & Arts Council England, to act as a resource for artists looking to work with art and emerging technologies in the South West.

Image of Amy Draper using a MI.MU Glove to perform Bob
Studio blog

Bringing Bob to life

Posted on Wed 28 Aug 2019

Find out about our latest Residency, supporting Amy Draper, Nina Dunn and Tessa Bide to integrate gestural technologies into Bob, a magical theatre piece for families...

Image of Magz Hall testing Skyport. Photo by Jon Aitken 2019.
Studio blog

Catching up with our Artists in Residence

Posted on Mon 15 Jul 2019

Our call for the Winter Residencies programme is currently open, so we thought this was a good time to let you know what our last cohort of funded resident artists have been up to...

Project blog by Rachel Smith

Posted on Wed 15 May 2019

Last Friday as my residency drew to a close, I presented the Sentiment Honk to an audience as part of a lunchtime talk and got some excellent feedback. Here are some things that I’ve learnt in the making of this project. Sentiment Analysis is being applied in a multitude of ways including…

Euella Jackson, Shamil Ahmed & Sammy Jones at Pervasive Media Studio
Article

Art and Technology in the South West

Posted on Tue 14 May 2019

This is the first in a series of articles, commissioned by Watershed & ACE exploring art & emerging technologies in the South West. Journalist and Rife Editor, Sammy Jones looks at the places and spaces supporting this work.

Project blog by Jo Kimber

Posted on Fri 26 Apr 2019

I'm Jo the Pervasive Media Studio coordinator, an avid zine maker, writer and Freelance Producer. I was lucky enough to go to the Metal Arts, Beyond Queer Lab back in March, here are my musings from that week.

Project blog by Rachel Smith

Posted on Fri 5 Apr 2019

This fortnight was dedicated to finding the right honk.After experimenting with various ways of making a gust of air (bike horn, dog toys, aquarium pump, rubber dust cleaner, balloon pump), it turned out that an electric airbed pump triggered by an Arduino was exactly what I'd been looking…

Project blog by Rachel Smith

Posted on Sat 23 Mar 2019

‘Sentiment Honk’ is a reaction to the neural networks embedded in software which make decisions about the emotional timbre of our words. Here are three examples of current applications of sentiment analysis to set the scene