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National Science & Media Museum, Bradford 2025 & Mediale launch major Interactive Digital Commission ‘City of Wonder’

Call for a Creative Lead to develop and deliver an interactive digital commission from the National Science and Media Museum and Bradford 2025, UK City of Culture

Over recent months, we have been working with the National Science and Media Museum (NSMM) to help shape this callout for a creative studio, experienced designer, digital artist or collective, to lead the creative development and installation of an internationally significant interactive digital experience in Gallery One (310sqm) of the National Science and Media Museum, Bradford. This £550,000 new commission opportunity, called City of Wonder, will explore sound and vision technologies that have changed how we experience our physical and virtual worlds. Audiences will be invited to play with and be inspired by the wonder of the digital world.

The experiential environment will take inspiration from the museum’s collections and subject matter and could draw from the raw data of Born in Bradford—the largest research project of its kind in the world—to engage our visitors in a memorable way. Drawing on Bradford’s vibrant, youthful and diverse energy, the commission will bring an interactive digital experience to the heart of the city and celebrate Bradford 2025’s key themes of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and maths).

The topic of the brief has been kept deliberately open in order that the creative response is limited only by your imagination. The challenge is to develop something that gains international coverage for Bradford and the museum by pushing boundaries and doing so within 310 sqm.

‘The museum is looking to present something we could never have thought of ourselves, but that is intimately connected to our collections and subject matter. It should be rooted in City of Culture 2025, and something that audiences will remember for years to come. But most of all, we want this experience to inspire wonder.‘

You can find out more about the brief and how to apply on our Opportunities page, or head straight to the Science and Media Museum website HERE.