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Testing, testing 1, 2, 3

Posted on Thu 19 May 2011

So on Tuesday we had the advantage of 4 dancers at our finger tips, and a very open minded camera man. We were gathering footage of our iterative practices and research so far for a filming to go with the showcase on June 9th.  We took a risk and kept pushing the boundaries not only using our…


Call for Graduates and New Talent

Posted on Tue 17 May 2011

Are you looking for an inspiring place to start your career? Do you have a pervasive media project you want to develop?

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Meet Bob, oh and Marley

Posted on Mon 16 May 2011

I've been silent for a while now, which I do apologise for. It's been a bit mind blowing delving out of my comfort zone into all the coding and new technical languages that come with that. I'm pretty savvy on a lot of things, but that many new levels of engagement with our world was very tiring.

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Widening the web

Posted on Thu 12 May 2011

So over the last few weeks, we've been rushing around all over the place, talking to lots of people about accelerometers and music, and how they approach the concept of gestural movement creating music. Firstly, having discovered the eZ430-Chronos watch, a great cheap startup bit of kit, we got in…


Studio Residents and iShed projects at FutureEverything

Posted on Thu 12 May 2011

FutureEverything, a festival of art, music and ideas, is taking place in Manchester between the 11-14 May. This year, many Studio residents have been invited to contribute to the exciting 2011 programme.Duncan Speakman and Émilie Grenier will speak about We Are Forests, a sound work using mobile…


Work-in-Progress event - Wednesday 20 April, 2011

Posted on Thu 5 May 2011

The second discussion event with the studio's South West artist residents took place on Wednesday 20 April. We welcomed an audience to the studio to catch up on the progress of the two project groups. Here is a round up of the two presentations and the following discussions. The Stick House Having…


So many things, so little time

Posted on Tue 3 May 2011

Just been trying to get my head round the various elements we are looking to use to realise the parts of the play. By god there are a lot of them. It really is a pandoras box. There are a hundred rabbit holes you have to disappear down and know when to come back up. I'm realising that working with…

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All at once...

Posted on Mon 2 May 2011

Been a while since I posted here but it's because things have been falling into place all at once.Tom and I have been esconced in the meeting room at Pervasive Media Studio and have finally emerged with the skeleton of a story. We have identified the key action points and have also alloted those…


My hand is covered in interesting

Posted on Tue 19 Apr 2011

Just had a great conversation with Sarah Angliss (http://www.sarahangliss.com/) who amongst god knows how many other cool things did a project using infrasound (http://www.sarahangliss.com/infrasonic-the-pipe). She was kind enough to take some time out and chat me through things. Some sound advice…