Pervasive Media Studio

03/12/2025

Join us for our final First Friday of the year Fri 5 Dec, 17:00–19:00. This month’s event is a special collaboration between Pervasive Media Studio and Muti Live.

You’ll experience work from:

Beloved Sara Zaltash - Interstellar Animism
Sharing the first glimpses into a new narrative astronomy project called 'Interstellar Animism.'

James Wheale - Trepanner
A sound-based project exploring what it means to be human through space and spirituality.

Jon Somerscales - Phycologica
An interactive installation using breath and microalgae to show how carbon can be removed from the air.

Holly Thomas - Half Light
A sensory journey through twilight, deep night, and a sonic sunrise.

Skye McColl
Exploring how water shapes the natural and urban environment around Watershed through photography.

Free and open to all.

03/12/2025

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.

Julia will discuss research and creative practice findings from her study on how collectively interacting with immersive artworks might influence our sense of agency and how we perceive the climate crisis.

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

Book a ticket on our website: https://wshd.to/immersivemediaandclimatefutures

28/11/2025

Join us next Fri 5 Dec for First Friday, our monthly social and showcase event open to anyone and everyone.

This month is a special collaboration co-produced between the Pervasive Media Studio and Muti Live. The theme they've chosen is ‘Light in the Darkness’ through immersive art and technology.

Free & open to all. 17:00- 19:00.

Find out more info: wshd.to/firstfridaydecember

26/11/2025

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.

Make Shift Meet-ups are a space for early career creatives(18-30s -ish) to come together in the Pervasive Media Studio on the first Tuesday evening of each month.

Book a free ticket on the Watershed website: wshd.to/makeshiftmeetupdecember

25/11/2025

In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 28 Nov, we’ll hear from Pervasive Media Studio residents Ant Nasce and Pete Nancollis.

From the empowering interactions and powerful technology of video games to weird and wonderful musical instruments and contraptions, they’ll explore how we play and how the virtual world lets us build the impossible.

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

Book a ticket on our website: wshd.to/gamessynthsandimpossibleinstruments

12/11/2025

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

07/11/2025

Join us tomorrow Fri 7 Nov 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.

📸 Shamphat

05/11/2025

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.

Video Nation became a household name, praised by audiences, critics, and academics.

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

Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13656/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.

29/10/2025

In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 31 Oct, Studio Resident Tom Marshman invites us to consider how q***r people navigate love, desire, and identity in an age of constant connectivity, and, what artistic possibilities emerge from this shifting landscape.

This is a free event join us online on YouTube or in the studio. Book a ticket on our website.

15/10/2025

In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 17 Oct, Professor Elena Marco will discuss Home Made Visible, a study using her own home to explore how storage and domestic spaces affect wellbeing. The project suggests that rethinking our homes is key to building healthier and more inclusive cities.

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

Book a ticket: https://ow.ly/4vxp50XaBF7

03/10/2025

This week there will be no First Friday, however, we're excited to share that next Fri 10 Oct we'll be joined by Container Magazine as part of BTF+ — a reimagined Bristol Technology Festival. 🥳

Oma, Container's Editor will give a Lunchtime Talk between 13:00–14:00 which you can book for in our bio. Then between 17:00–19:30 we'll host an informal evening of conversation and creativity, featuring a retrospective of experimental digital art.

Both events will happen in Pervasive Media Studio and are free.

Find out more on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/studio/events

Watershed

01/10/2025

In this Lunchtime Talk, we'll hear from Sacha Wares who'll share her evolving understanding of the language of movement in virtual reality.

Drawing on her new piece Inside: The Childhood of an Artist, Sacha reflects on the highs and lows of wrestling with motion as a narrative tool.

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

Book a ticket on our website.