We are running a workshop alongside Paola Torres Núñez del Prado and Julian Rohrhuber on the 31st January at the Epistemic Media Research Group (Institute for Music and Media) in Düsseldorf. This event will be a convergence of two areas of recent research, Andean Khipu knotted string records - knots as records of individual's duty to their society, and the peculiarities of labour accounting in historical Cornish mining.When speaking of “formalisms”, we mostly think of formulas written in a symbolic text. When speaking of “the necessary formalities”, however, we know that we may not only write, but also act …

A free workshop for kids and their families and friends where we search for crystals, examine them under a microscope and make electronic noises with them!Location: United Downs Raceway, St Day (situated to the south east of St Day, on the road between Crofthandy and Frogpool).Time: 11am to 3pm - lunch and snacks will be providedThis will be a Fun Palaces Event - see this page for booking info

A free workshop for kids and their families and friends where we search for crystals, examine them under a microscope and make electronic noises with them!Location: United Downs Raceway, St Day (situated to the south east of St Day, on the road between Crofthandy and Frogpool).Time: 11am to 3pm - lunch and snacks will be providedThis will be a Fun Palaces event - see this page for booking info

The khipu represents an example of a divergent lineage of technological development: used by diverse pre-Colombian civilizations in the Andes, it stored information in the form of knots. In this drop-by workshop in recreation with Paola Torres Núñez del Prado and Dave Griffiths, you can explore different arts technologies incorporating and inspired by khipu knots. This includes sound interfaces made by Paola as part of her doctoral research and creative practice, and their new ‘pluggable knots’ interface – large knots that can program how woven robots walk and dance around the winter garden.Location: Winter Garden, Sheffield

We're excited to be hosting this conference from 12-20th September 2025, with a huge range of talks, workshops and performances exploring algorithmic patterns in the creative arts. Algorithms aren't just about computers, they're also used to make intricate patterns in traditional arts and crafts like weaving, braiding, juggling, music and choreography and in this event we'll bring all these practices together to celebrate the patterns that create deep connections between them.The conference is all watchable online, with the first weekend focussed on talks hosted in Sheffield and streamed from there, and the second weekend focussed online but with 'watch …

A free workshop for kids and their families and friends where we search for crystals, examine them under a microscope and make electronic noises with them!Location: United Downs Raceway, St Day (situated to the south east of St Day, on the road between Crofthandy and Frogpool).Time: 11am to 3pm - lunch and snacks will be providedTo book email dave@thentrythis.org

After lots of carrying and lifting and cleaning, we're ready to welcome you in to our new studio spot in Gray's Wharf. It's just next door to where we were in Jubilee Warehouse. We're opening our doors between 11am and 2pm on Saturday 16 August, and you're very welcome to bring friends, kids, family... (let us know if you want to bring a dog though, ours is very nervy at the mo with other pooches!)The open studio also serves as an opportunity to launch Drawings About Things, which is our new illustration and print strand of work. We'll …

We'll be showing Nergal at the opening night of the Royal Society Summer Exhibition in London. Matt, Nitara, Amber and Dave will be on hand to introduce you to our nergal friends. There is more info on the exhibition (along with all the other events and exhibits at the Summer Exhibition) on the Royal Society websiteThis drop-in activity will be held in the Conference room on Tuesday 1 July 2025, 6pm – 10pm.Free to attend, no ticket requiredDue to limited capacity, there may be times when queuing is necessary for a short period. Please note that we …

Paola Torres Núñez del Prado will be working with Alex and Dave to provide a workshop with young people where we can play a little with khipu - from knot making and tying our own khipu to experimenting with our "pluggable knots" interface, where knots can be used to make music and control woven robots.This is part of a festival at The Newbridge Project called Everyday Algorithms in Newcastle, which has been organised by our good friend and past resident, Shelly Knotts.