MELISSA BLISS

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AWARDS AND RESIDENCES
  • The Intercult Black/North SEAS residency in Mablethorpe Lincolnshire 2009. During the residency I created Hinterland, a scratch and snifffilm made with Mablethorpe residents
  • Artists Access to Art Colleges (AA2A) residency, Sir John Cass School of Art, London Metropolitan University, 2005-06
  • In My Name, a mobile phone film installation selected by Gustav Metzger for EASTinternational 2005 at Norwich Gallery received an Arts Council England production award
  • Live Feed, a residential laboratory for experimentation with live camera, commissioned by the Live Art Advisory Network (Live Art Development Agency, Artsadmin and New Work Network) for their DIY 3: 2005. My report can bere downloaded here
  • e-state commissioned by the Connections e-famous digital film bursary scheme and judged best of the commissioned films, 2004
  • Mentoring Arts program, Space Studios, London 2003
  • Artist in residence, FirstSite Gallery, Colchester, alongside the Laboratory exhibition, 2000
    During the residency I created a multi-window web-based piece based a walking journey along the river Colne from Colchester to the sea.
  • Arts and Business award for Paradise, exhibited in Holden Matthews estate agents, Stoke Newington Festival 2000
  • Eastern England Arts, research grant for research into talking computers, 1999
  • Focal Point, Southend, digital production bursary, 1998-99