First Friday is a monthly social event open to anyone. It takes place in the Pervasive Media Studio between 5pm - 7pm every First Friday throughout  the year except for August and January.

These events are somewhere between the last meeting of the week and the first event of your weekend. You might meet an artist or an engineer, a school teacher or a city leader. It is a place to connect with someone you might not otherwise meet, and hear about stuff you didn’t already know. All are welcome - from inside and outside the city.

People joining us will have the opportunity to have a look around Pervasive Media Studio and to find out more about some of the work that happens here. As well as the chance to socialise in the Studio, attendees joining the event will also get to see a selection of work by some of our Studio community. 

At this First Friday, we will be reflecting on and celebrating accessibility-driven projects by showcasing work by Caroline McGlone, Eirini Lampiri & Lisa May Thomas, and Wecil. The evening will also feature a slow movement perfomance by Axenia Raulet, as well as information about the recent Sony Assistive Music Instruments Hackathon and MIMA's Towards New Worlds, an exhibition curated by Studio resident Aidan Moesby. 

Join the First Friday mailing list here.

This event is supported by MyWorld. 

Booking info

There is no need to pre-book. Head to our main bar area, buy a drink if you want to, and then follow directions down to Pervasive Media Studio.

About Pervasive Media Studio

The Pervasive Media Studio hosts an international community of over 200 artists, companies, technologists, and academics exploring experience design and creative technology. We are a space for risk taking and early ideas; for the kind of projects and questions that inhabit the meeting points of art, technology, and society.

Our projects span play, robotics, location-based media, food, connected objects, interactive documentary, new forms of performance and more.

We have an open plan studio with a culture if generosity, curiosity, and interruptibility. We believe that by clustering people together from a broad range of backgrounds, with differing skills, experience, and opinions, all of our ideas become better.

Access

Pervasive Media Studio is wheelchair accessible and there is an accessible and gender neutral toilet. There is also a baby changing area.

We have a dedicated quiet room where there is low lighting, sofas, bean bags and space to lie down. This is away from the general open space of the Studio.

If drop in events aren't accessible for you, please email studio@watershed.co.uk to book in. When you book in, we will link you up with a member of our team who will reach out to find out where you would like them to meet you and what time you will arrive. That team member can also arrange a time for you to visit the Studio for a 1-2-1 tour so you can familiarise yourself with our space before attending.

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