The leading ladies of electro and contemporary British jazz join forces as new media arts festival York Mediale announce their first music line up Suzaane Ciani / Kamaal Williams / Moses Boyd / Skinny Pelembe / Beatrice Dillon / Laura Cannell / Just Jam / Jonathan Herring New media arts festival, York Mediale, has today announced…
British TV stars brought the TIME’S UP movement to the British Academy Television Awards (BAFTAs) on Sunday to call time on sexual harassment, abuse and gender inequality Leading women from the TV industry – including Hayley Atwell, Millie Brady, Alexa Davies, Wallis Day, Claire Foy, Anna Hall, Liv Hill, Sharon Horgan, Vanessa Kirby, Alex Lawther,…
The Heart of the Matter exhibition brings together art and medicine to reflect on the human heart “I feel like I am holding snow in my hands” Mother of a 3-month old baby on seeing her child’s heart as a 3D model Through artworks inspired by patients born with heart conditions, their families and clinicians,…
Ben / Leeds Duet is coming to a close. 368 individual questions, shared with a 1,000+ people across two continents and over 23,000+ messages exchanged over the course of a year. It began over two years ago and was the result of a lot of iterations, research and back and forths between our studios in…
Manchester, Wednesday 21 (Whitworth Gallery) to Thursday 22 (The Bright Building) March 2018 futuresessions.org As computing dissolves into the everyday, we find ourselves surrounded by millions of connected, intelligent objects. Scattered throughout the city, a bin, lamppost or coffee cup can be a computing device, a sensor or actuator. Invisible agents monitor and influence our…
Isaac Julien / Liz Orton / Agnes Meyer Brandis / Phil Coy / David Jaques / Semiconductor / Ryoichi Kurokawa / Matthew Plummer Fernandez A world premiere exhibition of work by internationally renowned media artists and unique, large-scale 3D printed sculptures, locally made and placed across the city, will be just two of the…
British stars stand shoulder to shoulder with TIME’S UP to call time on sexual harassment In advance of the BAFTA Film Awards this evening, leading women from the film, theatre and TV industry – including Gemma Arterton, Gemma Chan, Noma Dumezweni, Naomie Harris, Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan, Sophie Okonedo, Florence Pugh, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Saoirse…
Much of the discussion about harassment in this historic, #MeToo moment has been about the behavior of men in power: Harvey Weinstein, Matt Lauer, prominent legislators, and business leaders. However, recent, pioneering research from Promundo in the United States, United Kingdom, and Mexico finds that harassing and abusive behaviors start young and are pervasive. In…
Imagine if the stars shone just for you… Smart Oxford Playable City Commission unveils the first commission for the city, which places shared experience firmly at the heart of the future city. January 2018: Watershed and Smart Oxford are delighted to unveil the first Smart Oxford Playable City Commission created by UK based, award winning Hellion Trace (formerly Guerilla Dance Project). The commission called for…
Project chosen following open call for ‘An Idea for a Future London’ VoiceOver Finsbury Park unites residents to share the future of London Hyper-local broadcasts crisscross and connect neighbours in Finsbury Park In May this year, the Museum of London and Thirteen Ways issued an open call for proposals for An Idea for a…
The Brooklyn-based contemporary percussion ensemble So Percussion open in Derby Cathedral (22.11.17) for an audio-visual exploration of the social history of British coal mining, From Out a Darker Sea. The coal industry long formed the backbone of towns and cities across England. Entire communities sprang into existence as fervent mining activity fuelled the industrial revolution. Integrating art, photography,…
Huge congratulations to United Patients Alliance (UPA) on their successful protest outside The Palace of Westminster on Tuesday this week. The Ladbury team were delighted to be a part of the action and the positive media coverage and support for the cause has been overwhelming. This week, Labour MP Paul Flynn has officially put the question to the…