From victoria at watershed.co.uk Tue Jun 2 14:58:44 2009 From: victoria at watershed.co.uk (Victoria Tillotson) Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 14:58:44 +0100 Subject: [Media Sandbox] Media Sandbox May Newsletter Message-ID: Media Sandbox May Newsletter Contents: 1. Media Sandbox projects' progress 2. Next events 3. In the press 4. Your input 1. Media Sandbox projects' progress We?ve had a busy May at Media Sandbox. Our six commissions continue researching the opportunities posed by multi-platform technologies and we?re pleased to share their progress? Events are underway: Legendary music producer Jools Holland helped to launch a version HMC, Drake Music and bibic?s ?Cyber-therapy? software called ?Visual Voice Pro? (pictures: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mediasandbox); whilst C6 and Steal from Work prepare to host a city wide exhibition of public art works in Bristol, to officially launch ?Street Art Dealer?. ?Street Art Dealer? needs your help ? The ?Street Art Dealer? team are appealing the general public to host a work on their wall (walls must ajoin public space). If you have a wall to lend, please email them at: walls at streetartdealer.com AntiVJ have been on the road for most of the month, successfully testing ?Mapping Software 1.0? at the 'Nuits Sonores' festival in Lyon, France. They?ve posted pictures and videos to their project journal: http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/category/antivj/ Indie Mobile and Nomos Media have worked hard on development this month: Indie Mobile and Destar Limited have completed the first phase of ?The Generator?. The team are now discussing exciting possibilities for a launch campaign with key artists. Nomos Media have completed development of ?AudioEnable?. Since chatting with Media Sandbox advisor Richard Hull of HP Labs, they?ve made modifications to the user interface and the online Virtual Studio editing platform. Testing is underway, and so far, so good. U-Soap Media have continued to test game scenarios for ?Viral Spiral?. The tests have thrown up many interesting questions for the team and provoked some fascinating thoughts on why a resurgence of live TV is inevitable. Read more on their project journal: http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/category/u-soapmedia/ Throughout May, all the projects have pushed their concepts into working prototypes. The teams are moving forward at significant pace and we?re really excited by the ideas that are beginning to manifest. To follow their progress, remember to check their Project Journals regularly: http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/ 2. Next events We?ve made a few changes to our planned Media Sandbox events over the coming months, to ensure we create events that are of maximum benefit to the participants, the scheme and the wider community. 29 June | Watershed | Drinks Party| 6pm - On Monday 29th June, we?re hosting an informal drinks party at 6pm, Watershed, Bristol. Please join us to celebrate the success of this years? scheme and chat with the participants about their plans for the final showcase later in the year. Tickets for the event are available through our Eventbrite, online ticketing system: http://drinksparty.eventbrite.com September, TBC | Watershed | Final Showcase Event - The Media Sandbox final showcase event will now be held in September, on a date to be confirmed. We?ll post more details about this soon, so watch out for information. 3. In the press Check out the buzz around HMC?s ?Visual Voice Pro?. The project has been profiled in the Western Morning News, on Channel Bee and in various blogs and magazines. You can check out the links to articles on the Media Sandbox website: http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/buzz/ The Guardian Tech?s podcast team paid a visit to Bristol in May to find out about our hot tech talent. Dropping by the Pervasive Media Studio, they interviewed both past and present Media Sandbox participants, plus two of our Media Sandbox Advisors, Gavin Henderson of Presentable TV and Dan Efergan of Aardman Animations. You can listen to the podcast here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/audio/2009/may/26/tech-weekly-podc ast-bristol-digital 4. Your input As well as reading the journals online we would encourage you to add your suggestions and thoughts. This is not a closed research process and the projects will respond to your comments. We have set up a tag for delicious (http://delicious.com/tag/mediasandbox), so if you see a useful website, please include the tag 'mediasandbox'. There is also a flickr group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/mediasandbox) to add pictures to. This will help build a body of knowledge from which everyone can benefit. **Your subscription You can subscribe, unsubscribe etc. or introduce your friends to this list here: http://lists.mediasandbox.co.uk/listinfo/discuss If you find this interesting and know someone else who might, please forward the mail to them. The next newsletter will be in a month, bringing