Applications are now open for a new MyWorld Fellowship hosted by The Sheds.
This is an opportunity to spend five months at The Sheds, and across venues in Bristol, to explore effective real time interactions in hybrid (digital and live) performance environments with different audiences.
We are inviting people with a deep understanding of audience interaction design for hybrid performance, and relevant experience of rapid testing.
This Fellowship aligns with an R&D project (Fusioncast) which is aiming to build a platform that will enhance live music, festival, and performance experiences by developing and demonstrating a real-time virtual production pipeline that supports interactive, distributed live performance.
We will award one person £12,000 for five months at 3 days/week face to face. You will be contracted and paid via Watershed and embedded in the FusionCast team.
Our MyWorld Fellowships are aimed at freelancers, practitioners, industry folk, and practice-led academics based in the West of England. They offer paid experimentation and research time, with an emphasis on collaboration and interdisciplinary working. Unlike more traditional Fellowships, we encourage people to make things and be part of an active network of people with extraordinary skills and expertise. You will bring an existing practice, expertise or other relevant experience to an industry setting and share learnings publicly.
MyWorld believe our work will be stronger with greater diversity and welcome applications from those who are currently underrepresented in the culture, technology and higher education sectors. We understand that each of us brings our experiences, our backgrounds and our own unique lens to what we do so no one is expected to represent any specific groups.
The application process:
You are invited to answer five questions on an online form focusing on how you meet the criteria for the Fellowship in Residence, and how you can build care into the process.
Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to interview.
This Fellowship is hosted by the Fusioncast Team, based at The Sheds who bring together multiple innovation and high profile performance partners led by Dr Kyle Keane.
This Fellowship is part of the the MyWorld IDEAS programme, funded by UKRI.
MyWorld is funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) ‘Strength in Places fund’.
Main Delivery partners: University of Bristol, University of the West of England, University of Bath, Bath Spa University, Watershed, Digital Catapult, Aardman Animations, Lux Aeterna, Esprit Film and Television, Bristol Old Vic and Opposable Games.
