During the First World War, a culture of experimental performance emerged in London, challenging mainstream theatre and sympathising with the dissenting politics of the peace movement.  

What did the project involve? 

The project team examined a group of ‘little theatres’ …

What did the project involve? 

Much like air quality, the sounds of our cities affect our wellbeing and health. This project explored how noise pollution in the city can be mapped and the effect of noise on people’s wellbeing.  

The …

The Anthropocene names a new epoch: an age in which humans are leaving an indelible mark on the fabric of the planet. It is an essentially temporal concept, based on a geological sense of ‘deep time’ which cannot easily be …

Biospheres pose not only scientific questions (is a functioning biosphere possible? And what would it contain?), but significant humanities questions: Why has the idea of a biosphere captured imaginations of the future? Does it offer insight into present understandings of …

The project came about when Sabrina Shirazi was told by diners from Cuisine+Colour that her creative dining experiences helped them to overcome anxieties about eating. She initiated interviews with people in recovery from treatments for their eating disorder and consulted …

There is a common assumption that neighbourliness and street–level interaction and connections have diminished, as contemporary society has become more mobile and individualised, and as residential streets grow increasingly diverse; particularly in …

In a world of post-truth news reporting, where even reputable sources have to be questioned, a new perspective is brought to the museum-goer, where interpretation and context are scrutinised more thoroughly.

What did the project involve? 

The researchers sought to …

Dhek Bhal, a community-based charity, has been working with the ageing South Asian population in Bristol experiencing social isolation and vulnerability. This project sought to build on their unique legacy of culturally responsive services to collaboratively explore the use of …

While working together on another project at Pervasive Media Studio, Peter Bennett and James Wheale made a surprising discovery: that they could create an app that was controlled by making a wine glass sing.

This quickly developed into controlling the …