Posted on Mon 16 May 2011
I've been silent for a while now, which I do apologise for. It's been a bit mind blowing delving out of my comfort zone into all the coding and new technical languages that come with that. I'm pretty savvy on a lot of things, but that many new levels of engagement with our world was very tiring.
Posted on Thu 12 May 2011
So over the last few weeks, we've been rushing around all over the place, talking to lots of people about accelerometers and music, and how they approach the concept of gestural movement creating music. Firstly, having discovered the eZ430-Chronos watch, a great cheap startup bit of kit, we got in…
Posted on Thu 12 May 2011
FutureEverything, a festival of art, music and ideas, is taking place in Manchester between the 11-14 May. This year, many Studio residents have been invited to contribute to the exciting 2011 programme.Duncan Speakman and Émilie Grenier will speak about We Are Forests, a sound work using mobile…
Posted on Thu 5 May 2011
The second discussion event with the studio's South West artist residents took place on Wednesday 20 April. We welcomed an audience to the studio to catch up on the progress of the two project groups. Here is a round up of the two presentations and the following discussions. The Stick House Having…
Posted on Wed 4 May 2011
Pervasive Media Studio and iShed Director Clare Reddington has been listed as one of Wired Magazine UK’s “Wired 100” for the seco
Posted on Tue 3 May 2011
Just been trying to get my head round the various elements we are looking to use to realise the parts of the play. By god there are a lot of them. It really is a pandoras box. There are a hundred rabbit holes you have to disappear down and know when to come back up. I'm realising that working with…
Posted on Mon 2 May 2011
Been a while since I posted here but it's because things have been falling into place all at once.Tom and I have been esconced in the meeting room at Pervasive Media Studio and have finally emerged with the skeleton of a story. We have identified the key action points and have also alloted those…
Posted on Tue 19 Apr 2011
Just had a great conversation with Sarah Angliss (http://www.sarahangliss.com/) who amongst god knows how many other cool things did a project using infrasound (http://www.sarahangliss.com/infrasonic-the-pipe). She was kind enough to take some time out and chat me through things. Some sound advice…
Posted on Mon 18 Apr 2011
Duncan and Emilie head into their last week with renewed vigor and a pick-up of pace. Follow their final steps on their NiMK blog. Please note that the artists will present 'We Are Forests' in Bristol on 11 May 2011. The event will also offer an opporutnity to find out about their international…
Posted on Mon 18 Apr 2011
Emilie put together a lovely selection of links to summarize their thoughts on 'We Are Forests' as the artists take a short break before taking their project to Budapest. Duncan and Emilie will continue to post to their NiMK blog, which you can follow here.
