Pot Luck is a unique social club for creative people.

Back in November, we announced the four recipients of the Jamie Iddon Award (JIA): Blaise Peters, Bea Bidault, Flo Yuting Zhu and Ken Nakajima.

We have two studios available at our building in Portslade, Brighton.

A recent research paper co-written by the Blast Theory artists and the University of Nottingham has won a prestigious Best Paper Award at the annual Computer-Human Interaction Conference (CHI’24) in Hawaii.

Writing from objects – generating titles, descriptions, stories, facts and blended writing

🗓️ 6-8:30pm, Wednesday 22 May

📍 Blast Theory Studio

🎫 Free entry

This Pot Luck is all about how to generate writing through the objects you have around you.

We are very proud that Blast Theory’s Pot Luck programme is among the first to be awarded a grant in Brighton & Hove under the Shared Prosperity Fund.

Can You See Me Now? is a mixed reality game of chase with a twist: players online are chased by runners in the real city.

It’s official.

🗓️ 6-8pm, Wednesday 27 March

📍 Blast Theory Studio

🎫 Free entry

Spring is near and things are opening, so let that be us too!

This next Pot Luck is all about new ideas or ideas that you are trying to develop.

Cat Royale is heading to Wales Millennium Centre.

🗓️ 6-9pm, Wednesday 24 January
📍 Blast Theory Studio
🎫 Free entry
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Out of the darkness we bring you Pot Luck: Light Making with recycled, upcycled (presents?) and re-used materials.

Find out more about the recipients of The Jamie Iddon Award

Get your making chops on, we will be making Kimchi!

Learn how to make it or share your skills with others, but you will go away with food that is spicy and good for the gut, a recipe card and of course a warm glow.

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We are very proud to announce a great opportunity for emerging artists.

We have a vacancy for a new studio tenant at our building in Portslade, Brighton.

Having co-founded Blast Theory in 1991, Ju Row Farr has decided to leave the group in October.

Join Ray Adams Row Farr as she hosts a unique Pot Luck Takeover on Wednesday 6 September.

We’re grateful to have received support from the Mo Siewcharran Fund for a new Studio and Production internship starting in October.

Join Simon James and Angus Carlyle as they host a very special Pot Luck on Wednesday 26 July. They’ll be sharing some sounds recordings from their visits to the port and will be talking about their plans for this exhibition. What better location than overlooking the port itself?

We have a vacancy for a new studio tenant at our building in Portslade, Brighton.

We’re looking for people to help test the accessibility of our latest work, We Cut Through Dust.

21 June 2023 – 20 January 2024, Free Entry 

Cat Royale returns as part of Science Gallery London’s latest exhibition, AI: Who’s Looking After Me?

We’re really pleased to welcome artist Odirile Khune Motsiri to the studio for a four-week residency as part of Culture ConneX, a unique multi-disciplinary arts programme produced by Urbanflo in partnership with Brighton Fringe.

Having performed in over 28 countries worldwide, Rider Spoke is back for a spring tour to Keswick, Darlington and Redcar as part of Eden Arts’ The 66 project.

We’re thrilled to be joining an incredible lineup at this year’s Manchester International Festival.

Join our latest artist in residence, Sigrún Gyða Sveinsdóttir, for an artist talk on Tuesday 14th March.

We are looking for a freelance Video Editor to work on one of our most ambitious projects yet.

We are looking for a Production Assistant to work on one of our most ambitious projects yet.

OBS Studio Technician (up to 4 days, up to £800 + VAT)
Vision Mixer (14 days, £2,800 + VAT)

Apply now: Cat Royale volunteer runner

Are you into tech, cats or both? Have you ever wanted to work with artists?

Cat Royale gets its world premiere this March at the World Science Festival in Brisbane.

This month Blast Theory welcomed Icelandic artist Sigrún Gyða to the studio.

We’re looking for a computer vision expert to join the Cat Royale team.

Can you teach an AI what a happy cat looks like? Help us by tagging cat activity for our latest project, Cat Royale.

This year, we opened our studio space to 14 local artists and makers:

Amber Gibbins, Violeta Marchenkova, Rikki Tarascas, Emma Lindsay, Joel O’Donoghue, Lady Helena Vortex, Chiron Stamp, Shani Kantor, Anna Weatherston, Seren Oroszvary, Jane Glenzinska, Kelly Vassie, Andrés Saenz de Sicilia and Natalie Scott.

If you were here this time last year, you’ll remember this little skit…

Last year I invited our audiences to fill in an audience survey.

