“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…
Today, 12th February 2021, celebrated Kora player Seckou Keita, is releasing Elles Sont Toutes Belles, ‘They Are All Beautiful’, – the first single in a series of pan African collaborations to be released throughout 2021. In a career spanning 25 years, Seckou has become a household name with his unique style and ground-breaking collaborations with the likes of…
From 1st February 2021 artist duo Action Hero will offer 150 people the opportunity to send a loved one a free digital ‘beacon’ playing 24 hours of love songs gathered from across the EU directly to their phone With so many unable to be with the ones they love this Valentine’s Day, artists Gemma Paintin…
From 19 December 2020 the Royal Opera House will present the world’s first opera in hyper reality: Current, Rising – a unique collaboration between the Royal Opera House’s innovation programme, Audience Labs, award-winning Figment Productions and Royal Holloway, University of London. Developed by a female-led creative team and funded by UK Research and Innovation, Current,…
Container is a new online magazine that puts the spotlight on the people and processes behind creative tech, and provides a platform for voices outside the mainstream. The magazine will be a home for different stories about creative technology: an emergent and expansive field that harnesses the powers of technology for social and cultural means….
Soundworlds is a new four-part series of theatre podcasts directed by dramaturg Patrick Eakin Young and produced by Eleanor Turney using binaural sound to transport the listener to new worlds. The series takes the best bits of radio, theatre, sound art and story made by exceptional artists, musicians, ensembles and theatre-makers from the UK and internationally,…
Watershed has today been awarded £731,993 from Arts Council England, as part of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund, one of 1,385 cultural and creative organisations across the country receiving urgently needed support. The award will allow Watershed to re-instate the reserves that were used for survival during the pandemic, and to invest in some…
WATCH, VOTE AND HAVE YOUR SAY NOW Depict is Watershed’s brilliant ultra-short film competition. Free to enter and open to anyone from anywhere in the world, there is just one rule – all films must be 90 seconds or less! This year’s shortlist has just been announced and Watershed are asking for your votes to…
The Watershed building in Bristol opened this week. Ahh how we’ve missed them! Their cinemas will reopen today with a brilliant and characteristically eclectic programme they’ve called ‘Films That Love the Cinema’ …and love to be seen in the cinema. A host of films that are at their best seen in the unique shared experience…