Announcing two new MyWorld Fellowships in Residence
Posted on Mon 7 April
We are excited to announce that applications are now open for two new paid Fellowships in Residence at Knowle West Media Centre and Wounded Buffalo Sound Studios.
We are looking for Fellows who will bring an existing practice, expertise or other relevant experience and are interested in applying that in an organisational setting with the view to share learnings more publicly with peers. MyWorld Fellowships are managed by us and are aimed at freelancers, practitioners, industry folk, and academics based in the West of England. The Fellowships are a brilliant opportunity to undertake collaborative thinking, innovation and experimentation, applying practice, expertise or relevant experience.
Vanessa Bellaar Spruijt, Watershed Producer says:
"It is exciting that we are working with two very different organisations for these Fellowships, who have been pioneering in the transition from analogue to digital, while preserving the founding principles of media formats. The West of England is the home of long-established community engagement practice and creative technology innovation. Knowle West Media Centre is one of the organisations that has successfully brought those together and are thinking about next steps in a rapidly changing, seemingly technology driven, landscape. On the other hand, Wounded Buffalo is looking how to build three decades of cutting-edge audio post-production experience into processes for immersive to match newer visual formats. The learnings from both these Fellowships will no doubt be super useful for the creative sector."
MyWorld Fellowships are varied in theme and offer paid experimentation and research time, with an emphasis on collaboration and interdisciplinary working. Previous Fellows have found themselves immersed in virtual reality, accessibility design, digital fashion and textiles, community tech, and immersive performance.
A Fellow in Residence in 2024 says:
"This Fellowship has been an incredibly valuable step in my career. We had the chance to test out high-risk, innovative ideas in our collaborative R&Ds owing to the ambition, scope and context of the Fellowships. Carrying out research in industry brings many challenges that can be difficult to navigate within a short time frame. At the same time, navigating these obstacles develops your knowledge and skills to overcome barriers and adapt your practice to increase the impact of research."
More information about the current Fellowships
6 months, £12,000 - Deadline: Mon 5 May, 09:00 BST
This is an opportunity to spend six months at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC) located in Bristol’s Knowle West. We are inviting established creative technologists or artists/researchers who would be excited to deep dive into KWMC’s past digital arts and technology practices and use that lens to explore what matters now for community technology.
Pushing the Boundaries of Digital Acoustics
6 months, £12,000 - Deadline: Tue 13 May, 09:00 BST
This is an opportunity to spend six months at multi-award-winning Wounded Buffalo Sound Studios. We are inviting established digital audio technologists or creative digital sound practitioners who will bring the expertise to investigate how cutting-edge acoustic technologies can be harnessed to create, manipulate, and transform sound in a virtual environment.
More Fellowship calls will be announced throughout the year – sign up to MyWorld’s newsletter to keep updated.
MyWorld believe their work will be stronger with greater diversity and welcome applications from those who are currently underrepresented in the culture, technology and higher education sectors. We understand that each of us brings our experiences, our backgrounds and our own unique lens to what we do so no one is expected to represent any specific groups.
These Fellowships are part of the MyWorld IDEAS programme, funded by UKRI. Read more about MyWorld. MyWorld is funded through UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) ‘Strength in Places fund’.
Main Delivery partners: University of Bristol, University of the West of England, University of Bath, Bath Spa University, Digital Catapult, Watershed, Aardman Animations, Lux Aeterna, Esprit Film and Television, Bristol Old Vic and Opposable Games.