Pervasive Media Studio

03/06/2026

First Friday is a monthly social and 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 and valuing creative work.

Showcasing work from the following artists:

- Amelia Winger-Bearskin, (she/her/hers, Seneca-Cayuga Nation) is a Brooklyn-based artist who invites you to the Goblin Market, a playful, participatory performance co-created as part of her Royal Shakespeare Company IF Fellowship at Watershed.

- Tunde Olaniran (they/them ) is an artist based in Flint, MI, whose work spans the worlds of music, dance, film, literature and performance art. They have collaborated with Amelia on development of a costume that acts as a ledger, which Tunde will share as part of the Goblin Market.

Free & open to all. 17:00- 19:00, no booking required:

First Friday is a monthly social and showcasing event open to anyone. It takes place in the Pervasive Media Studio every First Friday throughout the year except for August and January. This month we’re transforming the Studio into a Goblin Market - part performance, part game, part ritual.

27/05/2026

In this week's part-performance, part-Lunchtime Talk on Fri 29 May, Anastasia Dahl will draw on her practice in dance improvisation to explore relationships between the nervous system, creativity and agency.

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

Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/studio/events/2026/05/29/lunchtime-talk-life-action-over-life-consumption

📸 Martin Viktorov

20/05/2026

In this week's Lunchtime Talk, on Fri 22 May PlayDisrupt will be sharing young people’s creative outputs from the Public Map project, and the journey of co-designing new ways of making maps.

Public Map is a University of Cambridge-led research project and online mapping platform designed to increase civic participation in planning, particularly in regards to young people. As part of Public Map, Play Disrupt have worked with over 400 young people across Anglesey, co-designing a process to create animated symbols for children to illustrate how they feel about where they live.

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

Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/studio/events/2026/05/22/lunchtime-talk-symbology-bringing-maps-life

08/05/2026

Join us for our first work-in-progress sharing part of Unfinished at Undershed on Thu 28 May 15:00 - with artist and Dreamtime Fellow Gemma Paintin.

In this sharing, Gemma presents work developed during her fellowship, including an experiment synchronising metronomes, exploring how frequency, resonance and oscillation might help us think through interconnected crises.

Unfinished at Undershed features work-in-progress by residents of Pervasive Media Studio. In this ongoing series of unfinished work, you're invited into the creative process. Join artists as they experiment with sharing something which is new to them as well as to you. Expect early ideas and interesting surprises - work that your feedback can make a real difference to.

Tickets from £3 (+12% booking fee).

Find out more and book tickets on our website:

Join us in Undershed for our first work-in-progress sharing with artist and Dreamtime Fellow Gemma Paintin.

06/05/2026

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. 🎭

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/13951/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.

29/04/2026

In this week's Lunchtime Talk, Pervasive Media Studio Resident 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 join us online, on YouTube, or in the studio.

Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13950/the-adhd-experience

28/04/2026

Join us this Fri 1 May 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.

This month we'll see work from:

- Richard Sewell, Co-founder of Airgiants and roboticist and Martin O'Leary, Head of Studio and creative technologist will be sharing the latest iteration of Whiteboard Techno, an interactive magnetic music-making piece of office furniture.
- Odiri Ighamre an oral storyteller, writer and creative facilitator will be present with her new book 'She's Home' and be sharing visuals from her growing exhibition: Internal Conversations.

Free & open to all. 17:00- 19:00, no booking required: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13972/first-friday

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21/04/2026

In this Lunchtime Talk on Fri 24 April we'll hear from Artemis Bear who will talk about why we need to take action and offer alternative options for cloud storage, collaborative documents, email, media streaming, social media and hardware.

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

Book a ticket on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/studio/events/2026/04/24/lunchtime-talk-no-big-tech

14/04/2026

In this week's Lunchtime Talk on Fri 17 April we'll be joined by sound artist Nik Rawlings. They'll speak about their upcoming performance breathing.systems which you can experience on Sat 25 April at Undershed.

breathing.systems is a collective spatial sound performance, that uses a wireless multichannel sound system worn on the bodies of choreographed performers - and their experience of composing and performing with spatial sound.

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

Book a tickets on our website: www.watershed.co.uk/whatson/13933/breathingsystems-embodied-spacial-sound-performances

09/04/2026

If you could ask the water in the harbourside a question, what would you ask it - and what might it say? 🌊 Join us on Sat 18 April at 11:00 to find out.

To celebrate Earth Day, sound artist Duncan Speakman invites young people aged 8-14 and their grown-ups for a special workshop to celebrate Earth Day. There will be a hands-on activity outside, suspending hydrophones (underwater microphones) into the harbour to experience what life sounds like under the water.

This session is part of Watershed’s Wild and Generous programme.

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Explore the hidden sounds of the harbourside using hydrophones (underwater microphones) in a hands-on workshop for young people aged 8-14 and their grown-ups.