Voices of Avonmouth

An hour on how interactive and spatial storytelling actually gets made with a community rather than about one. Judith Aston presents her ongoing collaborative work in Avonmouth, using the Stornaway.io platform to open up dialogue about the area's possible and preferred futures, and borrowing polyphony from music as a way of holding several independent voices at once. She also connects the project to the Three Horizons framework, pioneered by Pervasive Media Studio co-founder Bill Sharpe. Aston is Associate Professor in Film and Digital Arts at UWE Bristol, co-founder of the i-Docs interactive documentary research network, and a practising anthropologist. 13:00 to 14:00, with Q&A. Free and open to all, with donations invited. In person at the Pervasive Media Studio, Watershed, 1 Canon's Road, BS1 5TX, or on YouTube Live. The room is streamed and recorded. Why go: a rare look at the craft and ethics of participatory digital work, for designers and researchers building things people are meant to speak through.