you updates from the next journal entries and more news about events. Best wishes, Victoria http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/ Media Sandbox is managed by iShed working with South West Screen with support from South West Regional Development Agency and Watershed. --- Victoria Tillotson iShed Project Manager T +44 (0)117 9157233 / http://www.ished.net / http://www.watershed.co.uk Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX iShed: a brokerage company, set up by Watershed to identify and facilitate cross-sector collaboration between computing, communications and the creative industries Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mediasandbox.co.uk/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20090602/c992046f/attachment.html From clare.reddington at watershed.co.uk Mon Jun 1 21:31:31 2009 From: clare.reddington at watershed.co.uk (Clare Reddington) Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:31:31 +0100 Subject: [Media Sandbox] b.TWEEN 09 in Bristol - free invite to streamed event In-Reply-To: Message-ID: b.TWEEN 09: Live Webcast from FACT in Liverpool to Watershed in Bristol b.TWEEN 09 on the 11th and 12th June, will bring together a host of digital pioneers and thought leaders from TV, advertising, web, social networking Watershed is hosting a series of live webcasts of b.TWEEN Sessions for a specially selected group of digerati. Audiences will be able to interact with the presenters and delegates and discuss the issues and questions that arise. Go to www.btween.co.uk for more information on the programme which includes speakers from Bebo, C4, Endemol, Spotify and Ogilvy. The stream will be live at Watershed from 9.30am? 5pm on 11 and 12 June. If you would like to attend please sign up below. There are a limited number of space and the full programme and session times will be confirmed nearer the time. Feel free to forward to anyone you think might be interested. To attend on 11 June: http://btween09livewebcast.eventbrite.com To attend on 12 June: http://btween09livewebcastday2.eventbrite.com Best wishes, Clare Reddington Director, iShed and The Pervasive Media Studio M +44 (0)774 8616411 / +44 (0)117 915 7231 http://www.ished.net / http://www.pmstudio.co.uk / http://www.watershed.co.uk Mailing Address: Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, Harbourside, Bristol, BS1 5TX Based in The Pervasive Media Studio (http://www.pmstudio.co.uk/about-pervasive-media-studio) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mediasandbox.co.uk/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20090601/f83fff37/attachment.html From victoria at watershed.co.uk Tue Jun 9 10:39:53 2009 From: victoria at watershed.co.uk (Victoria Tillotson) Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 10:39:53 +0100 Subject: [Media Sandbox] Chris Anderson, A Radical Vision of the New Economy Message-ID: Chris Anderson, A Radical Vision of the New Economy Bristol Festival of Ideas 1 July 09 | 18.00-19.00 | Explore-At-Bristol, Bristol Chris Anderson, Editor-in-Chief of Wired Magazine, author of The Long Tail, unveils his radical vision of the new economy. What happens when advances in technology allow many things to be produced for more or less nothing? And what happens when those things are then made available to the consumer for free? In his groundbreaking new book, Free, Chris Anderson considers a brave new world where the old economic certainties are being undermined by a growing flood of free goods - newspapers, DVDs, T shirts, phones, even holiday flights. Chris explains why this has become possible - why new technologies, particularly the internet, have caused production and distribution costs in many sectors to plummet to an extent unthinkable even a decade ago. He shows how the flexibility provided by the online world allows producers to trade ever more creatively, offering items for free to make real or perceived gains elsewhere. He pinpoints the winners and the losers in the Free universe, and he demonstrates the ways in which, as an increasing number of things become available for free, our decisions to make use of them will be determined by two resources far more valuable than money: the popular reputation of what is on offer and the time we have available for it. In the future, he argues, when we talk of the 'money economy' we will talk of the 'reputation economy' and the 'time economy' in the same breath, and our world will never be the same again. How to book: Price: ?6.50 / ?4.50. Contact Explore-At-Bristol by telephone or in person. Telephone bookings can be made from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday on: 0845 345 1235 (local rate calls) or 0117 915 5000. This service is not available on weekends or public holidays. Bookings can be made in person every day from 10am-5pm, except on 24th, 25th and 26th December. Visit the Festival of Ideas Website: http://www.ideasfestival.co.uk/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.mediasandbox.co.uk/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20090609/ad4ae7c9/attachment.html