We are looking for an illustrator to work on two interconnected new projects at Rock Mill Centre, New Mills, Derbyshire. Deadline 9th January 2024
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Over the past two months, we’ve been thinking about what we can offer that supports people in isolation and celebrates our love of combining digital technology with physical experiences.
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At Stand + Stare we are getting used to remote ways of working. Thankfully, videoconferencing works fine for a number of our tasks and chatting one-to-one is almost akin to being in the studio together. Like a lot of people in the creative / cultural sector, we’ve had a bunch of projects put on hold, some cancelled and luckily some that are continuing, albeit in different ways.
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We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Creative Producer to join Stand + Stare to work on the day-to-day running of the company.
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We 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.
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After 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.
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We 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.
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The 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.
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Stand + 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.
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I 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.
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On Valentine's Day Barney, Lucy, Alison and myself attended the Parlours of Wonder event at the University of Bristol's Graduate School of Education.
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On 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.
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We 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.
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Visitors 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.
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We have created an ultra portable retro style jukebox for the Barnwood Trust that will show a selection of films made by Heyweather Films.
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It is perhaps appropriate that Mayfly emerged from the chance discovery of an old guide-book in a second-hand bookshop.
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Join us to celebrate the preview of Mayfly Sound at The Rooms Festival, Bristol on Thurs 5th – Sat 7th November.
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I 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.
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Come 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.
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