MyWorld are inviting 6 creatives who work with creative tech to a micro-residency at the Bristol Digital Futures Institute’s Reality Emulator. Deadline Tue 18 August at 10.00. Apply and find out more: www.watershed.co.uk/take-part/15-07-2026/myworld-micro-fellowship-residency-reality-emulator

MyWorld Micro-Residency at The Reality Emulator

A brilliant opportunity for six creatives who work with creative technology to spend a total of fifteen days spread over a period of nine weeks in a micro-residency at the Bristol Digital Futures Institute’s Reality Emulator.

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In this week's Lunchtime Talk, Kate Sim Read will discuss her practice as an artist and researcher working with creative computing in charity and educational settings. Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/14109/offline-networks

Offline Networks

In this Lunchtime Talk, Kate Sim-Read will explore how data can be stored and distributed, even in places with no buildings or power, to distribute crucial information to people living in unstable situations.

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In this Lunchtime Talk, multimedia artist Sister Sylvester will explore the possibilities of working across artist books and essay films to create communal artistic experiences. Book a free ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/14102/the-essay-film-in-three-dimensions

The Essay Film in Three Dimensions

In this Lunchtime Talk, multimedia artist Sister Sylvester will explore the possibilities of working across artist books and essay films to create communal artistic experiences.

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First Friday is a monthly social & showcasing event open to anyone. This Fri 5 June between 17:00-19:00 we’re transforming the Studio into a Goblin Market, an alternative marketplace that explores new ways of making, exchanging & valuing creative work. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/14122/first-friday

We're excited to announce our next Undershed exhibition - Nowism! 💭 Running from Thu 11 - Sun 28 June, four artists from our incredible Pervasive Media Studio community share works in progress exploring the future of technologies in our lives. Find out more: www.watershed.co.uk/nowism

Nowism

Four artists from our incredible Pervasive Media Studio community share works in progress exploring the future of technologies in our lives. Make faces with emotion-sensing software, build new worlds, meet future folk heroes - imagine what digital futures could look like.

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In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 8 May we'll find out more about Brave Bold Drama's principles and their commitment to lo-fi vintage tech - which - might be delivered in character, if you're lucky. Book a free ticket: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13951/brave-bold-drama-immersive-theatre

Brave Bold Drama - Immersive Theatre

In this Lunchtime Talk we'll find out more about Brave Bold Drama's principles and their commitment to lo-fi vintage tech - which might be delivered in character, if you're lucky.

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Join us tonight for our Make Shift Meet Up. We will be joined by several members of our team to hear your thoughts, ideas, passions and plans, offer feedback and guidance, and plug you into our wider Studio community. www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13974/make-shift-meet-up-may

Make Shift Meet Up - May

In this session we will be joined by several members of the Watershed team to hear your thoughts, ideas, passions and plans, offer feedback and guidance, and plug you into our wider Pervasive Media St...

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The incredible Jon Aitken and Jack Offord, absolute wizards of film-craft, made a little video about me and my time on the @wshed.bsky.social @pmstudiouk.bsky.social Winter Residency. You can hear a little about my Tamagotchi memorial space game. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BKU...

Tamagotchi Seance #3 Memory Garden by Nick Murray | Winter Residencies 2026 | Watershed

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This happened last week! Street2Boardroom, a board game I designed and wrote, has had its first commercial print run. I received my own copy and found it incredibly satisfying to be able to physically hold something I’ve made, as most of my creative work is digital!

In this week's Lunchtime Talk, Alex Yagilowich will share how her experience of ADHD has shaped a practice focused on playful learning, representation, and creating a space for the exploration of self. This is a free event: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13950/the-adhd-experience

In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 27 March, Dr. Max Haiven will explore how games have shaped 21st century capitalism and how to use social movements via games to fight back. Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13848/were-being-played

We're Being Played

In this Lunchtime Talk, Dr. Max Haiven will explore how games have shaped 21st century capitalism and how social movements are using games to fight back.

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We are proud to be publishing our new report, Nurturing Creative Futures, which shares the ways in which we support research and development. @pmstudiouk.bsky.social www.watershed.co.uk/articles/watershed-launches-nurturing-creative-futures-report

Watershed launches Nurturing Creative Futures report

We are proud to be publishing our new report, Nurturing Creative Futures today, which shares the ways in which Watershed supports research and development – the values we are driven by, the methods we...

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Really interesting talk by @josephwilk.net at @pmstudiouk.bsky.social today www.youtube.com/live/-AUBMok... It's about using data from RightMove to show how people with disabilities are let down by the rental market, using visualisation and game engines in creative and impactful ways

WrongMove. || Joseph Wilk || Watershed

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Join us on Sat 28 March, 15:00–18:00 as we celebrate the end of a year of making, experiencing and sharing ideas of Home. Book tickets on our website: wshd.to/houseparty

House Party

Join us for a celebration with hot food, games, and a chance to see The Everyworld as we mark the end of a year of making, experiencing and sharing ideas of Home.