Join us for the last Pot Luck of the year where we’ll be looking at gifting – what does it mean, who is it for and what can we learn from sharing/giving away? We’re inviting you to come along in true Pot Luck style and bring what you can to eat and to share, plus for this one please bring something to gift or give to someone else – it can be a thing, an idea, a story, an hour of your time or anything else you think you can share.

This December, we’re opening up our studio for you creatives to get your work done.

POT LUCK UPDATE: Due to personal circumstances, we are postponing October’s Pot Luck.

Do you love cats, technology or both? Wherever you are in the UK we want to hear from you!
Blast Theory are looking for 15 people to form the Cat Royale Audience Advisory Panel and join us on the journey of making Cat Royale.

We’re offering three young artists/creatives the opportunity to be mentored by the Blast Theory artists. The positions are available for people aged 16 to 25 living in the Brighton and Portslade area.

Have you ever wanted to work on a film shoot? Test a mobile game? Or work with artists?

We’re looking for a Studio and Production Intern to work with the friendly Blast Theory artists and team.

Wednesday 17th August 6-8pm

There’s a word for it – as Talking Heads once said.

This week Blast Theory welcomes Caribbean Artist Rodell Warner into the studio.

We’ve been re-listening to the phone calls that make up Short Periods Of Structured Nothingness in preparation for a fresh outing later this month.

As part of our 30th birthday celebrations, we’ve made a little documentary about what happened and why we did it.

It’s On. The next Pot Luck.

And this one is all about image-making!

We are delighted to have Georgia Banks as our latest and last remote resident.

We are bitterly sad to share that Jamie Iddon has died at the age of 46.

We’re offering free space to work in the Blast Theory studios for local artists and makers in 2022.

Take part now
 

Our online experience, A Cluster of 17 Cases: Online, returns as part of Design and Healing: Creative Responses to Epidemics, Cooper Hewitt’s latest exhibition in New York.

After 13 years, Rider Spoke is returning to Australia.

Because of all that has been happening in the world in the last two years, we will not be doing a call-out for our Residency Programme this December.

As part of COP26 – the UN Climate Change conference in Glasgow – UKRI will feature Gift as an example of interdisciplinary innovation.

We’re looking for two talented freelance Junior React Developers to work with our artists, coders and designers. As Junior React Developer, you will work with the Blast Theory artists to implement design ideas as React interfaces. Working alongside Blast Theory’s Software Lead, you will specify, build and deploy a prototype React application.

We’re keen to get to know our fans and followers better, and improve how we communicate with you.

Blast Theory will take a leading role in the Creative Programme of the Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Hub (TAS). We are the ambassadorial lead partner, helping to curate the programme and delivering a flagship new work to launch it.

Ever wanted to work on a film shoot? Test a mobile game? Or work with artists? We’ve been offering a series of Kickstart placements this year for 18-24-year-olds to start a career in the arts.

Pot Luck is Blast Theory’s social event for local makers and creative people to meet and make something with other like-minded folk. 

Join us in the flesh at the studios, 6-8pm on Tuesday 24th August.

Photo: Alex Kershaw
 

Rider Spoke continues to tour the UK and beyond in 2021/22.

Last year, we decided to redevelop Rider Spoke from scratch (the first version was made before smartphones existed).

We’re super excited to announce that we’re working with the epic folks at Manchester Street Poem.

We have studio space available for local artists and practitioners for a four week period between 19th July and 14th August.

We’re excited to announce that artist Matt Adams has been selected as an Associate Artist for IN SITU, the pan-European network for public art.

We’re delighted that our new version of A Cluster of 17 Cases is now online as part of the Contagion exhibition at Science Gallery Bengaluru in India.

On Thursday 22nd April, Blast Theory premiered three new short films that explore the effects of violence in army life, as told by veterans in their own words.

Photo: Alex Kershaw
 

We’re excited to announce that Rider Spoke will be shown at a number of amazing places over the coming spring and summer months.

We’re looking for people with a hearing impairment that use captions to help test a new interactive artwork.

We’re expanding our pool of creative freelancers. You can be at any stage in your career. Get in touch by 6 Jan. Read more on how to apply.

From a field of 299 applications, Blast Theory’s Creative Team was one of 30 selected for the R&D phase of Festival UK* 2022.

We’re excitedly preparing for a new version of one of our favourite Blast Theory works.

This year we’re redeveloping one of our most celebrated works and we need your help to test out the new version.

Interactive storytelling in Karen. Read more.

Digital gifting to help those unable to visit public spaces. Read more.

Taking a look at the intersection of art, science and technology in our recent work on infectious diseases. Find out more.

‘Spit Spreads Death: The Parade’ wins first prize for ‘Video, Film, Animation, & Live Media Or Digital Performance’.