@knowlewestmedia.bsky.social
A community hub, digital manufacturing space + neighbourhood living lab in Knowle West, Bristol. Since 1996, we’ve been collaboratively shaping fairer futures using arts, tech, and care. 💚
Excited to be in partnership with Future Makers & artist Ben Parry on the 'Plastic Pavilion' built outside KWMC! It will serve as a gathering space for plastic-themed workshops coming soon...
💚 Supported by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @bathspauni.bsky.social @bristolwater.bsky.social
New Voices, a talent scheme for underrepresented writer-directors in the south west, is open for applications. Apply with a 5-min short film idea by Fri 22 Aug, 17:00. Selected applicants get mentoring, script development, workshops with actors and more. watershed.co.uk/filmhub/even...
21.07.2025 08:27 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
Making the Homes We Need within Planetary Boundaries
🗓️ 16 June, @wshed.bsky.social
We invite you to join community activists, designers, and policy-makers who are co-designing and making new ways to create decent and affordable homes that don’t cost the earth.
housing-reimagined.eventbrite.co.uk
Child speaking into a microphone held by an adult with a laptop and amp outdoors.
Group of adults and children celebrating around a microphone setup in an allotment.
Three children posing under a Springfield Community Allotments sign with bikes nearby.
Excited to share this special episode of The Seekers Podcast, featuring local community allotment group, We Are More Springfield!
This episode was co-produced between KWMC and The Wardrobe Ensemble. Available on all podcast platforms and on their website: theseekers.co.uk/podcast
📷 Ibi Feher
Are you an established creative technologist or artist/researcher interested in exploring @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social past digital arts and tech practices? This MyWorld Fellowship might be the opportunity for you. wshd.to/kwmc2opportu...
25.04.2025 15:23 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
Pop into Filwood Library or Bedminster Library to explore the Sharing Stories exhibitions! Celebrating powerful local stories collected by Filwood Community Centre and Acta Theatre, beautifully reimagined by emerging designers and our KWMC Factory team...
youtu.be/1ggyjVttqZk?...
an image for forestscapes listening lab at Science Gallery London, Friday 21st March 2025, 6.30pm. There is a collage featuring images of forest related plants, creatures, infrastructures and objects. Concentric circles represent fields of sound. The background is a gradient from purple to yellow. In the top right is an image of the moon.
Looking forward to forestscapes listening lab at @scigallerylon.bsky.social's Pulse of the Planet, Friday 21 March, 6.30pm: publicdatalab.org/2025/03/12/f...
with @maudbo.bsky.social @lboungr.bsky.social @asaenzdesicilia.bsky.social & Angela YT Chan
What a focused and creative group of young people at @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social's Soundwave(+). A genuine pleasure to be working on Web Of Life Quest #gamemusic with them. #BristolUK - you still still got it! #digitalcatapult @innovateuk.bsky.social
04.03.2025 18:18 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Trying something out ... a lunchtime reading group for hopeful technologists. If anyone wants to come, perhaps we can make it a semi-regular thing. For the first one, let's read Ruha Benjamin's Imagination: A Manifesto www.careful.industries/blog/2025-2-...
23.02.2025 22:03 — 👍 73 🔁 26 💬 6 📌 2
People standing in BDFI’s Reality Emulator - an interactive wrap-around digital space.
Person wearing a tethered augmented reality headset, stood in front of a screen displaying a skeleton.
Our team visited @bdfi.bsky.social to get inspired, dream big and reflect on the future of KWMC! 🤖
We’re so excited to explore how this cutting-edge tech can be shaped with and for local communities... What would you use these facilities for? 👀
A lively gathering at the Foundations for the Future exhibition, with a group celebrating in front of a wall showcasing community projects and learning initiatives.
Two people chat at an exhibition, one holding a booklet titled Foundations for the Future, surrounded by displays about data and public engagement.
A person reads a booklet in front of an exhibition display featuring creative community projects and text about reimagining high streets.
A seated audience watches a film screening in a dimly lit exhibition space, with a large projected image of two people in protective gear painting a building.
Our 'Foundations for the Future' exhibition is OPEN! ✨ It runs through 2025 at KWMC (BS4 1NL), everyone's welcome to pop in Mon-Fri 9:30am-5pm, just give us a quick call or email first to check the space is free (enquiries@kwmc.org.uk / 0117 903 0444)
New programme coming soon!
📷 Ibi Feher
We're excited to have you! 🥳
06.02.2025 15:39 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
image from the exhibition - success story about fixing manhole cover
project summary - on tackling the energy crisis using data and involvement of local residents
blast from the past - 1990s at Knowle West
Brill exhibition at @knowlewestmedia.bsky.social looking at the past several years of their achievements + reflecting on the future opportunities when working with tech and local communities. Well done @rcecoleman.bsky.social and KWMC team for putting it together :)
28.01.2025 16:45 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Linzy and Rachael are smiling at the camera, sitting on grassy hill at golden hour, wrapped up warm in coats and scarves.
We are delighted to welcome Linzy Na Nakorn and @rachaelclerke.bsky.social to the KWMC team as artists in residence! Look out for exciting opportunities to collaborate and connect with them throughout 2025 as they explore Filwood Broadway...
tinyurl.com/kwmc-artists
Image of people standing outside a community factory, smiling and brandishing tools.
Hi, we're WeCanMake and we've joined the exodus from that other platform...
WeCanMake is a neighbourhood test space in south Bristol, imagining and making low-carbon homes that grow social infrastructure and community wealth in the process.
Operating out of a community microfactory, we... 🧵
Person observing a 3D printer producing orange objects.
Young person and adult examining electronics attached to plants.
Group of people sitting in front of a modern building (KWMC). They are surrounded by a hybrid setup with cameras and microphones.
Person wearing a virtual reality headset and a shiny costume with fish-scale patterns.
Hello, BlueSky!
We’re Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC): a vibrant community hub, digital manufacturing space + neighbourhood living lab in Knowle West, Bristol. Since 1996, we’ve been collaboratively shaping fairer futures using arts, tech, and care.
Can’t wait to connect with you all 💚
