Fri 20 May 2011 14:00-15:00
Physical interactions with robots as our helpers or co-workers require new strategies in order to make our contact with them safe and intuitive. Current research is beginning to look at new approaches to Artificial Intelligence and aims to embed it in our smart artefacts. Furthermore, advances in…
Fri 13 May 2011 14:00-15:00
This summer Watershed facilitates workshops for older learners (50+) from across Europe to introduce them to the possibilities of digital technologies. Join us for this Lunchtime Talk to find out how the participants of the workshop Memories and Mediascape experienced their introduction to the…
Wed 11 May 2011 19:30-20:30
(optional performance 5.30pm)In a social environment full of micro-blogging and continuous status updates communicated through text and image, what happens to the emotional weight of the human voice? This event introduces ‘We Are Forests’, a new participatory sound work by Speakman and Grenier…
Mon 9 May 2011 19:00-20:30
This talk by Adam Greenfield centers around urban experience design, addressing the growing range of connected objects in the urban landscape, from CCTV cameras, sensor-equipped bus stops and networked bollards to Tower Bridge and its Twitter account. Speaker Adam Greenfield will consider what life…
Mon 9 May 2011 11:00-16:00
The DCRC are pleased to offer his innovative Systems/Layers event in collaboration with Adam Greenfield. The 'walkshop' will take place in central Bristol; the discussion and workshop will use the Studio as a base.Systems/Layers is a half-day event, held in two parts. The first activity is dedicated…
Fri 6 May 2011 14:00-15:00
Since 2003 Joe Lawlor, along with colleague Christine Molloy, has been working on a unique and richly cinematic series of films made in negotiation with local residents and community groups, foregrounding the relationship these communites have to the environment they live and work in. The resulting…
Wed 20 Apr 2011 16:00-18:00
Join us for a free and informal discussion with resident artists Sharon Clark, Tom Burton, Laura Kriefman, Tim Bamber and Robin Ray, recently commissioned by Watershed to develop experimental projects at the intersection of art, technology and culture.
Fri 15 Apr 2011 14:00-15:00
International visual label AntiVJ are continuously extending their global reputation with ground-breaking works in the areas of projection, sonic and visual performance and stereoscopy/3D. After many months of globe-hopping, we are able to catch up with our residents and invite you to join us.
Fri 8 Apr 2011 14:00-15:00
Slingshot are a Bristol-based company designing and producing street and pervasive games. The company has developed a global reputation for engaging people using social and playful experiences. Adding new twists to popular digital technologies. Examples include cuddly, but deluded social robot; The…
Fri 1 Apr 2011 14:00-15:00
Elaine Massung has recently completed a PhD at the University of Bristol, investigating visitor reception to location-based interpretation at archaeological and heritage sites. The multidisciplinary study brought together heritage management and location-based technology to evaluate audience…
