Posted on Mon 11 Apr 2011
So at the end of Week 2, I think we're gaining some insights into what kind of product we might end up with from the residency. There's still more research to be done, but we've now widened the scope slightly and are looking at two paths, which may converge, or we may need to pick one or the other,…
Posted on Fri 8 Apr 2011
On Thursday 31 March we introduced our new artists in residence to a cross-section of the Pervasive Media community and general public. The talk took place at the end of their first week with us, so the presentations and discussions were open and exploratory.Sharon Clark and Tom Burton presented…
Posted on Thu 7 Apr 2011
In 2010 Watershed commissioned Proto-type Theater, as part of Theatre Sandbox 2010, to explore how theatre practitioners can use pervasive technologies. A test version of Fortnight was the outcome. We are delighted to be working with Proto-type, Mayfest and Bristol Old Vic to bring the full version…
Posted on Tue 5 Apr 2011
Last night I received the following text from Tom:Bugger biscuits... the second recording of our session appears to be 40 mins of blank. Other one good though. So the blog boast I had so smugly made about recording our sessions for the whole universe to listen in to stumbled at the first hurdle -…
Posted on Sun 3 Apr 2011
It was a cold, moonless night..... strike that- cold, moonless morning...strike that- by the time we'd fully awoken and gotten to Bristol it was a bright, shiny and sparkly world. We've just finished our first week at the PM Studio. And I couldn't be more excited. I don't know whether it's just…
Posted on Sat 2 Apr 2011
I meet with Tom on a Saturday morning at my place. He is armed with cake and recording equipment. I make tea and have a growing sense of just how little I know about creative technology. I ask him if he minds that we do not use the word 'platform' - I want it banned from our conversations. He nods…
Posted on Thu 31 Mar 2011
Experimenting with music through IP phone lines proves to be even more disillusioning than Emilie and Duncan anticipated. At least the compression/filtering systems create the kind of sound processing that electronic musicians dream of... Catch up with Duncan and Emilie's NiMK blog to find out more.
Posted on Thu 31 Mar 2011
Duncan and Emilie get stuck into tackling and comparing new services, including Tropo and Twilio, and find themselves surprised by the extend of 'twitter baiting' going on, especially with new competing start-up companies. Have a look at their NiMK blog if you are curious to hear about their…
Posted on Thu 31 Mar 2011
Emilie and Duncan's project development leads them to researching realtime sound processing options, including rjdj, the most known and commercially available realtime sound processing ‘experienc
Posted on Thu 31 Mar 2011
After the varied workshops they ran at 5daysoff and during their NiMK residency, Duncan and Emilie revisited their initial conceptual frameworks and questions, including: - What’s the difference between privacy and intimacy?- What does it mean to work with a phonecall?- What are the assumptions we…
