Pervasive Media Studio

16/07/2025

In this Lunchtime Talk on Fri 18 Jul, Rob Hopkins, co-founder of Transition Network, and musician Mr Kit present on Field Recordings From The Future, a sonic journey into a world of climate resilience.

Together, they’ll share field recordings, music, and tales from incredible initiatives and places all across 2030, and introduce the time portal they’re building to bring more and more people into this beautiful future.

Book a free ticket: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13443/field-recordings-from-the-future

📸 Alice Carfae

10/07/2025

Come and be a part of our five-day creative camp from Mon 18 Aug to Fri 22 Aug designed for Bristol-based people aged 18–30, from working class backgrounds who like making things with their hands.

Every participant will be awarded a bursary of £1,000.

Closing Date: Wed 16 July, 17:00

Apply on our website.

03/07/2025

In this Lunchtime Talk on Fri 4 Jul we'll here from Simon Moreton on Where is Home?

Simon Moreton will reflect on his book, WHERE?, creative non-fiction about growing up in the countryside in the late 1980s and early 1990s and the processes of grief and reflection that helped him tackle questions of belonging and home, as well as thinking critically about how we imagine and represent the countryside.

This is a free event join us online on YouTube or in the studio.

Book a ticket: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13439/where-is-home

25/06/2025

In this Lunchtime Talk on Fri 27 June, we'll hear from Tim X Atack on how technology is used in fiction.

How do storytellers make fictional technologies seem not merely convincing, but emotionally true?

His play DELAY is premiering at Bristol Old Vic until Sat 5 July. A q***r sci-fi heartbreaker about two lovers exchanging audio messages across galactic distances, while they age at profoundly different speeds. DELAY is directed by studio resident Tanuja Amarasuriya.

This is a free event join us online on YouTube or in the studio.

In this Lunchtime Talk, we'll hear from Tim X Atack on how technology is used in fiction.

19/06/2025

We’re having a great time at our annual studio gathering 🥳

18/06/2025

In this Lunchtime Talk on Fri 20 Jun, we will hear from our studio resident Tim Kindberg who will examine AI critically in the light of nature and climate change.

Tim will ask the question: is nature fundamentally more capable than current AI approaches when it comes to distinguishing what is true from what is false?

This is a free event join us online on YouTube or in the studio.

In this Lunchtime Talk, we will hear from Tim Kindberg PM Studio Resident who will examine AI critically in the light of nature and climate change.

17/06/2025

13/06/2025

In this week's Lunchtime Talk today, Professor Shawn Sobers explores why Small Anthropology is a powerful and necessary methodology for interdisciplinary research, using his book Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative: Tings in de House as a key example.

This is a free event join us online on YouTube or in the studio.

Book a ticket: https://ow.ly/45uy50W8G9B

06/06/2025

In this week's Lunchtime Talk today, Alistair Aitcheson will explore how game technology allows us to transform the stage into a playful space.

Alistair will show you how the lessons of clown theatre can turn binary digital input into fertile ground for free-form creativity, and enable every audience member to become active creative partners in the performance.

This is a free event join us online on YouTube or in the studio.

Book a ticket: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13238/creating-digital-clown-shows

03/06/2025

Join us this Fri 6 June for First Friday, our monthly social and showcase event open to anyone and everyone where you get to see a selection of work by some of our Studio community.

Free & open to all. 17:00- 19:00, no booking required.

📸 Fish Outta Water

28/05/2025

In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 29 May, Artist and Performer Sara Zaltash invites us to imagine what happens when we view our mobile devices not just as tools by exploring the implications of animist spiritual frameworks. Drawing on spiritual ideas that see all things as alive and connected, she explores how our phones and tech might already be showing signs of something like telepathy.

This is a free event join us online on YouTube or in the studio.

Book a ticket: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13205/ai-animism