Photo of Jon Aitken delivering his Lunchtime Talk
Lunchtime talk write-up

What is a vlogger? Jon Aitken on the current YouTube landscape

Posted on Fri 26 Feb 2016

Studio resident and vlogger Jon Aitken joined us on Friday 19 February to talk about the YouTube community, and how the site is dominated by a relatively small number of vloggers who have a vast number of followers.

Beacon Choir by 2015 New Talent Resident Thomas Williams on display at The Rooms. Photo by Max McClure.

Announcing our 2016 Residency programme

Posted on Tue 23 Feb 2016

We are very excited to announce this year’s programme of residency opportunities at Watershed, based in the Pervasive Media Studio. There will be three programmes to choose from, each offering something slightly different.

Image: Yohei Miura YCAM
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International forays, iterative critters and the end of an era

Posted on Thu 18 Feb 2016

We’ve had something of an international exchange in the Studio over the past couple of weeks.Last week we hosted technologists from YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) along with their RAM (Reactor for Awareness in Motion) motion capture tool. We produced a series of workshops to experiment…

Photo of Chanti Hobbit, credit: Shamphat Photography

Hula hoops and monsters: playing with motion capture

Posted on Wed 17 Feb 2016

With support from Daiwa Foundation and British Council we were able to bring RAM to the UK for the first time and share the project with dancers, artists, circus performers and choreographers.

Photo of Sammy Payne's Lunchtime Talk
Lunchtime talk write-up

The Maker movement, 3D printing, and bionic hands

Posted on Fri 5 Feb 2016

There are 11 million amputees around the world and the number is rising. Open Bionics is a robotics company with a big mission: to create accessible, affordable robotic assisted tech for people affected by mobility issues.