Studio Residencies 2012
Posted on Mon 28 May 2012
Watershed is pleased to announce an open call for Studio Residencies.
Lunchtime Talk: Digital Hat
Posted on Thu 24 May 2012
On Friday 18 May, Seth Honnor and Hannah Nicklin presented a lunchtime talk on their preliminary research into a uniquely flexible box office system: Digital Hat.Hannah Nicklin is an artist and an academic, specialising in pervasive performance and what she has coined as first-person theatre.Seth…
Weekly Blog - Week commencing 14 May
Posted on Fri 18 May 2012
This week has brought some exciting people and happenings to the Studio. As Mayfest roars merrily around the city, Becky is away working with the Mayk team and I'm happy to be filling her shoes on the front desk.We've also been part of the Mayfest joy as Magna Mysteria is in development here,…
Lunchtime Talk: UltraHaptics
Posted on Thu 17 May 2012
On Friday Sriram Subramanian gave a Lunchtime Talk on UltraHaptics. Sriram is part of the interaction and graphics group at the University of Bristol. The primary interest for the group's lab research is the collaboration between social scientists, artists, scientists and engineers. The key thing…
Launch: On a Theme of Hermes
Posted on Wed 16 May 2012
SATSYMPH ‘On a Theme of Hermes’: Geo-located soundscapes for dramatised heritage interpretation, contemporary music and contemporary poetry.
We are recruiting: Pervasive Media Studio Assistant
Posted on Wed 16 May 2012
Would you like to work with us? As Pervasive Media Studio Assistant you will be the first point of contact for Watershed’s creative technology research space. The role has a broad remit, requiring a flexible approach and a curious demeanour. You will act as ‘front of house’ for the Studio,…
Lunchtime Talk: Tales of the Trickster
Posted on Fri 11 May 2012
Bambo Soyinka is a multi-platform writer, director and curator, as well as a senior lecturer at UWE. With a background in interactive television she is instinctively interested in engaging audiences with immersive experiments and the idea of creating a fictitious environment that people can…
Weekly Blog, May the 4th be with you
Posted on Fri 4 May 2012
Week commencing 30 AprAs we creep into May, the energy of the studio has stepped up a good few notches, it is a busy time of year for all, today in particular it seems, as every desk I the studio is occupied and a focused and engaged vibe is in the air. What are we concentrating on?Mercurial…
Lunchtime Talk: Playful Installations
Posted on Fri 4 May 2012
Tarim has been working with the Pervasive Media Studio since it opened four years ago and has been involved with number of different installation projects and technology platforms that explore embedding playful technology into the world. Tarim describes an installation as a physical thing that…