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Can we rave in the name of science?
Posted on Mon 21 Mar 2016
Sophie Shaw first experienced frisson while training as a dancer, although at that point she didn’t have a word to describe the feeling...
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And the winner is…
Posted on Thu 3 Mar 2016
The Oscars may be the latest from award season for the rich and famous, but we’ve been celebrating our own wins in the Studio, with residents getting nominated for, and winning regional awards. Whilst she was on the other side of the world, our Creative Director Clare Reddington picked up a…
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What is a vlogger? Jon Aitken on the current YouTube landscape
Posted on Fri 26 Feb 2016
Studio resident and vlogger Jon Aitken joined us on Friday 19 February to talk about the YouTube community, and how the site is dominated by a relatively small number of vloggers who have a vast number of followers.
Announcing our 2016 Residency programme
Posted on Tue 23 Feb 2016
We are very excited to announce this year’s programme of residency opportunities at Watershed, based in the Pervasive Media Studio. There will be three programmes to choose from, each offering something slightly different.
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International forays, iterative critters and the end of an era
Posted on Thu 18 Feb 2016
We’ve had something of an international exchange in the Studio over the past couple of weeks.Last week we hosted technologists from YCAM (Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media) along with their RAM (Reactor for Awareness in Motion) motion capture tool. We produced a series of workshops to experiment…
Hula hoops and monsters: playing with motion capture
Posted on Wed 17 Feb 2016
With support from Daiwa Foundation and British Council we were able to bring RAM to the UK for the first time and share the project with dancers, artists, circus performers and choreographers.
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Using simple tech to enable digital storytelling from remote or offline communities
Posted on Thu 11 Feb 2016
We were really lucky to be joined by Paul Myles on Friday 5 February, the Editorial and Engagement Manager of On Our Radar.
I Never Made a Video Game Until I Tried to Create One in 48 Hours
Posted on Tue 9 Feb 2016
"It's the evening of Friday, January 29, and I've found myself entirely out of my comfort zone. I'm meant to be playing video games, not making them. And yet, here I am: taking part in the Global Game Jam."
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Fabulous Beasts: The amazing physical-digital-connected-party-stacking-game from Sandbox to Kickstarter
Posted on Mon 8 Feb 2016
Alex Fleetwood joined us to talk about the design and development process of Fabulous Beasts, a physical/digital connected game where players build a tower and build a world.
Talented creatives selected to participate in RAM dance-tech workshops
Posted on Fri 5 Feb 2016
We were delighted by the interest sparked when we announced a call to join us for a playful introduction to a new motion-capture system in collaboration with Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media (YCAM), in Japan.