Light Up Bristol Film online
April 4, 2008
Posted by Clare in: Events | Watershed | bristol | Add a commentStanding on College Green in the cold may seem like a life time ago now, but those talented AntiVJs Joanie and Nico have just published their film of Light Up Bristol and reminded me how amazing it was.So if you missed it or want to relive the magic – you can see the film here.
Watershed at the heart of Creative Britiain
February 22, 2008
Posted by Clare in: Watershed | Innovation | Technology | Add a commentThe Government today published Creative Britain: New Talents for the New Economy, its Creative Economy action plan in which the future development of, and investment in, Britain’s creative industries is debated. Amongst the many examples of excellence cited was the work of Watershed.
Led by the Department for Media, Culture and Sport, in partnership with The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform and the Department for Innovation, University and Skill, Creative Britain explores how organisations like Watershed are playing a vital developmental role in the wider creative economy – an economy which contributes £60 billion to the UK economy, employs 1.1 million people and which is growing at twice the rate of the economy as a whole.
The plan highlights several initiatives that have developed from partnerships Watershed has forged to embrace the wider creative and technology communities including MeiGeist, SE3D and the ground-breaking Pervasive Media Studio.
Download the plan: Creative Britain - New Talents for the Economy PDF (1.2mb)
Alistair Darling opens the Pervasive Media Studio
February 14, 2008
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Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling today opened the Pervasive Media Studio, which brings together the computing, communications and creative industries within a dynamic, cutting-edge work space to explore how new technologies could be used and what experiences could be created by this growing pervasive media environment. The Studio itself offers project development space, a wide variety of events and seminars for businesses and a creative learning programme for education and community groups.
The Studio is collaboration HP Labs and Watershed and will be managed by iShed, with University of West England and the University of Bristol as well as the South West's creative and technology industries. The project is also backed by the South West Regional Development Agency.
Home Sweet Home
January 21, 2008
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iShed has moved and taken over management of Leadworks on Anchor Square, Bristol which will be home to the Pervasive Media Studio, a partnership project between Watershed and HP Labs. The Studio will be a cross-disciplinary, cross-community space which will pioneer pervasive media projects through socially engaged practice and world-class research.
Residents will be a mix of commercial companies, researchers, artists and academics working in wireless and mobile R&D. Official launch details will follow in the near future.
Light Up Bristol launch
December 19, 2007
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'I have never seen anything like this before'. 'Really beautiful and worth seeing even in the freezing cold'. ' A really good show'. Just some of the feedback gathered by The Evening Post on Light Up Bristol so far.
Over 2,500 people attended the launch on Monday, which was broadcast live on both ITV West and Points West. Highlights included the spectacular films and beautiful cathedral lighting, children playing in the snow and Crustea's live VJ set. The event carries on to Friday.
Photos by James Burniston Photography.
More photos at the LUB 07 Flickr group.
