Project blog by Rosie Cooke

Posted on Thu 26 May 2016

Well I have had a great time working at the watershed and met some really interesting creative people, which have really opened my digital eyes up to the way that people engage with the stories of the show with Move Over Darling. (I haven’t got digital eyes btw).As part of the exciting group of…

Tarim
Lunchtime talk write-up

Bridging the Gap Between Artists and Technologists

Posted on Fri 13 May 2016

In Tarim's talk we visited the tongue-in-cheek ‘Land of Sweeping Stereotypes’, a land where a tribe of artists and a tribe of technologists live on different islands – occasionally meeting in no-mans land.

Photo of lab participants playing games
Lunchtime talk write-up

Reflections on Playable City Lagos

Posted on Fri 29 Apr 2016

Playable City Producer Hilary O’Shaughnessy joined us to talk about the most recent addition to Playable City’s international network: Lagos (Nigeria). Playable City is a framework to think differently about a city, generating a social dialogue by creating shared experiences through play.

#TwitterLive

Pervasive Media at #TwitterLive

Posted on Wed 27 Apr 2016

There was a strong Pervasive Media Studio presence at last night’s fantastic #TwitterLive event, a unique and interactive journey to the heart of Twitter held at a secret pop up location in London.

Studio residents at SXSW

Notes from SXSW 2016

Posted on Thu 24 Mar 2016

Last week three Studio residents, Chloe Meineck, Peter Bennett, Tom Metcalfe and I shipped out to sunny Texas for the annual SXSW Interactive Festival.

Photo of Sophie Shaw
Lunchtime talk write-up

Can we rave in the name of science?

Posted on Mon 21 Mar 2016

Sophie Shaw first experienced frisson while training as a dancer, although at that point she didn’t have a word to describe the feeling...

Verity McIntosh (accepting a Sparkie on behalf of Clare Reddington) with Sammy Payne of Open Bionics
Studio blog

And the winner is…

Posted on Thu 3 Mar 2016

The Oscars may be the latest from award season for the rich and famous, but we’ve been celebrating our own wins in the Studio, with residents getting nominated for, and winning regional awards. Whilst she was on the other side of the world, our Creative Director Clare Reddington picked up a…