Cultural Digital #022 - new ways of making
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The week's email runs the gamut from augmented libraries, 360º art, and digital music-making, to the nuts and bolts of getting a digital project done.
This responsive pixel art is probably the most fascinating thing I've seen all week.
Martha Henson urges everyone to stop wasting money on digital projects if you aren’t prepared to promote them properly.
The Werkbank at the Sitterwerk Art Library is "expanding on the ideas of the current system of a true free-hand library". It's pretty cool, and is from an outfit called Astrom / Zimmer.
The Atlantic on Archaeology’s Information Revolution. "In the near future, every archaeological artifact could be digitally connected to every other artefact".
You can wander around Hieronymus Bosch's 'Garden of Earthly Delights' in VR and see Dalí's work in 360º video.
Apparently Digital Ticket Lotteries Are Broadway’s New Normal. "In the past year, 17 Broadway shows have implemented digital ticket lotteries to supplement or replace in-person rush sales".
Bringing Cultural Metadata to Life. "How shared blockchain infrastructure can foster innovation and realize the promise of open cultural data". Buzzwordy!
Conference notes
Matthew Tyler-Jones was at Digital: From Idea to Audience this week and made some notes.
Nadine Ishani spoke about getting the best out of your ticket vendor and web agency at the Ticketing Professionals conference.
New ways of making things
Eye Conductor from Andreas Refsgaard is a way to play music with eye movements and facial gestures.
Chrome Music Lab is "a collection of experiments that let anyone, at any age, explore how music works. They're collaborations between musicians and coders, all built with the freely available Web Audio API".
Wired have written about how Google’s Artificial Brain Is Pumping Out Trippy—And Pricey—Art, talking neural nets and a "two-day exhibit that raised roughly $84,000 for the Gray Area Foundation for the Arts, a San Francisco nonprofit devoted to the confluence of art and tech".
Speaking of trippy art, Deja Vu, from KAMRA needs you to have headphones and a webcam handy.
Events
9 April, London, UK, Bot Summit 2016
10-11 June 2016, Coventry, UK, Random String | A Ludic Rooms Project
…and that's a wrap. Please forward this on to others and spread the artsy-digitally joy.
Chris Unitt
@chrisunitt
I work with cultural organisations on projects that involve digital strategy, content and (especially) analytics. Visit One Further to find out more. Or just hit the reply button and say hello.