mscapeFest08 in Belfast
Posted on Wed 3 Dec 2008
The studio is missing a few residents this week as they have been whisked off to Belfast to both attend and mentor workshops at mscapeFest08.
Wordsmiths & Homework
Posted on Thu 20 Nov 2008
Copywriter, provocateur and whirlwind-wordsmith Sharon Clark from the Watershed kindly spent a frantic 2 hours with the Happy Packages team on Wednesday. It was a really interesting session, both challenging and inspiring in equal measure and the unanimous verdict was "Why didn't we chat with…
Media Sandbox 2009 launches
Posted on Wed 19 Nov 2008
Bringing together leading technology, artistic and media talent, Media Sandbox is a commissioning scheme to support South West companies / organisations to research emerging possibilities in digital media. Last year's theme was pervasive media and space in the studio was taken up by four of the six…
When are these trails going to be used?
Posted on Mon 17 Nov 2008
When we're planning any project, it's essential to think about where people will want to use/interact with it to maximise their fun. So when would be a great time for me to say to myself, "I'd love to do a trail now" Some thoughts, "I've just finished on a phone call on my…
Last Will and Testament - a prototype MITE
Posted on Thu 13 Nov 2008
Last Will and Testament, an experimental installation by Punchdrunk, Hide and Seek, HP Labs and Seeper, was featured in The Independent today. A development of the ideas explored in Sensory Symptom (which is installed in the studio), Last Will attempts to create a "hybrid experience between…
Media Sandbox and Happy Packages featured in New Media Age Magazine
Posted on Thu 13 Nov 2008
In todays edition of the New Media Age Magazine both Media Sandbox and also Happy Packages were featured in an article by Sean Hargrave on Location Services.
Society of Editors
Posted on Tue 11 Nov 2008
The great and good of the national Press decended on Bristol yesterday and SWRDA hosted an event at @t-Bristol to round the evening off. Team Happy were asked to exhibit some interactive play-things in the lobby and of course we leapt at the chance. Only after signing up did we realise there wasn't…
Smudge in the Studio
Posted on Mon 10 Nov 2008
Smudge is an exciting Bristol-based magazine produced by and for young people. It explores art and culture in the city and beyond.Over the last couple of months Smudge have been holding their fortnightly editorial meetings at the Pervasive Media Studio. They have been developing their ideas through…
Smudge in the Studio
Posted on Mon 10 Nov 2008
Smudge is an exciting Bristol-based magazine produced by and for young people. It explores art and culture in the city and beyond.
New work by Duncan Speakman
Posted on Fri 7 Nov 2008
Duncan Speakman has been working on a series of limited editions video frames. Designed as self-contained units of looping video, the first example is available to see in the studio reception. The piece is a collaboration between Duncan Speakman and choreographer Christine Lockhart and offers a…