Hello Lamp Post, AlphaSphere nexus & MIX Conference 2013

Posted on Fri 19 Jul 2013

This week we launched Hello Lamp Post; the first Playable City Award commission, lots of our lovely Studio residents headed over to Bath on Wednesday for MIX conference 2013 and we’re excited to announce the participants taking place in Hack The Quartet. Read on to find out more: On Monday we…


The Playable City & #Hellolamppost

Posted on Thu 18 Jul 2013

Last week was a brilliantly busy week in the Studio as we prepared for the launch of our first Playable City Award project Hello Lamp Post and launched a call for four Bristol artists to take place in a fantastic cultural exchange with Brazil. Read on to find out about these Studio opportunities and…


immersion pools - Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Tue 16 Jul 2013

On 5 July we were joined in the Studio by Alison John (yello brick) and Julian Sykes (Hoffi) for a brilliant Lunchtime Talk. For over four years Alison and Julian have been looking at how patterns, story and games, can be brought together to create unique experiences. With the goal of creating…


Magicians & Missions to the Moon

Posted on Tue 9 Jul 2013

Last week was an exciting one for us with our fantastic magician in residence interviews, lots of REACT news and our resident’s mission to the moon gath


34 Bristols: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Fri 5 Jul 2013

On Friday 28 June we were joined in the Studio by Andy Field to give a Lunchtime Talk about his project 34 Bristols. Andy is co-director of the award-winning Forest Fringe, a community of artists making space for risk and experimentation at the Edinburgh Festival and elsewhere. For the last year he…

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Robot design competition

Posted on Tue 2 Jul 2013

Can a robot offer companionship? Could a robot friend be your confidante, your wing-man, your ally or your last defence against loneliness?


Visualising live data with drawing robots: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Fri 28 Jun 2013

On 21 June we were joined in the Studio for a fantastic Lunchtime Talk part of Big Green Week by Bristol based engineer Matthew Venn. Matthew came to talk to us about his awesome energy data robot project: Since last year Matthew Venn’s ‘Polarbots’ have been drawing pictures on walls in…


Studio residents launch Kickstarter Mission to the Moon

Posted on Thu 27 Jun 2013

One of our Studio residents Michael Johnson, in partnership with Helen White, Seth Jackson, Laura Kriefman and a host of other brilliant collaborators in and beyond the Studio, has today launched a Kickstarter campaign that will allow you to send your own Pocket Spacecraft on a Mission to the Moon!


#BristolProms + #hellolamppost

Posted on Fri 21 Jun 2013

This week we’ve been mainly looking forward to some fantastic events we’ve got coming up over the next few months. In July we’ll see the launch of our brilliant Playable City Award winning project Hello Lamp Post and we’re super excited about our involvement in Bristol Proms. Read on to find…