Apps for the Arts
Posted on Thu 5 Jul 2012
Arts organisations collaborate on affordable smartphone app development for the future of festivals
Magic Tate Ball: Last week's lunchtime talk
Posted on Thu 5 Jul 2012
Last week we welcomed Ben Templeton of Thought Den and Tom Dowding of Mobile Pie to the Studio to talk about their recent commission, the Magic Tate Ball, an app developed with Tate.Mobile Pie is a development studio that produces games and entertainment for mobile platforms.Thought Den use cutting…
Weekly blog - week commencing 25 June
Posted on Tue 3 Jul 2012
Last week our new Studio Assistant Hannah came for a trial shift, and we're pleased to announce she'll be joining us full-time on Monday. Until then, here's the latest news from the Studio, via me.It's been a busy week for the React team as they've been working on existing projects and lanching…
Happenstance: Last week's lunchtime talk
Posted on Fri 29 Jun 2012
Kevin Walker and Linda Sandvik have been resident at Spike Island over the last few months as part of a series of residencies in the Happenstance project.
Weekly blog - week commencing 18 June
Posted on Tue 26 Jun 2012
Another busy week at the Studio, and unfortunately it was Becky's last one with us. We recently put a call-out for a new full time assistant to man the desk, promote the work of our residents and generally keep us on the straight and narrow. Until the recruitment logistics are neatly taken care of…
Lunchtime Talk: Colour trend visualisation
Posted on Thu 21 Jun 2012
Arthur Buxton studied illustration at UWE and now works as a print technician in the digital print area of UWE and is an artist in residence at Centre of Fine Print Research (CFPR)Arthur composes visualisations of colours trends using open source sampling tools that create a new way of looking at…
Weekly Blog - Week commencing 11 June
Posted on Mon 18 Jun 2012
Week Commencing 11 June It’s over a week since Watershed’s 30th Birthday, but the beat goes on at the Pervasive Media Studio. We’ve just about recovered from the celebration and have all been getting our teeth stuck into new or ongoing other projects. Read more to find out exactly what, when,…
Lunchtime Talk: Into Africa
Posted on Mon 18 Jun 2012
Studio resident Tim Kindberg returned from his trip to Africa on 3rd April and this talk is his first attempt to unravel his experience and what he learnt. Tim spent his time in the African cities of Accra and Nairobi. This trip began as a personal venture, Tim wanted to find partners to get…
Lunchtime talk: Accelerometer madness
Posted on Fri 15 Jun 2012
Dan Newton and Lee Arromba are studio residents and collaborators of Tangible FX who create interesting and useful controls for musically inspired people. Their current iPhone app the iMoov is a Midi controller that allows free axis of movement that the user can control using any sort of parameters…
Weekly Blog - Week commencing 4 June
Posted on Wed 13 Jun 2012
Week Commencing 4 JuneWowzers, it’s the shortest week of the year but the busiest at The Pervasive Media Studio, we have been celebrating Watershed’s 30th Birthday and the whole building has been buzzing with celebrative activity. The studio threw open it’s doors for an open studio and we were…