Posted on Mon 19 Jan 2015
On 28 November, Ed Rogers and Steph Tyszka came to the Studio to talk about the recent decline in Braille literacy and their work developing affordable and accessible refreshable Braille devices. Here are a few of the key points I took away.A decline in Braille literacy - Braille is…
Posted on Mon 12 Jan 2015
On 26 September, our Studio Producer Verity McIntosh and Creative Technologist David Haylock gave a brilliant Lunchtime Talk about this year’s Playable City commission, Shadowing. Here are a few key points I took away:That depictions of future ‘Smart Cities’ may have left something out……
Posted on Fri 9 Jan 2015
Plunging into 2015, we are very happy to be joined by some brilliant new people…We are delighted to have two new members of the Studio team. Hilary O’Shaughnessy has joined us in the role of Watershed Producer, and will be Producing the 2015 Playable City Award and some other special projects.
Posted on Fri 19 Dec 2014
This is the final blog of 2014, crowning an extremely brilliant and playful year. Judging by what we already know about next year’s exciting project launches and Lunchtime Talk programme, it looks like it could be even better! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and see you on the other side…This…
Posted on Fri 12 Dec 2014
We are gearing up for the last Studio week of the year, and have been adorning our tree with musical IoT baubles, and we are looking forward to seeing Circumstance’s mysterious ‘dark and loud’ scifi opera at the Arnolfini tomorrow…This week, REACT producer Katherine Jewkes and our Creative…
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…
