Virtual BOM update
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,…
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BOM in Ethiopia
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…
Herstory: reproductive innovation, rights and politics
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…
Creative Social Enterprises
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…
Olia Lialina BEST EFFORT NETWORK
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,…
Call out for Fellows 2020 – 2021
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…
Our building is closed… but we will not stop!
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…
A Fellow a month: Matty Evans
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…
10 Inspirational Women: Supporting Creative Social Enterprise with Think.Web in Indonesia
(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…
Making art at the end of the world
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…
Mood Pinball at the V&A’s Digital Design Weekend
We will be in London this weekend (21 – 22 September) to showcase Mood Pinball to thousands of visitors at the Digital Design Weekend at the V&A. The annual event is a brilliant (and free) chance for members of the…
Beholder tours to Ars Electronica Festival and the National Museum of Quebec
This September our virtual reality artwork inspired by autistic perceptions of beauty will be touring to Art Electronica festival in Austria and Quebec Film Festival in Canada. In 2018 we commissioned United Visual Artists (UVA) to create a new work…
Announcing the new BOM Fellows
We’re excited to announce the new cohort of BOM Fellows, joining us from September 2019. We will be welcoming nine new Fellows into the cohort, making a total of 17, the largest number of BOM Fellows to date. This includes…
Call out for Fellows 2019-2020
BOM Fellows 2019 – 2020 Open Call for Expressions of Interest DEADLINE: 5pm Friday 14th June 2019 BOM is inviting proposals for new Fellows from October 2019 – October 2020. With access to a Fellows Incubator programme of tailored professional…
Free resource for teaching science with art
Teaching science with art Free resource! We were delighted to lead a research project with Baskerville school in Harborne, Birmingham. Supported by the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, the project evidenced that teaching science through art does improve engagement and attainment of…
