Photo: Dick Penny (CEO of Watershed at the time) shovelling snow on Millennium Square.
Project blog by Jo Kimber

Posted on Fri 21 Dec 2018

Jo Lansdowne, Watershed's Executive Producer – Pervasive Media Studio 10thBirthday On Valentines Day the Pervasive Media Studio turned 10 years old. We wanted to celebrate by looking forward rather than backward, outward rather than inward and by foregrounding the work of the…

Project blog by Magz Hall

Posted on Mon 3 Dec 2018

My first days at the Watershed were a buzz of meetings and events where I spoke to many inspired artists about current work and projects.

Lunchtime talk write-up

'Clearer Is Not Always Louder’. Deafness, Language & Sound.

Posted on Tue 18 Sep 2018

Jonny Cotsen is an Artist, Teacher, Father and Deaf man. He joined the Studio earlier in the year as part of the New Talent Residency Programme. In this talk he will talk about his previous solo-show, ‘Louder Is Not Always Clearer’ which illustrated his struggles, in a hearing world. 'Louder is…

Lunchtime talk write-up

Facebook for Sceptics

Posted on Thu 16 Aug 2018

Marcus Gilroy Ware is a lecturer of Journalism at UWE, has published a book on social media called Filling the Void: Social Media and The Continuation of Capitalism and has been a Studio resident for the past two years. Tim Kindberg is a Studio resident, computer engineer and develops software, but…

Verity holding two speaker boxes from Duncan Speakman's 'A Folded Path' up to her ears
Article

Virtually Useful: Step Five - Sound

Posted on Sat 4 Aug 2018

Great sound design can elevate immersive experiences, whilst poorly handled audio can feel clumsy, uncomfortable and disjointed. But what is it that actually makes the difference when using audio in VR/XR?

Lunchtime talk write-up

In Conversation with Emma Bettridge

Posted on Wed 25 Jul 2018

Emma Bettridge is Bristol Old Vic Ferment Producer and for the last 8 years has been the driving force behind Ferment, an extraordinary testing ground supporting artists to develop and share experimental work at an early stage. We have known Emma for many years, and are endlessly inspired by her…

Lunchtime talk write-up

i-docs 2018

Posted on Wed 11 Jul 2018

Nadav Assor was a keynote speaker and exhibitor at this year’s i-docs. We were very lucky to be joined by him for this week’s Lunchtime Talk.

Studio blog

Confessions Corner

Posted on Tue 3 Jul 2018

I’m writing this deep in the nook of confessions corner. I’m going to admit to something you probably don’t know about me.