It’s that time of year for reflection, the ‘round up’ of the last 12 months, and I can honestly say it’s been a great year for me, working with Stand + Stare in the Stroud studio and joining the Pervasive Media studio community in Bristol, as Stand + Stare’s Creative Producer. I love the variety of work I get up to as a Producer, and if variety is the spice of life, then there’s definitely been a piquant flavour to my year!
Read MoreThe mottled concrete walls, cut by hand by half a dozen construction workers, are one of the many iconic features of the Barbican Arts Centre and Barbican Estate…
Read MoreWe are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Creative Producer to join Stand + Stare to work on the day-to-day running of the company.
Read MoreWe have launched the Tangible Memories project with Libraries Unlimited at Barnstaple Library. This inter-generational project brings young and older people together, to create books about the older person’s life.
Read MoreAfter a period of researching, developing, creating and training, we will be showcasing everything we have been doing with the Tangible memories project to create Parlours of Wonder: bespoke spaces, creative tech and training for care homes. The showcase is at the Bristol City Hall Vestibules space from the 17th to 19th October.
Read MoreWe will be heading to the V&A's Digital Design Weekend, on the 23rd and 24th September. Come along and see a range of designers, artists and technologists for pop up activities and workshops.
Read MoreThe Tangible Memories app allows you to record audio memories, take pictures and create printed books full of your personal stories. It has been designed specifically with older people and their carers and families in mind, but can be used by anyone to create books about their past and stories.
Read MoreStand + Stare have been creating The Post Truth Guide as part of the Brigstow Institute along with Pete Bennett. Pete is a freelance creative technologist and honorary research fellow in human-computer interaction at the Bristol Interaction & Graphics Lab.
Read MoreI recently took a trip to Japan to attend the The International Academic Forum (iafor) in Kobe, where I delivered a workshop with Dr Ruth Farrar, from Bath Spa University, called Utilising Technology to Unlock the Past.
Read MoreOn Valentine's Day Barney, Lucy, Alison and myself attended the Parlours of Wonder event at the University of Bristol's Graduate School of Education.
Read MoreOn the 18th of January I joined Barney, Lucy and Hannah on their visit to Deerhurst care home in Soundwell. This was my third day working for Stand + Stare on my University of Bristol placement, and my first visit to the home.
Read MoreWe recently finished our workshops at a school working with Dyslexic students aged 11 - 13, developing an activity book designed to guide them through the process of creating a story, which uses our Mayfly technology.
Read MoreVisitors to Foyles choose an evidence clipboard and place it on one of the control tables, which, using RFID technology concealed beneath the table, triggers Audible audio extracts from the book and accompanying visuals on the monitor screens.
Read MoreWe have created an ultra portable retro style jukebox for the Barnwood Trust that will show a selection of films made by Heyweather Films.
Read MoreIt is perhaps appropriate that Mayfly emerged from the chance discovery of an old guide-book in a second-hand bookshop.
Read MoreJoin us to celebrate the preview of Mayfly Sound at The Rooms Festival, Bristol on Thurs 5th – Sat 7th November.
Read MoreI took a Mayfly with me on my honeymoon. We got back a few weeks ago, but I have only just taken the time to go through it and listen back to all the recordings I made.
Read MoreCome and join us for a gentle round up of Mayfest 2015. This will be an opportunity to hear from a small group of people who have used our new venture, the Mayfly Sound Journal, to document their experiences of the festival. Listen to snippets of audio from their week and hear them talk a bit about what it was like to use the Mayfly.
Read MoreI have been working with Stand and Stare for eight weeks now and have been fortunate enough to observe how far the project has progressed even in this short amount of time, this is testament to the passionate team working enthusiastically and consistently to achieve their aims.
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