Would you like to create a new sound, music, digital or audiovisual work that pushes the boundaries of audience experience? We're partnering with @crypticglasgow.bsky.social to offer a £40k award to a disabled artist based in Scotland. Apply by Mon 28 Sept: bit.ly/UPAc

Who’s joining us in Llandudno this September? 🥳 From Wed 9- Fri 11 Sept The Big Thing is bringing more than 70 workshops, performances and networking events to North Wales, all inspired by this year's theme, Play's the Thing. immersivearts.uk/events/the-big-thing

Whether you’re an artist, a producer or simply curious about how artists use digital technologies to share their stories, join our webinar next week to explore a theme that connects us all: home 🏠 13 Aug at 11am: bit.ly/4fAkts9 #Home #DigitalArt

Spaces are filling up for our Immersive Workshops! 💚 There are still spots left for our workshops, which return for 2 weeks from 1st September. These sessions are fully funded by CreaTech Frontiers and available to participants living in the West Midlands. Find out more 👉🏼 bom.org.uk/immersivewor...

Our Immersive Workshops in partnership with CreaTech Frontiers are back! 📣 Returning from the 1st of September, we’re running 2 weeks of taster sessions. These courses are free and available to individuals living in the West Midlands. Find out more: bom.org.uk/immersivewor...

THIS. AI might help you, but maybe it wont help you learn well. AI also makes experienced coders lazy! (like me!) youtu.be/HTUh0OO6Kmo?...

What AI does to the minds of novice coders

YouTube video by JetBrains Academy

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Interesting Jon Rafman interview on disparate sub cultures, the dissolving of meaning, and the flattening of the internet www.anothermag.com/art-photogra...

Jon Rafman: “The Fan Art Is More Interesting than the Canon”

The artist’s new book in collaboration with Alix Ross and Liam Denhamer, MSM Vol 2, explores the collapse of the mainstream and the ‘fragmented’ world that follows

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Join us in Llandudno, Wed 9 - Fri 11 September for our annual event The Big Thing! This year's theme, Play's the Thing, explores how artists invite audiences into their work in playful, meaningful and empowering ways. Read about the full programme: immersivearts.uk/news/the-big-thing-in-llandudno

We are seeking a creative and committed Marketing & Communications Officer to join our team! Head to our website to learn more. #ArtsJobs

This is going to be excellent! Along with all the livecoding goodness, Tom Fox will be showing off his SPOKE board, and Lia Mice is bringing along her Soft Cymatics playable tapestry.

Mike Cook@mtrc.bsky.social · 2mo ago

The V&A have a creative meetup happening later this month, including livecoding tutorials from me and nadyaviaproxy! Come learn Magpie with me and jam with nadya’s strudel workshoppers after! www.vam.ac.uk/event/yA068b...

Why do Tesco self service tills now have the voice of Noel Fielding??

AI coding agents - literally doing my job for me and also putting me out of work, but heck - here's the best of em medium.com/@writertripa...

Claude Code vs Cursor vs OpenAI Codex: Which AI coding tool should you use in 2026?

I’ve been staring at my coding setup for the past week, trying to figure out what the hell just happened.

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I have a new website. It's a different approach to my usual "portfolio first" mindset. It's also heavy on the animation. Does it work for you, or not? www.psiconlab.co.uk

Are you in an arts/cultural organisation in need of some digital support? 🤔 Thinking about.... ❓Developing online audiences ❓Creating digital content ❓Generating income from digital ❓Making best use of archive content or collections Find out about our FREE support - bit.ly/Ment26_Bluesky

Anyone into Substack?

🟢🔵🟡🔴 West Mids & Warks playful folks from Fri July 10th we're hosting a new series of free playful co-working afternoons. It'll be a relaxed time for folks to playtest, prototype and hangout in the comfort of Leamington's Dice Box Cafe. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lets-co-wo... pls + thnx for sharing!

📣 Calling all performers &producers! 📣 Our deadline for our Immersive Arts Bootcamp: Real-time Technologies is next week on Friday 26th June! There are a few spots left on our FREE course teaching TouchDesigner & Unreal Engine, focusing on live performance. Apply 👉🏼 bom.org.uk/immersive-ar...

Immersive Arts Bootcamp 2026 - BOM Birmingham Open Media

BOM is an immersive arts organisation. We engage and empower communities through immersive technology and inclusive learning programmes.

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It's a great time to be alive if you want to be a deceiver!

An interesting study, but maybe not especially surprising - 40% of participants in this virtual meet-up didn't notice when users and their avatars were switched, showing how fragile identity in VR currently is. presence-xr.eu/study-reveal...

UK to ban most major social media platforms for under 16 year olds from Monday! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Starmer to announce ‘Australia plus’ ban on social media for under-16s

Sources say hardline measures will also prevent young users from being able to talk to strangers on gaming apps

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It's unbelievable how widespread conspiracy belief is. I keep meeting, and hearing of, otherwise normal friends (of friends) with outlandish beliefs on vaccines, chemtrails, religion, you name it... It's a huge problem ruining relationships and distorting people www.publicfirst.co.uk/the-commissi...

The Commission into Countering Online Conspiracies publishes its 2026 Research Insights

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Got to see this weird and wonderful display today at @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social It's a screen that tracks your head position and measures the distance between your pupils to display a stereoscopic image (alternating rapidly between the view for your left-eye and right-eye) making it look 3D

Spectral Karaoke this Friday at Pan Pan ✨

Guidance for round 2 of the Creative Foundations Fund is available now, with up to £76.8m to improve cultural buildings and equipment. 🏛️ Read the full guidance, explore eligibility and find out how to apply 👇 https://bit.ly/4o3yxNA

Creative Foundations Fund (CFF) Round 2

Find out more about the Creative Foundations Fund Round 2.

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We’re bringing Soul Paint to BOM! 🎨 Experience the multi-award-winning VR experience on 24th June. We’re delighted to host Soul Paint as part of the events for Healing Arts Birmingham in association with Jameel Arts Health Lab, Birmingham City Council & @who.int. Book here 👉🏼 bom.org.uk/soulpaint/

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

Fantastic opportunity from the fantastic Birmingham Open Media:

BOM@bomlab.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Applications close at 5pm on Friday 26 June, for our Immersive Arts Bootcamp: Real-Time Technologies. Designed for live performance, this 12-week, in-person bootcamp is fully funded and will teach participants how to use TouchDesigner and @unrealengine.bsky.social. More info: bit.ly/4wf30Mg

We're looking for the people who document the arts in the UK 📸 Could this be you, or someone you know?

This is an amazing new film! Watched it premiere in the UK at Flatpack festival recently. Very surreal and dreamlike, about teenage naivity at a beauty pageant in the jungle with a low level tension throughout. One of the best arthouse films I've seen in a long time

Watershed@wshed.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Deep in the Peruvian Amazon lowlands, Meshia, discovers Ivan, a young boy who vanished two years ago and was presumed dead. Determined to save him, she embarks on a journey upriver into the mountains. Screening Wed 27 May 17:30. https://www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13949/punku-director-qa

Rich Mix arts centre in Shoreditch has been awarded capital funding of £2.2 million, primarily from the Arts Council’s Creative Foundations Fund, to create a “more welcoming, accessible cultural space”.

Rich Mix arts centre secures £2m capital investment - Arts Professional

Rich Mix arts centre in Shoreditch has been awarded capital funding of £2.2 million, primarily from the Arts Council's Creative Foundations Fund, to create a

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