Playable City, Playful & ExPlay
Posted on Fri 26 Oct 2012
It’s been a very exciting week in the Studio as Clare and Verity have been super busy preparing for the laun
Introducing Juneau Projects, Timothy X Atack and MrUnderwood: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up
Posted on Thu 25 Oct 2012
On Friday the 21st September we were treated to a very special Lunchtime Talk from the recipients of Watershed’s Studio Residencies. This year our Artists in Residence are two duos; Artists Ben Sadler and Phil Duckworth of Juneau Projects and a new collaboration between Timothy X Atack and…
Exploration and the Personal Space Age: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
Citizen Space ScienceOn Friday 12 September our newest Studio Resident Michael Johnson from JA treated us to a very exciting Lunchtime Talk about Citizen Space Exploration and the Personal Space Age.JA was created to ensure opportunities exist to allow any private individual to participate in the…
Haptics and Robotics Projects by Ad Spiers: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
Operating Theatre to Immersive TheatreLast Friday we were joined in the Studio by the lovely Ad (Adam) Spiers. Ad is a research associate at Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL) where he primarily researches haptic technology (which interfaces with a user via their sense of touch) and its application…
Third Choir workshop, Bedford, 23rd October
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
I’d been testing the devices in the afternoon at Bedford Creative Arts, and all seemed to be working OK, although I could only get 2 to be stable enough to use and walk around with. I got to the venue at 7pm – so I had 30 mins to set them up again… At this point, the devices started to…
Crashing just before the 3rd Choir workshop
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
I had a bit of a busy week in general - and we have also been making the new device – with all the new knobs, buttons and switches which took more time than I thought - but I've definitely got mu
Whale imitates Human voice!
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
So - another Sonar using animal - the whale - has been reported to have started imitating the human voice - which is the reverse of this project!...check it out here.
The device – mark two... with more knobs, bells and whistles…
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
This next version fits into a smaller box – because I have mounted the Pi on the outside, which gives all the USB cables more room to breathe by connected on the outside of the box… it does loo
Deliveries galore
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
There are a lot of deliveries arriving on my doorstep as the bits and pieces start to come together… here is a pic of all the buttons, knobs and switches from Rapid Electronics… don’t they lo
Pd patch-tastic
Posted on Wed 24 Oct 2012
Wow – Matt has been super busy with the Pd patching and it’s really good ! It’s possible to get some really interesting sounds, and based on how the Bedford choir performers responded to it - I’ve decided to put more manual controls on the device –so it’s possible to control delay,…