Hi, my name is Jeff Daniels, it’s February 2020 and I am at Arnolfini, in Bristol with fellow core group members of the ‘City of Threads’ project. We are here to listen to expert Miranda Rae deliver a presentation about podcast production, the A to Z of ‘How To’. The presentation is going really well,… Continue reading The Blind Person’s Podcast Making Kit Light Bulb Moment
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Press release: HLF Funding success for City of Threads
We are delighted to announce that PECo Theatre has received a project grant of up to £43,600 from The National Lottery Heritage Fund towards ‘City of Threads – 7 decades of VI oral history ’. Made possible by money raised by National Lottery players, with additional ongoing support from Arnolfini, University of Bristol and Watershed’s Pervasive Media… Continue reading Press release: HLF Funding success for City of Threads
Sighted guide training
At PECo we have been working with visually impaired artists and core collaborators for over three years now developing our latest theatre project; an immersive multi-sensory journey into the city from a visually impaired perspective. As part of this we are committed to sharing the learning that we are undergoing around creating inclusive and accessible… Continue reading Sighted guide training
Dark City compiled VI resources and Activites
Contents Support Groups + Organisations Tools and Resources Social and Activity Groups Arts and Cultural Venues + Organisations Intro: Prepared by PECo Theatre as part of the Dark City project, this document provides a list of resources, support, activities and opportunities available for visually impaired (VI) people in Bristol. The… Continue reading Dark City compiled VI resources and Activites
Dark City outreach final session
PECo Theatre’s final Dark City session took place on 23rd May. It was such a special event and we are very grateful to everyone who attended for being so generous with their time and being open and honest about their unique situations as individuals, venues and organisations. We were pleased to be hosted by… Continue reading Dark City outreach final session
Call out for VI ‘Journey Takers’ for Arnolfini city fellows
[Image description: a photograph of Bristol Temple Meads station in black and white is in the background. In the foreground in bold orange text is the City Fellows logo, beneath it is written: ‘Creating Projects born from Bristol, bringing together artists, thinkers and doers to re-imagine the city]. Do you have lived experience of visual… Continue reading Call out for VI ‘Journey Takers’ for Arnolfini city fellows
Creative technologist needed for Arnolfini city fellows project
We are looking for a Creative Technologist to programme wearable technology that allows VI wearers to map and record their own narrative and bio-data as they travel through the city then process the data captured during the journeys, in consultation with the wider contributors, for public presentation. The accessibility and function of the technology used… Continue reading Creative technologist needed for Arnolfini city fellows project
Rachel Aspinwall and Holly Thomas are Arnolfini City Fellows!
We are delighted to announce that PECo’s artistic director Rachel Aspinwall and core artist on the Dark City project Holly Thomas, have been appointed Arnolfni city fellows. Read Arnolfini’s press release below! Arnolfini announces our City Fellows – two ambitious art projects created for Bristol by Bristol. Arnolfini today announces two ambitious and experimental projects… Continue reading Rachel Aspinwall and Holly Thomas are Arnolfini City Fellows!
Dark City Podcasts
[image of a universe with the pupil of an eye in the centre] Dark City Podcasts are a series of interviews by veteran blind broadcaster Alan Dyte, with members of the visually impaired community, made in Bristol between October 2018 and April 2019 Interviewer: Alan Dyte – Alan was educated at the Bristol Royal School for… Continue reading Dark City Podcasts
Dark City Q&A – Holly and Rachel
At a visual impairment accessibility lecture, attendees find events interrupted by a voice that hijacks the airwaves of the audio describe headphones they are wearing, calling them to action. The Dark City is in peril. Whole areas are disappearing, becoming impassable voids. Buildings and parks that used to be favourite haunts are causing sickness… Continue reading Dark City Q&A – Holly and Rachel