Here + There

Introduction
Prototypes
Research
Pathfinder Activity
Collaborative Enquiry Report

Here + There, is designed to explore how being locally rooted allows us to understand ourselves as part of an interconnected global network exploring through a programme of talent development, research exchange and business development.

In our final Pathfinder, we want to explore how being locally rooted also allows us to understand ourselves as part of an interconnected global network. The pandemic has sharply thrown into focus how we continue to foster both local and international communities, even when travel restrictions are in place. Pathfinder Five will connect the creative clusters of Bristol and Bath to an international creative technology conversation through a programme of talent development, research exchange and business development.

Prototypes

The Lantern Room

Raucous | Lost & Gone

The Lantern Room R&D is a proof of concept/prototyping project investigating a synchronised cross-Atlantic immersive theatre experience fusing digital technology/mixed reality with live performance. It heralds a new creative collaboration between Raucous and Toronto based immersive company Lost & Gone.

International Ideas Festival

Bristol Ideas | Aké Arts and Book Festival | Toronto International Festival of Authors

Bristol Ideas is committed to international collaboration to find global solutions to the challenges they face through creating new, hybrid, international ideas festivals. Major global issues, including the pandemic and the climate crisis, mean new festival approaches are needed – less reliant on international travel and more focused on digital connections, online debate and international collective problem solving.

GROW

GROW is a project that seeks to debunk known notions of borders, legislation and ownership, exploring current issues around colonialism in a new way. The R&D is on the topic of Bio-Piracy, which is the unethical or unlawful appropriation or commercial exploitation of biological materials that are native to a particular country or territory.

Everything Is Music

EiM | ADE

Everything Is Music is a location-based digital trail for mobile. It allows visitors to discover the rich musical stories of a town or city, all through an easy to access web-browser platform. The future ambition for the platform is to create city wide trails on a global scale that allow visitors, residents and music enthusiasts to discover the musical stories of these places.

Research

Future Leaders International Labs

In July 2021 we supported a set of creative labs run simultaneously across Lagos, Bristol and Durban. These labs, and the activity around them, supported a cohort of 18 young creative entrepreneurs – six from each city – connecting them internationally. The themes explored were developed in response to local need and context. The process tested a new model of hybrid (digital/physical) labs for international collaboration.

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Gathering Moss

Gathering Moss is a digital landscape populated with artistic ideas made in response to the climate emergency. A group of young artists from South Korea and the UK connected through a 5-day Creative Camp. Produced by the Watershed and The Studio in Bath.

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Pathfinder Activity

Collaborative Enquiry Report

A series of research labs were conducted to explore long-lasting international collaborations. Led by Made Culture and Watershed, contributors met online from Lagos, Bath and Bristol to uncover what true long-lasting international collaboration could look like.

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Everything is Music in Amsterdam

by Ben Price

Through Here + There Everything is Music take their prototype to Amsterdam Dance Event. Researching the business models possible and how the location based tours adapt to new cities they share their findings in this blog.

19.04.23 Here + There

Introducing: Here + There Collaborative Enquiry Report

by Malaika Toyo, Remi Olaniyi, Emma Boulton

The final report from Here + There brings together the process for producing collective thinking, including the tools and concepts it inspired and insights towards building equitable and just international collaborations.

Bristol Ideas Hopeful Futures credit Jon Aitken 01903

22.03.23 Here + There

How can we sustain thoughtful international collaboration

by Emma Boulton

Looking at the strengths and assessing what the industry needs to encourage thoughtful, international collaboration in a sustainable way, Producer Emma Boulton shares insights from the Here + There pathfinder.

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