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Media Sandbox 2009 launches

Posted on Wed 19 Nov 2008

Bringing together leading technology, artistic and media talent, Media Sandbox is a commissioning scheme to support South West companies / organisations to research emerging possibilities in digital media. Last year's theme was pervasive media and space in the studio was taken up by four of the six…

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When are these trails going to be used?

Posted on Mon 17 Nov 2008

When we're planning any project, it's essential to think about where people will want to use/interact with it to maximise their fun. So when would be a great time for me to say to myself, "I'd love to do a trail now" Some thoughts, "I've just finished on a phone call on my…


Last Will and Testament - a prototype MITE

Posted on Thu 13 Nov 2008

Last Will and Testament, an experimental installation by Punchdrunk, Hide and Seek, HP Labs and Seeper, was featured in The Independent today. A development of the ideas explored in Sensory Symptom (which is installed in the studio), Last Will attempts to create a "hybrid experience between…

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Society of Editors

Posted on Tue 11 Nov 2008

The great and good of the national Press decended on Bristol yesterday and SWRDA hosted an event at @t-Bristol to round the evening off. Team Happy were asked to exhibit some interactive play-things in the lobby and of course we leapt at the chance. Only after signing up did we realise there wasn't…


Smudge in the Studio

Posted on Mon 10 Nov 2008

Smudge is an exciting Bristol-based magazine produced by and for young people. It explores art and culture in the city and beyond.Over the last couple of months Smudge have been holding their fortnightly editorial meetings at the Pervasive Media Studio. They have been developing their ideas through…


Smudge in the Studio

Posted on Mon 10 Nov 2008

Smudge is an exciting Bristol-based magazine produced by and for young people. It explores art and culture in the city and beyond.


New work by Duncan Speakman

Posted on Fri 7 Nov 2008

Duncan Speakman has been working on a series of limited editions video frames. Designed as self-contained units of looping video, the first example is available to see in the studio reception. The piece is a collaboration between Duncan Speakman and choreographer Christine Lockhart and offers a…


Studio featured in 0117 magazine

Posted on Fri 7 Nov 2008

We are very excited that this week Bristol Media has announced the launch of 0117, a new magazine/guide celebrating Bristol’s range of media and creative talent. The Pervasive Media Studio gets many mentions along with Watershed, HP Labs and studio residents Hazel Grian, Thought Den, Mobile Pie…


Mapping motion experiments

Posted on Tue 4 Nov 2008

 Over the past month I’ve been working towards my goal of projecting onto moving objects. From the outset I knew this ambitious project would be a journey of technical research, yet it seems that every step has revealed even greater complexities and challenges for me to unravel and conquer. A…