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…

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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…

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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. 

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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…


28 Feb 2011: The Netherlands Bureau

Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011

Emilie and Duncan set up in Amsterdam and continued their thinking around the weight of the human voice; explored the public spaces they found visiting the city and got involved in some hot-headed debates.Read more on the NIMK blog posts here and here. 


25 Feb 2011: Tasks

Posted on Tue 8 Mar 2011

As Duncan explored Tokyo, Emilie stayed in Bristol to tackle the tasks the artists have set themselves. No 1 on their list: to design a number of lo-fi sound-making devices and communication systems that don’t exist. Read more at the 'We Are Forests' NIMK blog.