Bats, choirs, and getting under the crust of the Raspberry Pi.
Posted on Thu 29 Nov 2012
Artist Kathy Hinde is currently resident at Pervasive Media Studio developing Vocal Migrations, a new work commissioned by
Developing with Matt and Tarim - Nov 13th
Posted on Sat 24 Nov 2012
The issues with the device crashing a lot – had been smoothing out due to various modifications of the Pd Patch... Now we wanted to make a few new developments … Tarim activated more buttons on the arduino so I could add a rotary switch to choose the presets and he also worked out how we could…
R&D with Kerry Andrew – Nov 2nd
Posted on Fri 23 Nov 2012
I invited Kerry Andrew to Bristol for the day to experiment with the Vocal Migrations device. For the research and development of the work, I thought it would be really interesting to invite different vocalists to try it out - also inviting them to respond to the various open scores I'd been…
Infinite 29 workshop on Hallowe’en
Posted on Fri 23 Nov 2012
Bedford Creative Arts arranged for me to run a workshop with a local group ‘Infinite 29’ who meet up weekly to do their own creative work – and also invite different people to run sessions wi
4th Choir Workshop, Bedford, October 30th
Posted on Fri 23 Nov 2012
This was to be the final workshop from the ‘devising’ part of the project.. ! I felt like we hadn’t really spent enough time with the voice using electronics. Matt came with me to set the devices up, so I could concentrate more on the workshop. I also met with Roger before and went over the…
Conferences, Captivate, and the Cinemas of Castle Park
Posted on Fri 23 Nov 2012
Week commencing 12 November: It’s been a wet and blustery week in the studio, but no one is letting that dampen their spirits! Last week REACT announced the projects that will receive pump priming funding, Calvium and Charlotte have been preparing for App launches, and we have a very exciting new…
Meet the New Artists in Residence (Part 2): An Interview with Phil Duckworth from Juneau Projects
Posted on Fri 23 Nov 2012
Between October 2012 and January 2013, artists Ben Sadler and Phil Duckworth of Juneau Projects are resident at Pervasive Media Studio, investigating the artistic possibilities of collaborating with ‘thinking’ machines. Watershed's Development Assistant Nicola Richardson asked Phil a few…
Time Bank, Venturefest & App Sprint
Posted on Fri 16 Nov 2012
Week commencing 05 November:With only six weeks to go until Christmas talk is turning to Christmas jumpers, Santa’s grotto, mulled wine and mince pies! Meanwhile our lovely Studio residents have been working away to launch new services and games, exhibited at Venturefest and had some great news,…
Taking a 19th Century novel to a 21st Century digital audience: Lunchtime Talk Write-Up
Posted on Tue 13 Nov 2012
On October 26 Chris Hunt from i-DAT, a creative research lab based in Plymouth, came in to give a lunchtime talk about the wonderful www.mobydickbigread.com, a digital project which sets out to re-tell Moby Dick for a 21st Century audience.Chris began his talk by asking how many of us had read Moby…
Cidade Campus & the XX GameJam
Posted on Fri 9 Nov 2012
Week commencing 29 October:Time has been flying here in the Studio; we can’t believe we’re into November already! This week has been jam packed with fantastic events from the XX GameJam in London to Cidade Campus in Portugal. There’s also been some very exciting meetings and developments for…