Cuttlefish Multimedia Ltd Apps
Hidden Stories 1.3.4
This app has woven creative writing withsmartphone technology to create a fascinating literary explorationof Leicester's Cultural Quarter; specially commissioned poetry,plays and narrative fiction explore urban locations and theirhistory.Follow trails around the area to find original content anduncover the Cultural Quarter's hidden stories. Each trail startswith a white marker on the map which signifies the first chapter ofthe story.You can view the chapters of each story in any sequence.However, you might want to open them in the intended order so thatyou can see the narratives unfold. Simply follow the line on themap and open the next chapter when you have arrived at thelocation.Hidden Stories has been commissioned as part of AffectiveDigital Histories: Recreating De-Industrialised Places, From the1970s to the Present, a research project exploring the hidden anduntold stories of people who lived and worked in former industrialbuildings at two locations in the East Midlands: Leicester'sCultural Quarter and Glossop, a mill town in North Derbyshire. Theproject is funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council(AHRC) and is based at the University of Leicester. Phoenix and appdeveloper Cuttlefish are project partners. The app makes use ofCuttlefish's Empedia locative media platform.Hidden Stories features creative writing by Divya Ghelani, DavidDevanny, Irfan Master, Carol Leeming and Kevan Manwaring. Theillustrations and page layouts are by Mateus Domingos.
Leicester App4life 1.2.1
Leicester City Council and NHS Leicester Cityhave launched a brand new campaign called Leicester Active 4 Life,encouraging residents aged 14+ and their families to take a step inthe right direction to lead a healthier and active life.Leicester App4life is full of ideas, tips and links to localactivities to help you on your way. We hope you find it useful.
CQApp 1.2.4
Leicester's Cultural Quarter is located intheeastern part of the city centre, five minutes walk from thetrainstation. Home to venues, bars, galleries and manycreativebusinesses, it is the creative hub of the city.This app provides a comprehensive guide to the area, producedbythe people who live and work here in collaboration withtheCultural Quarter Association.The focus of the initial releases of the CQApp is to mapplacesin and around the Cultural Quarter. You will find all themajorattractions listed here, as well as plenty of 'hiddengems'.
Price Touchdown 1.0.5
Price Touchdown will help you to exploretheCity of Leicester through great discounts on great food anddrink,designer luggage, fine jewellery and much more.Leicester is an exciting international city with a proudhistorystretching back 2000 years.Leicester is brimming with things to see and do,withstate-of-the-art, award-winning venues including Curve,HighcrossShopping Centre and the National Space Centre, a fantasticcalendarof events and festivals, renowned museums and galleries, arange ofcuisines, areas of natural beauty and ancient heritage.Leicesteroffers something of interest for all ages.Our central location in the Midlands, makes it to accessiblefromall directions. It takes just 62 minutes to come to Leicesteron afast, direct train from London.All offers valid during October 2015.
St Georges 1.0.5
This app will help you exploreLeicester'sCultural Quarter, a part of the City also known as StGeorges. Ourinteractive guides will show you the rich heritage ofthe areausing materials collected from local archives and thepeople whohave lived, worked and visited here.The production of this app has been a collaboration betweenappdeveloper Cuttlefish, University of Leicester and Phoenix. Aswellas creating a new guide to the buildings in the area, we havealsoincluded other locally produced guides that we think you willfindinteresting.You can expect to see new guides to the CulturalQuarterappearing here in the future. We will also be publishing aseriesof creative explorations of the area by local artists.
Sounds of the Cultural Quarter 2.0.3
Explore Leicester's Cultural Quarterthroughsounds from past and present. Track your location on the mapandimmerse yourself in the soundscapes to discover theCulturalQuarter from a different perspective.Press the footsteps button to start the location tracker. Asyouwalk around the area the sounds will then automatically play asyouapproach them and stop as you walk away. Press the button againtostop the tracker. The best way to explore the soundscapes isonfoot around the Cultural Quarter. However, when thelocationtracker is off you can touch the map to hear what it wouldsoundlike at that location.The first time you open the app the latest collection ofsoundswill automatically be downloaded to your device, enabling youtouse it offline and reducing future bandwidth usage. Itisrecommended that this first download takes place over wi-fi.Sounds of the Cultural Quarter has been commissioned as partofAffective Digital Histories: Recreating De-IndustrialisedPlaces,From the 1970s to the Present, a research project exploringthehidden and untold stories of people who lived and worked informerindustrial buildings at two locations in the EastMidlands:Leicester's Cultural Quarter and Glossop, a mill town inNorthDerbyshire. The project is funded by the Arts andHumanitiesResearch Council (AHRC) and is based at the UniversityofLeicester. Phoenix and app developer Cuttlefish areprojectpartners. The app makes use of Cuttlefish's Empedia locativemediaplatform.The app features a collection of sounds and recordings byColinHyde and Andrew Hill with contributions from Julie Attard,JennyBailey, Sam Fisher, Petrina Foti, Clare Hudson, Hywel MaslenandLucy Stevens.
Field Broadcast 1.3.2
Field Broadcast is a live streaming projectconnecting artists, audiences and obscure locations through thisapp and through our desktop software. Once installed this app willalert you each time an artist makes a live broadcast, creatingunique montage with your space whenever and wherever you are. FieldBroadcast works with live digital broadcast as a medium,commissioning artists to make work specifically for this platform.Broadcasts are made from specific locations, interacting with thesurroundings, allowing that environment to become an actor withinthe work.
