Posted on Mon 21 Mar 2011
We are delighted to announce the recipients of Watershed’s Artists Residency 2011 programme, funded by Arts Council England. Earlier this year, we launched a call for ideas by South West artists, that set out to explore the intersection of art, pervasive technologies and culture. There were two…
Posted on Fri 18 Mar 2011
Duncan and Emilie received a beautiful description of how their work was experienced. Find Martha's literary description at the 'We Are Forests' NiMK blog.
Posted on Mon 14 Mar 2011
Find out what Duncan and Emilie were up to at Five Days Off Festival by visiting their NiMK blog.
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
After moving into a beautiful house in Jordaan, Amsterdam, Emilie and Duncan ran the second of their NiMK workshops. Collating their research and the outcome of the workshops they had run in Bristol and Amsterdam, the artists took the participants on a series of playful sound walks. Exercising the…
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
The first NIMK pop-up workshop ran with a small, but well-formed group. Duncan and Emile were delighted to work with people who went along with their approach and were willing to spend (thinking) time to discuss the understanding of mediated sonic communication. Read more about the first workshop…
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
Emilie and Duncan met Annette and her team at the Netherlands Media Arts Institute (NIMK) and were shown around the impressive building. The pair decided to introduce 'We Are Forests' and the thinking around the piece in two pop-up workshops; one focused on lo-fi sound machines and methods of…
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
Emilie and Duncan set up in Amsterdam and continued their thinking around the weight of the human voice; explored the public spaces they found visiting the city and got involved in some hot-headed debates.Read more on the NIMK blog posts here and here.
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
As Duncan explored Tokyo, Emilie stayed in Bristol to tackle the tasks the artists have set themselves. No 1 on their list: to design a number of lo-fi sound-making devices and communication systems that don’t exist. Read more at the 'We Are Forests' NIMK blog.
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
Emilie and Duncan embraced the collaborative approach at the Studio and participated in a number discussions, brain-storming sessions and informal get-togethers. A morning session run by the DCRC prooved particularly useful to help them clarify their thoughts around the project. Read more about it…
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
As the conceptual thinking around 'We Are Forests' progressed, Emilie and Duncan got increasingly aware of the differences in their practices and approaches. Duncan, who has been working with performance for many years, was drawn to public spheres and audiences' interaction within them; Emily, who…
