Secret Conversations & Kinetic Choirs

Posted on Fri 25 Jan 2013

Even snow, hail and a good dose of rain, couldn’t keep our residents away from the Studio this week. With the exception of a few short breaks to make snow angels and go sledging everyone’s been working away on their latest projects and events coming up. This week you should nab some tickets to…


Work In Progress Performance, Bedford, Dec 8th

Posted on Fri 25 Jan 2013

After some more preparation in the afternoon, at 8pm – the audience started to arrive at St Cuthbert’s Hall, Bedford. As they filtered in, we served them with some mulled wine and Matt Olden had set up a 10 channel surround sound system that was randomly moving recordings of Bats around the…


Raucous, Residencies & REACT

Posted on Fri 18 Jan 2013

Week commencing 7 January: It’s been an incredibly exciting week in the Studio with two new residencies starting, an announcement of the eight REACT Books and Print projects and tickets now available for our Artists in Residence showcase later this month. Read on to find out more:  This week saw…


Lunchtime talk postponed

Posted on Fri 18 Jan 2013

Due to extreme snowy conditions we have had to cancel today's lunchtime talk. Our wonderful speaker Kate Pullnger was unable to join us but is has kindly agreed to come back on Friday 1 March - we can't wait! My apologies for any disappointmentVerityStudio Producer


New Year, New News

Posted on Fri 4 Jan 2013

Week commencing 2 January:After a very festive Christmas and New Year holiday everyone in the Studio is reenergised and excited to see what the New Year brings! Read on to find out what’s been happening in the Studio this week: Over the holidays Kaspar from nu desine was in Berlin speaking at an…


Some very festive fun...

Posted on Fri 21 Dec 2012

With Christmas just around the corner we’ve combined two weeks worth of news into one very festive blog post, read on to find out about all the recent developments and exciting projects in the St


Vocal Migrations: Last week's Lunchtime Talk

Posted on Fri 21 Dec 2012

Last Friday we were treated to a brilliant Lunchtime Talk by Artist and Studio Resident Kathy Hinde. Over the autumn, Kathy Hinde has been researching and developing a new vocal work that combines live singing with electronically altered voices. The piece is inspired by how bats echo-locate by using…


Good tidings we bring...

Posted on Fri 14 Dec 2012

With Christmas just around the corner the Studio has definitely got that festive vibe! It’s been a week full of exciting events, game launches and residency announcements. Read on to find out more: Excitingly this week brought the deadline for the Playable City Award so a lot of the Studio team…


Augmented reality - techy quirk or the next big thing? Lunchtime Talk Write-Up

Posted on Thu 13 Dec 2012

On Friday 30 November we were treated to a Lunchtime Talk on Augmented Reality from Jan Warnstam. Augmented Reality (AR) layers media content onto the fabric of the physical world.  It is starting to be found in many contexts but what is it really for? Coming from the world of large-scale immersive…