23 March: Sound and Faith
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
21 and 22 March: Beginnings
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…
Creative Producers return from SXSW interactive
Posted on Thu 24 Mar 2011
The iShed team just returned from taking eleven creative producers to South By Southwest Interactive 2011. SXSW is one of the leading interactive festivals worldwide, featuring five days of conferencing, networking and exhibiting, with a focus on showcasing the latest ideas around emerging…
What can we do with large amounts of data?
Posted on Wed 23 Mar 2011
Thanks to the Creative Producers development scheme I was able to attend the SXSW 2011 conference with an incredible group from across the UK. A common theme in the sxsw sessions I most enjoyed was making use of large amounts of data. In "All These Worlds Are Yours: Visualizing Space Data" Douglas…
Artists selected for 2011 Residencies
Posted on Mon 21 Mar 2011
We are delighted to announce the recipients of Watershed’s Artists Residency 2011 programme, funded by Arts Council England. Earlier this year, we launched a call for ideas by South West artists, that set out to explore the intersection of art, pervasive technologies and culture. There were two…
18 March: Words from Martha
Posted on Fri 18 Mar 2011
Duncan and Emilie received a beautiful description of how their work was experienced. Find Martha's literary description at the 'We Are Forests' NiMK blog.
11 March 2011: Reminiscence
Posted on Mon 14 Mar 2011
Find out what Duncan and Emilie were up to at Five Days Off Festival by visiting their NiMK blog.
5 March 2011: A House in Jordaan
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
After moving into a beautiful house in Jordaan, Amsterdam, Emilie and Duncan ran the second of their NiMK workshops. Collating their research and the outcome of the workshops they had run in Bristol and Amsterdam, the artists took the participants on a series of playful sound walks. Exercising the…
4 March 2011: Pop-up Workshop 1
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
The first NIMK pop-up workshop ran with a small, but well-formed group. Duncan and Emile were delighted to work with people who went along with their approach and were willing to spend (thinking) time to discuss the understanding of mediated sonic communication. Read more about the first workshop…
1 March 2011: Amsterdam / Welcome to Netherlands Media Art Institute
Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011
Emilie and Duncan met Annette and her team at the Netherlands Media Arts Institute (NIMK) and were shown around the impressive building. The pair decided to introduce 'We Are Forests' and the thinking around the piece in two pop-up workshops; one focused on lo-fi sound machines and methods of…