http://www.ished.net a new venture by Watershed, to initiate, enable and support cross-sector collaborations and creative technology projects. Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:44:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Yesterday I spoke at an event in The House of Commons, a reception for Bristol and the West of England for MPs, press, government employees etc, aiming to highlight the important role that the Bristol and West of England economic area has to make to driving economic recovery. So here's ... http://www.ished.net/2010/07/13/promoting-bristol-at-the-house-of-commons/ I have just done a talk at the Shift Happens conference in York and @rohan_21awake asked if could share the text of my speech: "it would make an amazing article/manifesto/job ad" So here it is: Watershed, based in Bristol and the UK’s first media centre, began life over 25 years ago, concentrating ... http://www.ished.net/2010/07/05/producing-the-future-by-playing-the-field-%e2%80%93-how-we-support-new-ideas/ The Technology Strategy Board have funded some great projects led by arts and cultural organisations, but unfortunately they didn't have permission to publish details of the early rounds. I get asked a lot about projects that have been funded so have collected some that I know about here. Do add ... http://www.ished.net/2010/06/09/technology-strategy-board-funded-art-and-culture-led-projects/ iShed is delighted to announce the six recipients of this year’s Theatre Sandbox commissions, supported by Arts Council England. Each of the six successful recipients receives £10,000 to develop their groundbreaking projects at prestigious partner venues across the country ready for public events and testing in September. ... http://www.ished.net/2010/06/03/theatre-sandbox-announcement/ Do the arts act as a beacon for innovation? The notion of innovation and the arts is a difficult one: newness (and sometimes innovation) is achieved when a piece of art is produced, but arts funders are asking organisations themselves to be more innovative and it is often unclear what ... http://www.ished.net/2010/06/02/advancing-the-arts-how-arts-and-cultural-organisations-innovate/