The Clark Bursary was initiated in 1998 and provided opportunities for creative development in digital media
On this website you can view the creative work,
journals and documentation created by recipients of the Bursary, as well as information about
the Bursary and partners
7th Clark Bursary
The Wisdom of Food
by Nii Obodai
View Wisdom of Food short film and a presentation & discussion
Journal | Proposal | About Nii
6th Clark Bursary
The Dream Director
by Luke Jerram
The Dream Director is an interactive installation in which participants experience sound during dream state triggered by their REM (Rapid Eye Movement). The artwork explores the boundaries of participants’ conscious and subconscious minds, prompting questions about the ethics of and possibilities for, creating art in dream space.
View films documenting the installation and a panel discussion
Journal | Writings | Proposal | About Luke
5th Clark Bursary
Come Closer
by squidsoup
Come Closer is a digital installation using wearable technology and collaborative interaction to explore and challenge our sense of personal space. This is an online version of the work which you can navigate using your mouse.
View Come Closer | Journal | Proposal | About squidsoup
The Emergent City
by Stanza
Journal | Proposal | About Stanza
Datacity
by Stanza
Datacity is an online sculptural artefact produced in realtime with images and sounds from the city of Bristol. Images of Bristol are grabbed live from webcams and mixed with recorded sounds of the city.
View Datacity
Robotica
by Stanza
An installation using robots that navigate their
own space to make music and visuals controlling
live cctv data.
View Robotica
Memory Mapping
by Stanza
It is possible to remember everything, its just difficult. Taxi drivers use the
knowledge to remember their way around the London streets. Birds in winter, can
find ninety percent of the twenty thousand nuts they bury, even in the snow.
This is called memory mapping.
View Memory Mapping
Global
by Stanza
Stanza's 'Global: Never the same again always
different....Forever', is a real time web artefact.
A 3D web sculpture being tranformed in real time with
live data from around the world.
View Global
LoveMatch
by Dane Watkins
Find your perfect partner, because you can always do better.
View LoveMatch | Journal | Proposal | About Dane
4th Clark Bursary
Formality
by Duncan Speakman
Formality explored human communication
as it is organised, disrupted and distributed through digital systems.
Watch Formality films | Journal | Proposal | About Duncan
ghosts
by squidsoup
ghosts is digital sculpture, built from audiences' throwaway text messages and communications, exploring the longevity of information and how we leave our mark on others experiences.
View ghosts | Journal | Proposal | About squidsoup
A Personal History of Corruption
by Joe Magee
A Personal History of Corruption attempts to understand the essence of corruption, and the validity of interactive art.
View A Personal History of Corruption| Proposal | About Joe
Breath Hold
by Susannah Silver
Breath-hold is a two screen video installation about waiting for a moment in time: the cusp between before and after. Holding our breath, we wait for a birth, and sometimes a death. And when it happens, we go over the brink, forward in time. Here you can view excerpts from the work.
View excerpts from Breath Hold | Proposal
3rd Clark Bursary
Afterworld
by Simon Poulter
Aterworld was a series of six new works revealed over a period of six months. The works investigated 'online' and 'offline' culture, inviting the viewer to explore a post-biological reality or 'afterworld'. Documentation of the Afterworld project including online elements within it can be found on the project website.
View project website | Proposal | About Simon
2nd Clark Bursary
Invisible Geographies
by Mongrel
Mongrel's Invisible Geographies project explored the social geographies of two cities Bristol and London. The project makes use of Linker - Mongrel's own freely distributed software program. Linker shows a way to throw open accepted conventions in software production and make soft tools for specific social interventions. Invisible Geographies was presented as two installations at Watershed Media Centre, Bristol and the ICA, London.
Visit project website | Proposal | About Mongrel
1st Clark Bursary
Wingwalkers
by Michelle Henning and Rebecca Goddard
Wingwalkers was a multimedia installation with corresponding website. The installation is centred around the theme of the aeroplane.
View project website | Proposal
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