Posted on Tue 9 Dec 2014
This week Kaspar has been working on an exciting new musical hardware project: The Nomech Mini - A 4x4 capacitive touch button grid, basically a hardware version of this fun Muzy Grid app where you can make your own music! Check out his progress here. The Play Sandbox projects have begun their…
Posted on Sun 30 Nov 2014
On 24 October, we were lucky enough to host a talk with Oscar Raby who came to discuss Assent, his virtual reality documentary project as part of the i-Docs Festival. DCRC Research Fellow Jess Linington, wrote a write-up of the talk.In 1973, while enlisted in the Chilean Army, Oscar Raby’s father…
Posted on Thu 20 Nov 2014
In the last week and a half, we have been playing with Interactive Scientific’s Nano-Glove Box and Colourstory Ltd.’s New Beta app, having interesting discussions around Bristol’s Indie Games network, getting very excited for nu desine as the AlphaSphere’s global interest continues to…
Posted on Thu 20 Nov 2014
Last week, we were joined by Researcher Mo Haghighi from Bristol University, who introduced us to multidisciplinary smart house project SPHERE. Here are a few of the key points I took away.1. The SPHERE project, based at Bristol University, seeks to explore the integration of sensors into a…
Posted on Thu 13 Nov 2014
Last Friday, our Artist in Resident Tom Marshman gave a talk about his project Move Over Darling, an exploration of Bristol’s LGBT (Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) history. He is part way through his micro-residency here at he Studio, and the project has reached something of a crossroads. Tom…
Posted on Fri 7 Nov 2014
This week, we announced two new Studio job opportunities, we playtested Victoria Forrest’s beautiful app in one of Watershed’s cinemas and we were brimming with pride as Studio residents and their projects wowed Pitch@Palace and InnovateUK.Two fantastic new posts have just opened up at the…
Posted on Mon 3 Nov 2014
Last week was packed with playful workshops hosted by REACT and the Playable City team, and we were alerted to some exciting new projects coming from Anagram and Rik Lander. This week, we hosted the first REACT Play Sandbox workshop, bringing academics and creatives together to explore new ways of…
Posted on Fri 24 Oct 2014
This week, we had a space launch, we donned the Oculus Rift to demo Oscar Raby’s immersive documentary, Assent and we welcomed four brilliant new residents into the mix.At 18:59 last night, a Chinese rocket took off with a radio experiment for Pocket Spacecraft. A group of Bristol and UWE students…
Posted on Wed 22 Oct 2014
On 19 September we were joined by Nikki Pugh, who has been in residence at the Studio over the past couple of months, filling the Studio with jiffy bags with beating hearts and laser cut, landscape-reactive ‘armadillo/slugs’. This is all in aid of the development of her project Colony, which…
Posted on Wed 22 Oct 2014
On 12 September, product designer Peter Hathaway and illustrator Amelia Johnstone of Run To Draw gave a Lunchtime Talk about their efforts to combine invigorating outdoor exercise with the act of sketching out ideas. A shared interest in puppetry sparked the beginning of their collaboration. They…
