From victoria at watershed.co.uk Fri May 1 13:22:36 2009 From: victoria at watershed.co.uk (Victoria Tillotson) Date: Fri, 01 May 2009 13:22:36 +0100 Subject: [Media Sandbox] Media Sandbox April Newsletter Message-ID: Media Sandbox Newsletter Contents: 1. Media Sandbox projects' progress 2. Next events 3. Recommended research 4. Your input 1. Media Sandbox projects' progress Our six Media Sandbox commissions (http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/2009-commissions/) have been striding forwards with their projects this month. The groups are researching the opportunities posed by multi-platform technologies and we are pleased to share their recent progress? There?s exciting news from both Indie Mobile and HMC, Drake Music and bibic: After a month of research, Indie Mobile have appointed a technical partner - London agency Destar Limited - to help tweak and trim ?The Generator?. Things have also hurtled forwards for HMC, Drake Music and bibic. Legendary music producer Jools Holland will launch a version of their ?Cyber-therapy? software called ?Visual Voice Pro?. A high profile event will take place in early May at Rich Mix Studios, East London. After weeks of research, this week saw U-Soap Media begin the practical test phase for ?Viral Spiral?. Happily, they?ve gathered together a fantastic group of actors and directors, who have thrown themselves headlong into the project. With buzzers at the ready, the first session saw the play out of game scenarios and invaluable discussion around the findings. You can see pictures from the session here: http://www.flickr.com/groups/mediasandbox/. Nomos Media have been on the road with Radio in Schools this month, promoting ?AudioEnable? to over 30,000 teachers and industry reps at the National Education Show in Birmingham. Despite a slightly shaky technical start, they signed up an impressive number of schools and made valuable contact with a number of Brands, who were really excited about the potential of the project. Having an early beta release of ?Street Art Dealer? has helped a great deal in generating feedback and ideas for C6 and Steal from Work. This month will see them building a strong body of artists and artworks; planning a major project launch in Bristol; nurturing some high profile buyer case studies; and alongside all of this, ironing out the system?s technical and usability issues. AntiVJ are immersed in the development phase of ?Mapping Software 1.0?. Working with freelance developer George Crabtree, they?ve made huge leaps forward. The software engine is almost complete and they hope to post footage of the first experiments on their blog very soon. An industrious month all round has led to significant progress in concepts, designs and development. The teams have moved forward at an incredible pace and we?re really excited by the tangible 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 7 May 2009 | 4 - 6pm | Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol On Thursday 7th May, 4pm, we?re holding an open Work in Progress event at the Pervasive Media Studio (http://www.pmstudio.co.uk/), and would be pleased if you can join us. To find out more and sign up for a free ticket, visit the Media Sandbox Website: http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/events/ 29 June | Watershed | Final Showcase | 6pm The Media Sandbox final showcase event, will be held on Monday 29th June - please mark your diaries and watch out for more information. 3. Recommended research This month, Kassian Sheppard joined us on a professional placement from the Creative Sound and Music degree at Newport University. As part of his placement, we asked Kassian to research and test the AudioBoo blogging platform. To find out more about Kassian?s research and listen to interviews with this years? participants, check out the posts on the Media Sandbox news feed? http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/category/news/ 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. 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URL: http://lists.mediasandbox.co.uk/pipermail/discuss/attachments/20090501/8a839724/attachment.html From clare.reddington at watershed.co.uk Mon May 11 16:12:53 2009 From: clare.reddington at watershed.co.uk (Clare Reddington) Date: Mon, 11 May 2009 16:12:53 +0100 Subject: [Media Sandbox] Viral Spiral Media Sandbox team needs your help: Message-ID: The Viral Spiral team are testing some new forms of audience interactivity for television using laptops and hand held devices as part of their Media Sandbox project, and they need some help having a play. They are looking for people to take part in some test sessions on Tues 12 May and Weds 20 May ? refreshments and pizza will be provided. Please complete the sign-up form below, it shouldn?t take two-ticks. ? DATES: 12 MAY 09 - 6:30PM ? 9:30PM 20 MAY 09 - 6:30PM ? 9:30PM SIGN UP: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=lf45mZW5Bh4wjkE70f4aHg_3d_3d INFO: Email Ruth at ruth.farrar at silicon19.com 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/20090511/d6aefdc9/attachment.html From victoria at watershed.co.uk Wed May 27 16:46:16 2009 From: victoria at watershed.co.uk (Victoria Tillotson) Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:46:16 +0100 Subject: [Media Sandbox] Come and Play Viral Spiral Tonight.. Message-ID: Hello As part of their Media Sandbox project (http://www.mediasandbox.co.uk/viral-spiral/), U-Soap Media are running a test game of Viral Spiral at the PM Studio, Bristol, this evening 6:30 ? 9:30pm. You get the chance to take part in a Crimewatch meets Twitter type scenario, have fun and contribute to this valuable research process. Join us at 6:30pm, at the PM Studio and ask for Rik, Greg or Ruth. http://www.pmstudio.co.uk/about-pervasive-media-studio best, Victoria 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... 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