The Landing Studio at CREW Galway is a pilot initiative designed to support creative enterprises and innovation-driven businesses from across the West and Northwest of Ireland.
Launched in February 2026, the Landing Studio provides regionally based companies with access to a high-quality support infrastructure in a collaborative innovation environment at CREW, Galway’s leading creative enterprise hub. The initiative enables participants to experiment with new technologies, develop new products and services, and collaborate across sectors.
AIM, the AI and Innovation Centre based in Sligo, joins the Landing Studio as anchor tenant, bringing specialist expertise in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.
Meet the Participants
David Pierce is founder of Black Hole Studio, a creative multimedia studio based in the West of Ireland and now also in WDC’s 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 in CREW, Galway.
Black Hole Studio produce fine art photography, video and multimedia projects while promoting artistic community work and commercial visual services.
Meet Marilyn Fleming, Managing Director of Talegate Media and Publishing, who are all about 𝑎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦, 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑.
In this video you’ll hear about Talegate’s 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀; where they identify a story and all the different platforms on which that story can be told. But that’s not all. The best part is that Talegate operate as a 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗲, ensuring minority voices have a platform to be heard.
Meet Lee Williamson, Creative Producer and founder of Shuttermaniac.
Shuttermaniac is an award-winning Scots-Irish multimedia production outfit working from Dál Riata to Connemara; delivering projects in counties Dublin, Galway, Sligo, Leitrim, Roscommon, Longford, Westmeath, Kildare, Offaly, Laois, and across shires Ayrshire and Argyll.
Meet Fiadh McHugh from Nova Digital, a creative digital marketing agency specialising in creating engaging content for Irish SMEs, sports and lifestyle brands, and community-driven organisations who want a stronger online presence without long retainers or guesswork. By combining clear strategy, scripting, production, and performance insight, they help brands show up consistently, tell better stories, and convert attention into real business results.
Meet Miguel Escobar, founder of Mekkato CreaTech Studio and creator of the AI-powered screenwriting platform ScriptGuru.
Mekkato has recently joined the WDC’s AI-focused CreaTech 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 at CREW, where he is working alongside other creatives and the AI research team from the AIM Centre.
Meet Patrick Brennan of Torc Studio, a virtual heritage site creator. Heritage sites and the stories they hold are often partially or fully inaccessible to a wide variety of people. Torc Studio aims to address this in a compelling and engaging way. Torc’s core areas of focus are accessibility, balancing authenticity and interpretation, and interactivity.
Meet Robin Chedgey, Digital Transformation Specialist with Fíbín Media, a film and TV company based in the West of Ireland.
Fíbín Media’s extensive portfolio ranges from young people’s programming and light entertainment formats, to shorts films, documentaries and educational videos.
Meet Shania Taite, founder and Product Designer with Saorla Health – a patient-centred health innovation company at the intersection of creative design and medical needs, designing medical and digital health solutions for babies, women and families.