Posted on Mon 6 Oct 2014
This week, we have amazing new project commissions, a new face, an exciting research opportunity, an exhibition launch and an upcoming environmental data lab…We have a lot of exciting REACT news this week. The six projects to be developed over the course of the Play Sandbox scheme have just been…
Posted on Thu 2 Oct 2014
For our first Lunchtime Talk of the season, we were joined by a group of Studio residents who are collaborating on a Bristol University and AHRC project, Tangible Memories. Described as half ethnographic research, half co-operative deign, the project is an investigation into the significance of the…
Posted on Fri 26 Sep 2014
There are plenty of interesting free events to get stuck into at the moment including a wonderful line up of Studio Lunchtime Talks, the British Council's Blurring the Lines exhibition, OpenCo Bristol and Bath's Innovation Showcase and 'The Mothershed'. Studio Producer Verity and Creative…
Posted on Fri 19 Sep 2014
In recent weeks, the Studio has been an obstacle course of plinths, stands and signs in preparation for taking some marvelous projects out into the world to be discovered. REACT’s Objects Sandbox is being showcased at Christie’s and the V&A as part of London Design Week, and Shadowing has…
Posted on Fri 12 Sep 2014
There have been a lot of puzzled and intrigued pedestrians in the general Watershed vicinity this week. The Making the City Playable conference spilled out onto the streets to chalk games on the pavement, we carried charming creatures and symphonies around and we threw shapes under the Shadowing…
Posted on Mon 8 Sep 2014
There has been much hustle and bustle in the Studio this week as we get ready for next week’s Playable City extravaganza and we kick off a season of brilliant lunchtime talks with Tangible Memories. We are delighted to say that we have sold out of tickets for the Making the City Playable…
Posted on Fri 29 Aug 2014
This week, we had dancing, play, workshops, a beautiful trailer and a tearful goodbye:It is time to announce, with a heavy heart, that this is Calvium’s last week in the Studio. Our wonderful app developing residents have been a part of the Studio since the very beginning. They have been an…
Posted on Fri 22 Aug 2014
This week, we have been playing games in the street, conducting tests in preparation for extra-terrestrial collisions, and looking for volunteers and playtesters alike. Paul Archer, founder of Daredevil Project has been working on an exciting new game called #DUEL. The project is about to go to Beta…
Posted on Tue 19 Aug 2014
The Studio has been rife with fascinating objects lately. Last week, we met Silas Adekunle’ Mecha Monster and Robert Sephenson’s Roboceratops, Nikki Pugh’s heart in a jiffy bag and James and Athena’s mysterious culinary devices. Amid all this excitement, we announced our wonderful new…
Posted on Wed 6 Aug 2014
Last week, David hacked an incredible choir in the bar, Matthew and Jonathan started testing prototypes for Shadowing and both Calvium and Victoria Forrest released apps, which share (or encourage people to share) stories of the past.Choral music drifted through Watershed this week as our creative…
