New Studio residents announced

Posted on Wed 13 Nov 2013

Following our new resident competition launched earlier this year, we are delighted to welcome four fantastic new faces to the Pervasive Media Studio community.Graduate and new talent residents:Josh Barnes is a recent graduate in 3-D Design from the University Of Brighton. Josh's work explores the…


Cascade: Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Wed 13 Nov 2013

Last Friday, we were joined by Jody Mason and Gaz Bushell; two old friends who used to spend a lot of time playing videogames together. Jody and Gaz’s professional careers have taken them in very different directions from each other. Jody is a senior lecturer at Essex University, who has been…


Digital Producers, UnBox and TEDxBristol

Posted on Sun 10 Nov 2013

It’s been an exciting week in the Studio as we hosted Wales’ first Digital Producers Lab, we held a work in progress event for our magicians in residence and two of our residents have been preparing to speak at TEDxBristol. Read on to find out all about these developments and more...This week we…


Reaching Robotics: Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Wed 6 Nov 2013

Last Friday, one of our newest residents, Silas Adekunle came to the Studio equipped with some many-limbed plastic creatures to tell us about his start-up company Reach Robotics, and the future of toy robots.BeginningsSilas told us that from a young age he has been equally passionate about both…


Trace: Lunchtime Talk Write-up

Posted on Fri 1 Nov 2013

On Friday 16 November we were treated to a fantastic lunchtime talk by one of our newest Studio residents Sarah Angliss who was talk about her robotics project Trace.Background Sarah is a composer, multi-instrumentalist and digital artist, specialising in live electronic music, interactive sound and…


Taylor’s and the Playable City

Posted on Thu 31 Oct 2013

This week a group of second year students from a range of communications media courses at Taylor's University, Malaysia descended on Bristol. The group is visiting Bristol as part of the University of the West of England’s global study partnership with Taylor's, which has been in place since 2004.


Tiny Games, Taylor’s University and a triumphant robot

Posted on Thu 31 Oct 2013

Weekly Blog 21-25 OctoberThis week, the Studio has been full of youthful curiosity, as kids have been visiting to learn about conductive ink and digital storytelling, and vistoring students from Taylors University in Malaysian have been in for workshops exploring Playable Cities and Interactive…


danceroom Spectroscopy Festival + Future Documentaries

Posted on Thu 24 Oct 2013

We’ve had a thoroughly lively week at the Studio; the Sandbox projects are gathering momentum and the Family Arts Festival has prompted some surreal and magical entertainment from some of our residents. We’re getting ready for few days of round-the-clock captivation as Daniel Burwen comes to…


Lunchtime Talk: Magicians in Residence

Posted on Sat 19 Oct 2013

This talk marked the beginning of two months of magic at the Studio. Our magicians in residence, Kieron Kirkland and Stuart Nolan each have exciting visions for the future of magic. They will be collaborating with the Interaction and Graphics lab at Bristol University, and will be showcasing the…


Boundaries No Object

Posted on Fri 18 Oct 2013

It has been a week of ends and beginnings at the Studio as we say goodbye to the enlightening glow of Submergence, and we prepare to take many fascinating new people and projects under our roof. The seedlings of future Objects Sandbox projects are being planted at Ideas Labs around the South West…