Creative Times takeover
Posted on Mon 23 Jan 2012
In celebration of the new relationship between CreativeTimes.co.uk and The Pervasive Media Studio, we have taken over their whole website!
Lunchtime Talk: Lukus Robbins and Mason Robinson - Integrating Pervasive Technologies with Cinematic and Immersive Theatre
Posted on Mon 23 Jan 2012
Lukus Robbins and Mason Robinson are Theatre and Digital Arts students from Dartington College of Arts/University College Falmouth who joined the Studio last year to work on a contextual enquiry project exploring the ways that pervasive technologies can be used to create immersive theatre…
Former pervasive media studio office space now available
Posted on Fri 13 Jan 2012
OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE CENTRAL BRISTOLThe Pervasive Media Studio has relocated into the Watershed building. This means that the Leadworks space, which has housed the studio for 4 years is now vacant. The space is a part of the at-Bristol harbourside complex in the heart of Bristol City Centre with…
Lunchtime Talk: Red Wasp Design - The Making of Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land
Posted on Fri 13 Jan 2012
Last week Tomas Rawlings of Studio residents and independent games developers Red Wasp Design came in to the Studio to tell us about their work adapting the classic Role Playing Game (RPG) Call of Cthulhu into a video game subtitled The Wasted Land, which will be launching on iPhone and iPad at the…
Invitation - Artists Talk: Jen Southern in conversation with Laura Sillars, 25 January 2012
Posted on Wed 11 Jan 2012
Join us for an in conversation discussion between artist Jen Southern and Laura Sillars, Director of Site Gallery. This talk will introduce Southern's new work Polyrhythmia, a participatory audio installation developed through Sound and Music's Embedded Residency at Pervasive Media Studio. Join us…
Lunchtime Talk: Stuart Nolan - Mystery Design, Sly-Chi & The Organizational Psychology Scam
Posted on Fri 30 Dec 2011
Magician and consultant Stuart Nolan visited the Studio recently to tell us about three key areas of work he has been involved with, giving us an idea of the variety of projects that he undertakes and an insight into how his background in magic has influenced his work in different roles. Stuart has…
Lunchtime Talk: Zoetrap Alternate Reality Game and Story App
Posted on Fri 23 Dec 2011
Multiplatform writer Hannah Wood and Jo Reid, Creative Director of Studio residents Calvium, came to the Studio to tell us about their experience of developing the occult-themed alternate reality game (ARG) Zoetrap for the StoryWorld conference. StoryWorld is the world's first transmedia…
Lunchtime Talk: Bristol Vision Institute - Learning From Other Disciplines
Posted on Thu 8 Dec 2011
Last Friday the Studio welcomed Professor David Bull, Director of the Bristol Vision Institute (BVI), who came in to explain the ethos behind his virtual organization and to show us some examples of the types of work that he and his colleagues are engaged in. The BVI was set up in 2007 with the aim…
openMIC 12: Android and The Internet of Things
Posted on Mon 5 Dec 2011
Last Friday was openMIC 12, a one day event on the impact of cheap Android phones in the Internet of Things. I gave a short talk on the topic, covering mobile phones, internet fridges, robots, geocities, shanzai & kickstarter. I have no written version to post, instead I recommend reading &…
Hello Round World
Posted on Fri 2 Dec 2011
Studio resident Tim Kindberg of matter 2 media recently launched roundness.org, a website for devotees of 'round content': media and things that are either round-framed, viewed in the round, or both. For example, have you ever visited a camera obscura like the one in Bristol, and stood around it…