Posted on Sun 21 Oct 2012
Before starting the workshops in Bedford with a choir who will perform a ‘work in progress’ piece in December, I organized 2 sessions to try out some vocal ideas to help me plan best for the
Posted on Sun 21 Oct 2012
A few weeks before I started this project, I met Bristol based singer Victoria Bourne. I told her about my project and after we’d enthusiastically chatted non-stop about composers and musicians we love, I booked myself in for some singing lessons with her. I’m not a trained singer – so I…
Posted on Fri 19 Oct 2012
On 5th of October we were joined in the Studio by Damon Rand from Clean Energy Prospector to learn more about the amazing Air Quality Egg project. The Air Quality Egg is a low-cost environmental sensor capable of sensing NO2 and CO2 (and optionally O3, VOC and radiation). The data is realtime, open…
Posted on Thu 18 Oct 2012
Week commencing 08 October: It’s been an exciting week in the Studio as we were joined by some lovely visitors from Brazil, Clare set off to New York, most of the nu desine team have headed over to China, and our newest resident is plotting to send things into space! Just a typical week in the…
Posted on Thu 18 Oct 2012
Between October 2012 and January 2013, artists Timothy X Atack and MrUnderwood, working under the collective name of Geiger-Muller Sound System, are resident at Pervasive Media Studio, investigating how fiction, narrative and storytelling might augment the experiences demonstrated by MrUnderwood's…
Posted on Thu 11 Oct 2012
Last week's episode of BBC Radio 4's Material world presented by Quentin Cooper had a whole section on Bats, - which was all about a new citizen science project
Posted on Thu 11 Oct 2012
Week commencing 01 October: It’s been a jam packed week in the Studio as we welcomed lots of lovely new residents and visitors. We hosted a brilliant games jam and a great workshop with some interaction trainees from the BBC so read on to find out all their visits and some other very exciting…
Posted on Thu 11 Oct 2012
On 14 September the lovely Tine Bech joined us in the Studio to give a Lunchtime Talk on ‘Playful experiences for curious visitors.’
Posted on Thu 11 Oct 2012
We've had lots of lovely new residents join the Studio recently so here’s a quick introduction for everyone:Kathy HindeOver the autumn, Kathy Hinde will compose a new work, Vocal Migrations, that combines live singing with electronically altered voices. She will be hot desking in the Studio and…
Posted on Sun 7 Oct 2012
Lots of work has gone into getting the Vocal Migrations technology up and running by Matt Olden and Tarim at the studio. I got hold of 6 Raspberry Pi Computers (with still a few more on order)… not as easy as it sounds! - they have been extremely in demand since their release with long waits on…