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In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 27 Feb, we're looking forward to hearing from Euella Jackson and Jess Bunyan Co-Directors of Rising Arts Agency. This is a free event join us online or in the studio. Book a ticket on our website: wshd.to/leadingforchange

At this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 13 Feb, Mark Osborne will share his work running Not-Yet-Invented, a series of workshops that explore Computational Media. This is a free event join us online, on YouTube, or in the studio. Book a ticket: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13798/not-yet-invented

Not Yet Invented

In this Lunchtime Talk, Mark Osborne will share his work running Not-Yet-Invented, a series of workshops that explore Computational Media.

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We are delighted to announce the 4 UK-based creative practitioners for our Winter Residencies Programme. This is an opportunity for them to develop bold early-stage ideas through creative technology in response to the theme If These Walls Could Talk. wshd.to/winterresidents20252027

Introducing our Winter Residents 2025–2027

Watershed and Pervasive Media Studio are delighted to announce the four UK-based creative practitioners for our Winter Residencies Programme.

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In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 6 Feb, we'll hear about Laundry Justice, a co-produced trans-disciplinary research project exploring off-grid laundry practices and knowledge with Vehicle Dwellers in Bristol. Book a free ticket on our website: wshd.to/laundryjustice

Laundry Justice

In this talk, artist and researcher Lara Luna-Bartley and sociologist and performer Rhiannon Craft will discuss Laundry Justice, a co-produced trans-disciplinary research project exploring off-grid laundry practices and knowledge with Vehicle Dwellers in Bristol.

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In this Lunchtime Talk on Fri 16 Jan, Studio Resident and Video Design Director Reuben Armstrong shares the creative process behind his new documentary on blind runner and punk singer Phil Harrison. Join us online, on YouTube, or in the studio. Book a free ticket: wshd.to/anexerciseinperspective

We are launching our latest documentary film this Friday. Here’s a link to the upcoming ‘making-of’ talk and Q&A with our subject Phil Harrison plus Director @reubenarmstrong.bsky.social, live-streamed via @wshed.bsky.social @pmstudiouk.bsky.social www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/1374...

An Exercise in Perspective

In this Lunchtime Talk, Studio Resident and Video Design Director Reuben Armstrong shares the creative process behind his new documentary on blind runner and punk singer Phil Harrison.

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On Mon 22 Dec we’re excited to welcome young people aged 8–14 and their grown-ups to a festive workshop. 🥳 The workshop will bring a playful twist to the season’s celebrations, inviting you to work together using creative technology. Tickets are £2. https://wshd.to/festivefamilyworkshop

In our last Lunchtime Talk of the year, this Fri, 12 Dec, we'll hear from multi-disciplinary creative, production manager and researcher Emmanuella Morsi. Book a free ticket: wshd.to/storytellingforchange

Join us this Fri 5 Dec for our final Lunchtime Talk of the year. We'll be joined by researcher and maker of immersive media, Julia Scott-Stevenson. This is a free event join us online, on YouTube, or in the studio. Book a ticket on our website: https://wshd.to/immersivemediaandclimatefutures

Join us next Tue 2 Dec 18:00-20:00 for a special Make Shift Meet up for December! This month for a special Syth Pie December meet up we are joined by audiovisual tinkerer and synth enthusiast, Ant Nascè. Book a free ticket on the Watershed website: wshd.to/makeshiftmeetupdecember

In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 28 Nov, we’ll hear from Studio residents Ant Nasce and Pete Nancollis. Discover how video games and instruments shape our play. Book a free ticket: wshd.to/gamessynthsandimpossibleinstruments

In this Lunchtime Talk on Fri 14 Nov we'll be joined by Dr. Rob Gallagher. He'll be discussing his new book Artgames after Gamergate. This is a free event join us online, on YouTube, or in the studio. Book a ticket on our website https://wshd.to/artgamesaftergamergate

In this week's Lunchtime Talk, Mandy Rose, Professor of Documentary & Digital Cultures at UWE will revisit the Video Nation project, with a focus on the Shorts that were the best-known output. Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13656/video-nation-home-movies-of-the-90s

Video Nation - Home Movies of the 90s

In this Lunchtime talk, Mandy Rose will revisit the Video Nation project, with a focus on the Shorts that were the best-known output.

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Bristol based mid-career artists - fellowship with @pmstudiouk.bsky.social! £5.5k bursary. Deadline 15 Oct www.watershed.co.uk/studio/oppor... #artsjobs

Dreamtime Fellowship 2026 | Pervasive Media Studio

This is an open-call to Bristol-based practitioners with an interest in making art in the public domain that involves some sort of technology.

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Was an absolute joy hosting a Pin the Tale poetry workshop at @pmstudiouk.bsky.social last Thursday with Bridget Hart. Participants shared poems about places all across Bristol, written using what3words addresses, and we even wrote a collective poem about Bristol’s iconic Turbo Island!

From the harbourside to Japan’s second city: Watershed is taking cuddly plants, interactive tapestries and sketching robots from Bristol to Osaka, Japan, as part of Playable City Osaka.

Watershed takes Playable City to Japan

From the harbourside to Japan’s second city: Watershed is taking cuddly plants, interactive tapestries and sketching robots from Bristol to Osaka, Japan, as part of Playable City Osaka.

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