Lunchtime Talks are a series of informal presentations at Watershed's Pervasive Media Studio. They normally take place at 13:00 on a Friday, are free and are open to everybody who is interested in what they do. Come along, bring a sandwich, and get to know more about the Studio community, current and up-coming projects, or residents' work.

In this week's talk new studio resident Matthew Bjerregaard Walsh takes us on a journey through his working on some of the most exciting and experimental camera techniques of recent times.

Matthew is a visual artist and conservation scientist whose work focuses on the ways in which humans engage with the environment. He regularly provides specialist cutting edge technology solutions to the broadcast industry in documentary and drama filmmaking. Often Matthew’s technological endeavours prove more sustainable alternatives to conventional practices while also exceeding visual expectations in terms of audience engagement by providing more intimate insight into narrative content.

For the past ten years, Matthew has filmed coastal fishing communities in remote parts of the Asia pacific region, building data regarding poverty within livelihood narratives while studying the health of the surrounding ocean and coral reefs. This research has led him to develop some extreme forms of cinematography in terms of both camera technology and also approaches to unobtrusive filming methods. His ethnographic documentary data has been used by NGO’s, the UN and DFID to aid disaster relief efforts following super typhoon Yolanda in the Philippines.

His work has led him to help building some of the most cutting edge emerging camera technologies, incorporating extreme augmented systems, real time spatial environment integration and drone technology. Through this he has worked with International Broadcasters such as the National Geographic Channel, bringing his research full circle as a broadcast director.

The Pervasive Media Studio is located within the Watershed building. Let us know if you'd like a tour and we'll be happy to show you around. Send an email to admin@pmstudio.co.uk

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