By Kanyi Wyban In the wake of Covid-19, artists around the world have been called upon to act broadly, bearing responsibility as crucial cultural players. The moment has largely been categorized as a pandemic and one that demands reactive, therapeutic…
Towards the end of 2019, BOM Director Karen travelled to Nairobi Kenya. She was there with Dr Francis Pope from University of Birmingham’s Environmental Sciences department as part of The ASAP Project. The project is a University of Birmingham research…
Check out Doodle, our first online exhibition. Originally conceived as a hands-on interactive gallery show, this is our fabulous, interactive, virtual version. Artist / Producer Holly Gramazio has been working alongside BOM Curator Louise and digital producer Ben to create…
Spring 2020: We were delighted to bring three amazing practitioners to our Art & Tech Social series. We worked with the brilliant team at Eyebeam in New York City, to curate some fascinating discussions. Eyebeam run a Resident programme annually,…
This weekend Somerset House brings online, their Now Play This! festival. The newly virtual festival unites a creative community of makers to explore playful and participatory ways to bring people together through games and play. BOM is all about playful…
How is BOM World shaping up in this newly evolving off site situation, we hear you ask? We really miss our real life HQ but BOM has never been busier. Through a multiplicity of online apps we’re keeping in touch,…
Just before COVID-19 brought a halt to global movements, BOM delivered an important engagement project in Ethiopia based on the air quality research campaign, ASAP East Africa. We got involved following an invitation from Francis Pope, Professor of Atmospheric Science…
Please watch the video above to see our Curator’s introduction to the exhibition Herstory. The exhibition ran from 10 January 2020 until we had to close due to COVID-19. We’ve put as much as we can from the exhibition…
Want to develop a new creative organisation but with a social mission? We’ve released some of the videos we recently made as part of a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC), to inspire women in Indonesia as they developed their own…
BOM’s Visitor Assistant Claire talks to us about BEST EFFORT NETWORK. A work we were due to display at BOM alongside London’s Arebyte Gallery, The Photographers’ Gallery and the Open Data Institute this Spring. Luckily, the work is a website,…
BOM Fellows 2020 – 2021 Open Call for Expressions of Interest DEADLINE: 5pm Monday 20 April 2020 BOM is inviting proposals for 2020 – 2021 Fellows. With access to an incubator programme of tailored professional development, collaboration and paid opportunities, this…
The risk of COVID19 has meant that we have closed our gallery and Cafe. But never fear, the BOM Team are working hard to bring as much of our programme to you via your devices. Make sure you’re following us…
CD: The BOM Fellows are at the centre of everything we do. Each year we search out a small cohort of creative practitioners working across art, technology and science, providing them with an Incubator Programme of mentoring and creative development…
(left) Anan co-founder of Think.Web in Jakarta; (centre) Karen, founder of BOM; (right) Rama, technical lead at Think.Web On a 10 day journey around Indonesia to meet 10 incredible women. Written by Karen Newman. For the last 10 days I’ve…
Kruse is curating this year’s Art & Tech Summit. Here she talks about the inspiration behind the event… This autumn’s Art & Tech Summit has been inspired by an academic paper written by Jem Bendell, Professor of Sustainability Leadership at…
