Pervasive Media Studio

Goodbye Twitter/X - time for us to go! It's been emotional. Read about why we're leaving here: watershed.co.uk/news/so-long-f… 👋

Today is the last day of the @wshed big give campaign - raising money for Make Shift, our programme which supports around 600 young people a year to develop a creative career! read on to find out more about how you can support 🩷🩵🩶watershed.co.uk/biggive

Your donation to our Big Give Campaign will help more young people from all across Bristol to access Make Shift and be supported in their creative career. Donate today at wshd.to/biggive.

Our 2024 Big Give Match Funding Campaign is taking place right now! We are raising money for Make Shift, our programme which supports around 600 young people a year to develop a creative career. Read on to find out more about how you can support 💚💛🧡watershed.co.uk/biggive

📣Call for participants now!📣 Future Ideations Camp Vol.5 : Can AI Become Life? ccbt.rekibun.or.jp/en/events/futu… 🗓January 25 (Sat) – 29 (Wed), 2025 📍Civic Creative Base Tokyo [CCBT] 🙋‍♀️Free 🚧Application Period: December 5 (Thu) - 19 (Thu), 2024 Is Conversational AI “alive”? What makes us think that we are alive? The fifth iteration of the camp will explore the theme of autonomy through the lens of AI and examine our future relationship with technology via references to ALife practice! 🤖Lecturers / Facilitators Alter3 Ikegami Takashi @alltbl (DSc in Physics, Professor / Department of General Systems Studies, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo) Ema Arisa (Associate Professor / University of Tokyo, Visiting Researcher / RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project in Japan) Kyoda Kanji @kanjikyoda (AI fashion researcher) johnsmith @johnsmith14 (Artist, researcher) Nagami Keisuke @hatrangam (HATRA / fashion designer) Playfool @studioplayfool (Designer, Artist) Horikawa Junichiro @jhorikawa_err (programmer, algorithmic designer) Maruyama Norihiro (Senior Researcher / Alternative Machine Inc., Project Specialist / University of Tokyo Graduate School) Martin O'Leary @mewo2 (Studio Community Lead / Pervasive Media Studio) Yoshida Takahide (PhD student / University of Tokyo Takashi Ikenoue Lab) Rachel Smith @rachelsmith.xyz (artist, software engineer and creative technologist)　and others 🤖Program Directors Masumori Atsushi @atsmsmr (ALife researcher, Project Specialist / University of Tokyo Graduate School, CEO / Alternative Machine Inc.) Doi Itsuki @itsuki_doi (Senior Researcher, Alternative Machine Inc., PhD)

Meet three new MyWorld Fellows as part of the @wshed Ideas Programme, working on: 🎶 Music & sound tech in a community setting 🎥 Virtual production at model scale 📢 Remote puppetry as communication support Read more in our new blog post 👉 myworld-creates.com/blogs/announci…

Today's Lunchtime Talk welcomes @martharoseking of @knowlewestmedia - to share a bit about their Forms of Intelligence Project, exploring forms of intelligence beyond that of humans. 🐝🧠 join us in the building or online at 1pm! watershed.co.uk/studio/events/…

Meet our three new Fellows as part of the @MyWorldCreates @wshed Ideas Programme: From Music & Sound tech in a community setting, to virtual production at model scale to using digital remote puppetry as communication support. watershed.co.uk/studio/news/20…

This Friday's Lunchtime Talk welcomes @AdesolaAkinleye - who'll share a bit about their project Space+Dance+Digital (S+D2), a dance project creating choreography accessed through the immersive digital platform of Augmented Reality (AR) 🤖🪩watershed.co.uk/studio/events/…

First Friday is back tomorrow, to help you usher in the winter months! 🫖 with sharings from @stevemuio, @ImmersiveArtsUK and more to explore works looking at embodiment 🤸watershed.co.uk/studio/events/…

Come hang out in the @pmstudiouk this Friday from 17:00 at First Friday! watershed.co.uk/whatson/12978/…

📢 Huge congratulations in order for @Tanuja_A - a prize so, so well deserved! Well done Tanuja!

Still time to apply for our Winter Residencies 2025 - an opportunity to develop an idea merging art and technology, that responds to the theme of Actual Reality. This is a chance to share ideas, meet incredible people, experiment, make and think 🧠watershed.co.uk/studio/opportu…

This Friday's Lunchtime Talk welcomes @vmorisset of studio AATOAA ("yours") to share Vast Body, a collaborative experiment on movement, prior to sharing the work at Undershed 👽🤸 watershed.co.uk/studio/events/…

Immersive Arts funding calls are now live! 🤠

Apply now for our Winter Residencies 2025 - an opportunity to develop an idea merging art and technology, that responds to the theme of Actual Reality. This is a chance to share ideas, meet incredible people, experiment, make and think 🧠🌍 watershed.co.uk/studio/opportu…

New sharing from @EdsonBurton alert 📣

This year, we brought together folks marginalised from climate spaces for a wayfinding mission: how can creative technologists enable a just transition for technology? Delve into the Sights & Sounds blog which captured the journey: watershed.co.uk/studio/project…

Dorkbot returns for for another evening of geekiness on October 8th with talks from @_thawney, @edwardbetts and @Trikkitt . As always bring along your hacks to share for a round of lightning talks or to show off in the pub afterwards.

Luma is set to visit Newcastle for #ScienceWeek 2025 at @Scienceatlife. Encounter LUMA, our giant robotic snail, explore inflatable crafts, and discover the fusion of arts, tech, and air as innovation tools for the future! #ScienceWeek2025 #RobotClub #innovativeTech #Inflatables