Archive

A collection of past Watershed works and projects that have shaped the development of our creative practice and output.

Electric Pavilion An online collection from 2005 that presents Bristol’s artistic talent in, amongst other things, music, photography, illustration and fine art. Jun 2005
Light Up Bristol This short film by AntiVJ captures the alternative epic Christmas lights show which transformed the façade of Bristol’s Council House. Dec 2007
mr_hopkinson's online interactive video sample orchestra An interactive flash piece where you can trigger a curious cacophony of surreal sound and moving mayhem with your mouse Jun 2005
12 Days of Christmas In 2000 children from Bristol schools created twelve pieces of web art based on the Twelve Days of Christmas song. Dec 2000
90 Second Challenge Over 140 films made by people from across Bristol, the site also includes a range of resources for aspiring filmmakers. Jun 2005
Bristol Bhangra Facedances Lively and entertaining video portraits of peoples’ faces filmed whilst listening to Bhangra music. Feb 2009
Bytesize Young South West filmmakers explore what culture means to them in this selection of snappy 90 second short films. Nov 2004
Calling Calling was a 2005 residency programme for three digital artists of African heritage run jointly by Watershed and Kuumba. Jun 2005
Catch Me If You Can Documentation of a five day residency at Watershed to create a prototype of a multi player adventure game using mobile technologies. Jun 2004
Digital Communities Conference Archived presentations from a one day conference exploring the implications and opportunities of new technologies for local and global communities. Jun 2006
Digitised: Communities Online An early digital engagement project (2003/4) that extended Watershed’s work with sections of the community without access to digital technology. Jan 2003 - Dec 2004
Dockside Cranes Two short animated films featuring Bristol’s dockside cranes, based on photographs from the Port of Bristol Authority Archives. Jun 2005
Dog [LAB]02 Digital artist France ‘Cyberdoll’ Cadet was in residence at UWE in 2005 to develop a new multi-robot installation. Sep 2005
Dug Out A website that celebrates the past and future of Bristol’s musical cultural life. Jun 2005
Electric Cinema Electric Cinema showcased a monthly programme of short films from Watershed’s range of work from 2005 through to 2009. Jun 2005 - Dec 2009
Hannu Karjalainen's Film Installations Documentation of Finnish artist Hannu Karjalainen’s visit to Bristol in September 2005 to create a series of film installations. Sep 2005
Holding Tank A moving image work by artist Philip Walker exploring his relationship with the imaginary physical space of the television screen. Jun 2000
I Can Read You An artwork, experiment and game using barcodes and mobile phones run by artist Simon Poulter, HP Labs and Watershed. May 2005
IdeasMart IdeasMart was an exploration of what makes a meaningful, engaging web experience that happened over four weeks in 2004. Mar 2004
Include Include is an enchanting collection of images made by young people excluded from mainstream education using light and a camera. Aug 1998
Local Attractions Photography exploring Bristol as a place and the people who live there that richly reflect the city’s own unique identity. Jun 2005
Movies + Shakers Short films from this creative multimedia project run by musician Tony Orrell in schools throughout Bristol. Sep 2006
Nature of Mind Recordings from a Watershed event as part of The Fragmented Orchestra – a geographically distributed performance spanning music, art and science. Feb 2009
New Interfaces in Performance Supported by Watershed, a group of artists organised a touring programme exploring techniques for creating work for live, interactive contexts. Feb 2007
Offload Festival The Offload Festival explored how artists are visualising and engaging with ecological and social issues through new and existing media. Sep 2007
Re:action An interactive online installation using screen based contemporary dance to infuse new media art with the qualities of performance. May 2004
Rio Kids A web project from 2002 in which young people offer personal, creative responses to the sustainable development of our planet. Aug 2002
Screen Beats A collection of music videos created by groups of young people in Cornwall through after school digital media clubs. Nov 2004
Art Tea in the Vanish Van Art Tea gave tea and cakes to shoppers waiting for buses and invited them to view a makeshift camera obscura. Jun 2005
Sign Hear A website which uses digitised British Sign Language animations in place of written English to promote Deaf community creativity. Oct 2003
Soundtoys Soundtoys is a collection of experimental audio visual artworks from over 200 artists, designers, musicians and writers. Apr 2006
Step Online An online gallery featuring five UK based Asian artists using the web to exhibit their work for the first time. Jul 2007
Sweet Home This short film and installation by artist Ana Bilankov was the result of a residency project at Watershed in 2002. Mar 2002
Transparent Room A gallery installation at Watershed in 1999 projecting time-lapsed views from in and around Watershed into a 3D space. Mar 1999
Waiting For & Fragments of another life Two projects – one using a series of short video clips and one using photography – examining the experiences of asylum seekers. Jun 2005
We.here.now The results of a filmmaking summer school with 24 young filmmakers from Sweden, Lithuania and UK. Nov 2005