2026 marked the 10th anniversary of Shedonism!

Shedonism is a lab for outdoor artists and makers who typically work behind the scenes and don’t often get the opportunity to meet fellow sector colleagues. This lab is a peer learning opportunity, where everyone is encouraged to bring an idea or a project to work on, experimenting and sharing skills with the group. The Shedonism team will also be on hand to support you with materials, equipment and knowledge.

This opportunity is for makers, fabricators, puppeteers, inventors, mechanics, sculptors, light artists, sound artists, pyrotechnicians, technologists, costumer designers, set designers – anyone who makes things for the outdoors. We welcome artists working at any point in their career including those thinking about working in the outdoors for the first time.

How Shedonism Works

You will be set up with a workstation in the large bay facilities at 101. Everyone will have access to the workshop and 101 provides some materials for you to play with – but if you need anything specific, please bring your own materials with you. Most of the time is free making time, where you can work on your project and/or walk around the workstations and share knowledge with the artists in the room.

During the course of the week, conversations create further learning opportunities and sometimes artists lead spontaneous workshops – for example, Dafe Bullock from Bell and Bullock led a workshop about using 12V batteries and Kathy Hinde ran one about sound and using synths with light sensors.

Each evening the group comes together over dinner to socialise and the residential nature of the lab offers an immersive experience, where you can bounce ideas of each other and find inspiration at any point in the day. At the end of the week there may be an informal sharing where everyone can discuss what they’ve been working on with the group.