The Russian Film Festival will be held for the first time in the UK from November 12 to December 10, 2021 on BFI Player. Ten contemporary Russian films across various genres have been selected specifically for British audiences and will be available online. The Russian Film Festival (RFF) was launched in 2020 and has already been successfully…
Massive congratulations to Watershed’s Pervasive Media Studio resident Duncan Speakman, who won the BFI London Film Festival’s first ever award in the Immersive Art and XR category for his augmented audio walk Only Expansion which uses innovative mobile electronics to remix the sounds around you as you walk through the city. A guidebook prompts you…
A fantastic opportunity from Watershed who have just announced an open call for their funded Winter Residencies programme – they are looking for two UK based creative practitioners, who need time and support to develop ideas that blend art with technology. A Winter Residency (between Jan to March 2022) at Watershed offers funded time out of…
Watershed is delighted to once again partner with the BFI London Film Festival to bring film lovers across Bristol and the South West a unique and innovative Festival experience in 2021, allowing audiences to enjoy both cinema and virtual screenings across the Festival from tomorrow 6 to 17 October. The Festival has teamed up with Watershed and other cinemas across…
Serpentine’s Arts Technologies unveils how in their latest reportLEGAL LAB Report 1: Art + Tech/Science Collaborations. Join the launch presentation on 7 September, 12 – 1pm BST live on Twitch @Serpentineuk with Victoria Ivanova, Serpentine R&D Strategic Lead, Alana Kushnir, Legal Lab’s Principal Investigator and Marie Potel-Saville, founder of legal design agency, Amurabi. Read and download the report…
FUTURE ART ECOSYSTEMS is the second volume of the annual strategic briefing from Serpentine Arts Technologies team, exploring what it means to do ‘digital strategy’ at cultural institutions in a post-pandemic world. Contributions from DR JO TWIST OBE, THE IMMERSIVE KIND, ANDIE NORDGREN, LARRY ACHIAMPONG AND DAVID BLANDY make this report essential reading for the…
Today sees the launch of the State of the World’s Fathers Report 2021, the fourth edition of the globally recognized, biennial report produced by Promundo, dedicated to changing power structures, policies, and social norms around care work and to advance gender equality. The report reveals global data on men’s involvement in care work, hones in on COVID-19’s impact…
Watershed, Bristol’s much loved independent cinema, cultural centre and supporter of emerging talent, has commissioned a series of stunning illustrations and poem called Heart of Lightness from artist and activist Lucy J Turner to transform and bring life to their outdoor space as part of the planned opening of Undershed, their new outdoor bar by the Harbourside due to…
“These are the voices I craved for decades of my life in Britain – the sheer talent, multiplicity of stories, identities and perspectives commissioned by WritersMosaic shows its potential to change our literary landscape. It could not have come soon enough.” Afua Hirsch Today 28 April 2021 The Royal Literary Fund launches WritersMosaic – a new…
Festival of new cinema, digital culture and art Thu 27 May – Sun 11 July 2021 Resurfacing for seven weeks from 27 May – 11 July, Abandon Normal Devices Festival, the UK’s only roaming digital festival, will be presented in a brand new, hybrid format. Exploring the post-industrial landscapes of the Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey,…
Timely and insightful blog below from South West Creative Technology Network (SWCTN) Data Fellow Dr Annie Blanchette. More details of Annie’s work and the other 23 Data Fellows and 6 Prototype Teams on the SWCTN website: www.swctn.org.uk. And see the projects for yourself at their virtual showcase on 26 March, a day to celebrate and…
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CINEMA – THOUGHT IN ACTION On Thursday 25th February 2021 Watershed is launching a series of free online panel discussions called Conversations About Cinema: Thought in Action – a new partnership with the Philosophy, Politics and International Relations teams at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol), and curated film streaming…