Last chance to see what’s hiding in the light
Playable City Award winner, Shadowing, comes to an end on Halloween This Friday, on 31October 2014, marks the last day of Shadowing, the brilliant winner of this year’s Playable City Award that’s given memory to Bristol’s city lights, allowing … Continue reading
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A navigation scheme for the Russian state library, drone shadow handbooks, hacked musical instruments, a heartfelt letter to Scotland, and the future of everything…
Brilliant, clever, fun, playful, surprising, inspiring, creative and beyond the imagination… this is Blurring the Lines; an exhibition curated and produced by Watershed for The British Council, which opened the other week, on 2 October 2014, at their headquarters on … Continue reading
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“Mysterious, gothic and gritty”
Clare Reddington, Exec Producer, Playable City Award describes Shadowing, the winner of the 2014 £30,000 international Playable City Award, to get Bristol residents dancing with shadows This week the Watershed in Bristol unveiled the 2014 winner of the £30,000 international … Continue reading
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Playable City Award Shortlist Announced
The second international £30,000 Playable City Award was launched by Watershed (www.watershed.co.uk/playablecity) in February this year to invite artists, designers, architects, technologists and creative practitioners from all over the world to propose new ideas that will challenge the screen-based clichés … Continue reading
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See atoms in a new way with danceroom Spectroscopy
Atoms are made up of a little spherical nucleus with orbiting electrons, right? Well not quite. Dr David Glowacki, a Royal Society research fellow and one of the first Pervasive Media Studio residents, has led a collaborative project called danceroom … Continue reading
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Over 25000 texts exchanged with street furniture in Bristol
This summer, Bristol residents and visitors were able to spark up conversations with the city, using nothing else but the humble text function on any mobile phone. As the first winner of Bristol’s Playable City Award produced by Watershed, Hello … Continue reading
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A sea of lights makes its UK premiere
Fri 13 Sept – Sat 12 Oct, The Eye, Bristol Temple Quarter, Bristol This September sees the UK premiere of Submergence, an uplifting new artwork near Temple Meads Station in Bristol. Visitors to the large-scale light installation, which will be … Continue reading
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Dancing lampshades, singing memory boxes and paying with hugs…
Welcome to the world of Craft + Tech Residencies supported by the Crafts Council and developed at the Pervasive Media Studios at Watershed, in Bristol. The Flying Skirt Lampshade, created by Patrick Laing, is responsive to movement and touch, a … Continue reading
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Film + Music = Filmic Festival 2013
We all know that music can be at its most powerful when it’s cinematic – think Bristol stalwarts Massive Attack and Portishead – and that cinema soundtracks produce some of the most poignant pieces of music known to man. Imagine … Continue reading
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A robot that draws and a choir that sings for a hundred years
Step into the current Studio Residencies at Bristol’s Watershed and you may be greeted by a robot that draws or stumble upon part of an instrument that dates back to the nineteenth century but promises to play for another one … Continue reading
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