Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
The workshop I have been working towards with great anticipation finally happened! I couldn’t have done it without the help of Verity, my colleagues from Open Bionics and awesome interns Beverley and Barney, and we can’t say thank you enough for the generosity of those who joined us yesterday,…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
This past week I’ve been focusing on music, writing for voice and experimenting with the combination of different sensors as a means of controlling sound effectively and meaningfully. I’ve also been building a write-up around a project idea I’ve been developing over the last few weeks. It’s…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
This weekend I travelled back to Liverpool. During my visit I stopped off at the residential home where my Grandma lives. My Grandma, aged 94, retains a playful side and her sense of humour is as sharp as ever. The home she lives in uses daily activities to stimulate the residences. I find this…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
It is good to gather my thoughts once again in a sort of final report on how the workshop impacted my residency at the PM Studio. Condensing the conclusions we drawed should give everyone a good idea of where we are at the moment, as well as help me settle down my understanding of how to use what we…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
So this week has flown!I have been concentrating on the mechanics behind scrapstore challenge!Instead of focusing on one challenge, we’re entertaining the possibility of running 4 smaller tasks. This should test player’s ingenuity to solve tasks as well as the team’s ability to design. As an…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
Lighting elements are integral in helping visualise the interactions with music in this project. I’m trying to create something that feels alive, and by visualising this I hope to create a greater connection between the visitor and the music. My progress with NeoPixel lighting strips has been an…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
I’m back from the festival fields of Shambala, a place where adults feel safe to play and enter into conversation with complete strangers. There’s nothing better than seeing a grown-up not only competing to be the best dressed individual, but actually diving straight into the role-play of their…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
This week was all about Scrapstore Challenge:‘Scrapstore Challenge is based on the popular TV show Scrapheap Challenge. It gives you a chance to live that engineering dream; only instead of a scrapheap you will be using bits of scrap from Bristol’s very own Scrapstore.The game…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
The ‘biscuit gives’ or ‘stepping stones’ or whatever I’m calling it these days has been progressing well. It has entered the third prototype and I’m eager to have a working version for the presentation next week.I’m hoping the showcase will be a good opportunity to gauge how…
Posted on Thu 26 May 2016
What an amazing first week here in the Pervasive Media Studio. Although its been quite jam packed, for me there has been a refreshing breather from the usual bustle of client work and making to allow me to network, converse and most importantly, think and reflect on my practice and my…
