Posted on Wed 11 Jun 2014
On Tuesday 3 June, we hosted the second Being There workshop in the Studio. Funded by the EPSRC, the workshop was one in a series of activities that brings together a group of brilliant creative practitioners, technologists and academics, to explore how cutting-edge robotics can enable people to…
Posted on Wed 11 Jun 2014
Last Friday, Studio Resident and UWE academic Seth Giddings gave a Lunchtime Talk on the subject of children and imaginative play in the era of the videogame. The talk was a brief introduction to some of the key ideas explored in a book he has recently written on the subject.Seth started the talk by…
Posted on Tue 10 Jun 2014
On 23 May, we gathered for a Lunchtime talk by Studio Residents Duncan Speakman, a Bristol based artist and musician and Tom Abba, a writer, designer and UWE academic, whose work explores the form of digital and physical books. They came to speak about their artists’ collective, Circumstance,…
Posted on Fri 6 Jun 2014
This week has been all about robots and beautiful prototypes as we hosted the second ever Being There: Robots in Public Spaces workshop, held the Objects Sandbox Work in Progress Show, and played about with the brilliant Nth Camera.On Tuesday, we hosted the second ever Being There workshop in the…
Posted on Mon 2 Jun 2014
The Studio would like to host a Young Rewired State Festival of Code at Watershed from Monday 28th to Thursday 31st July 2014. In order to be able to collaborate with Young Rewired State on their great programme we are looking for volunteer mentors. Do you have some time to support the next…
Posted on Fri 30 May 2014
This week, we’re slowly shuffling to the edges of our seats as we approach the announcement of this year’s Playable City Award winner, the Studio was home to a brilliant discussion about creativity and citizenship, we had a good crop of Studio affiliates speaking at San Francisco’s tech…
Posted on Fri 23 May 2014
Today, the faint sound of tapping feet and harmonious synth is drifting through the Studio, as Guerilla Dance Project’s Laura Kriefman rehearses Kicking the Mic, folding Nth Camera into the mix. Wires and PCBs pile up around Kaspar, who is working on a robot kit for kids, our producers are…
Posted on Fri 23 May 2014
Composer, performer, roboticist and current artist in residence at the Studio, Sarah Angliss gave a fascinating work in progress demo in the Studio last Friday. Her project, Trace, is an exploration of poetic approaches to robotics on stage. She has been working with our Creative Technologist,…
Posted on Thu 22 May 2014
Last Friday, David Coyle, Bristol Univeristy’s Senior Lecturer in Human Computer Ineraction, came to the Studio to talk about his new company Handaxe Limited and their flagship game Pesky gNats. In February of this year, David and Clinical Psychologist Gary O’Reilly set up Handaxe Ltd, a…
Posted on Tue 20 May 2014
On 9 May, Studio residents, Tom Metcalfe, Tim Senior and Simon Moreton gave a lunchtime talk about user experience within the Internet of Things. Designer, Neuroscientist and Geographer by training respectively, Tom, Tim and Simon currently all work as part of REACT, a 4 year AHRC funded initiative…
