The Bridge: A Creative Lab For Physical-Meta Production

摘要：战略资金和技术创新正在推动制造、机器人、人工智能和创意技术领域改变世界的进步。这一进展为创造性研究提供了机会，以推动这些技术在英国创意和文化部门及其他领域的采用和应用。然而，真正具有颠覆性的跨学科研究需要创造性的从业者获取和吸收尖端技术的知识和专业知识。我们已经确定了威斯康星大学在没有现有基础设施支持的情况下，在‘物理-元生产’方面研究能力不断增强的一个领域。在整个教育和产业结构中，使创意产业成为可能的技术和内容生产的艺术过程之间存在着明显的区别。随着技术迅速塑造创意经济的方方面面，考虑到审美、文化和伦理影响的必要研究往往滞后。物体的物质性和触觉与几乎身临其境的环境的复杂集成拥有巨大的潜力来探索创意和数字方法的碰撞。布里斯托尔大学布里斯托尔分校的一个新实验室Bridge将把艺术、人文和技术研究人员团结在一个独特的、跨学科的“碰撞空间”中。它将利用学术、PGR和技术人员的专业知识，最大限度地提高复原力、资源和在UWE创意和文化领域的协同效应。The Bridge将通过(1)为跨学科、以实践为基础、以设计为导向的创意研究提供空间，(2)推动采用艺术和人文领域的新兴技术，以刺激创新形式的创意表现和生产(3)通过提供数字技能支持、培训和指导来打破技术壁垒。The Bridge的创建将克服UWE创造性研究能力中的以下缺陷：1)抑制研究环境：UWE创意研究基础设施不能满足跨学科研究对实物-元探索的需求。400平方米的翻新将提供一个物理和技术支持的研究空间，促进无缝互动。2)数字技术进入障碍：许多艺术与人文(AH)研究人员由于高进入门槛和缺乏知识而不敢在研究中使用技术，从而减少了创新机会。The Bridge的设备将设置用户友好的界面，一名1.0FTE的实物技术人员将提供和提高技术能力。3)技术人员分散：关键技术人员的能力仍然分散在不同的研究中心实验室中。大桥将为技术人员提供一个网络空间，让他们就关键研究主题和技术专长进行合作。4)缺乏设备和分散：乌鲁木齐目前缺乏适当的设备共用地点/工作流程，无法进行实体-元勘探。该桥将配备新设备、升级的UWE设备和工业翻新项目、共用数字技术和物理实验室空间。平等、多样性和包容性(EDI)和可持续原则和做法将从项目启动起嵌入。在促进循环和可持续消费的同时，建立一个可进入的、开放的跨学科研究环境。这将通过我们对UWE的EDI宪章的承诺以及通过分别通过翻新和重新利用现有设备来采购至少25%的设备来实现。最终，大桥将成为英格兰西部和更广泛地区的灯塔，寻求新的技术应用来加强AH研究，同时支持英国的创意和文化经济。

Summary:Strategic funding and technological innovation are driving world-changing advances in fabrication, robotics, AI, and creative technologies. This progress is opening opportunities for creative research to drive the adoption and application of these technologies for the UK's creative and cultural sector and beyond. However, truly disruptive, interdisciplinary research requires creative practitioners to access and assimilate knowledge and expertise of cutting-edge technologies.We have identified an area of growing research capability at UWE in 'physical-meta production', unsupported by current infrastructure. Throughout educational and industrial structures there is a clear division between the technology enabling the creative industries and the artistic processes of content production. As technology rapidly shapes every facet of the creative economy, the necessary research that considers the aesthetic, cultural and ethical implications often lag. Sophisticated integration of object materiality and touch with virtually immersive environments holds great potential to explore a collision of both creative and digital approaches.The Bridge, a new laboratory at UWE Bristol will unite arts, humanities, and technologies researchers within a unique, interdisciplinary 'collision space'. It will leverage academic, PGR and technician expertise, maximising resilience, resources, and synergies within UWE's creative and cultural sphere. The Bridge will strengthen this growing specialism at UWE in physical-meta production by (1) providing a space for interdisciplinary, practice-based, design-led creative research, (2) driving adoption of emerging technologies in the arts and humanities to stimulate novel forms of creative expression and production (3) break down technological barriers by providing digital skills support, training, and mentoring.Creation of The Bridge will overcome the following shortcomings within UWE's creative research capacity:1) Inhibitory research environments: UWE creative research infrastructure does not meet the needs of interdisciplinary research for physical-meta exploration. The refurbishment of 400sqm will provide a physically and technically enabled research space that facilitates seamless interactions.2) Digital Technology Entry Barrier: Many Arts and Humanities (AH) researchers are deterred from using technology within research due to high entry barriers and lack of knowledge, reducing innovation opportunities. The Bridge's equipment will be set-up with user-friendly interfaces and a 1.0 FTE in-kind technician will provide and grow technology capacity.3) Technician Dispersion: Crucial technician capacity remains within siloed within disparate research centre labs. The Bridge will provide a network space for technicians to collaborate on key research themes and technical expertise. Networking this knowledge base will enable interdisciplinary activities and innovative uses of equipment for new purposes.4) Lack of Equipment and Dispersion: UWE currently lacks appropriate equipment co-location/workflow to enable physical-meta explorations. The Bridge will be equipped with new equipment, upgraded UWE equipment and items refurbished from industry, co-locating digital technologies and physical lab space.Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and Sustainable principles and practices will be embedded from project initiation. An accessible and open interdisciplinary research environment will be built whilst simultaneously promoting circular and sustainable consumption. This will be achieved through our commitment to UWE's EDI charter and by sourcing at least 25% of equipment through refurbishment and repurposing existing equipment, respectively.Ultimately, The Bridge will act as a beacon for the West of England and wider regions, seeking novel applications of technology to enhance AH research, whilst supporting the UK's creative and cultural economy.