Cultural Digital #024 - long time no email
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Hello again
I'm back! Hope you didn't miss me too much. Quite a backlog of interesting stuff has built up (not that I've ever been short of stuff to post) so I'll have to spread things out over the next few emails.
Plus everyone in the world's gone and launched a new site over the past couple of weeks. But let's start with this…
You've probably seen The Next Rembrandt by now but, if not, then take a look. It's clever.
Links
lyrical school - RUN and RUN (Vimeo). This is pretty extraordinary and very well executed. You really have to watch this on a mobile phone.
Congrats to all the recent GLAMi Award winners. Here are the nominees - basically a huge list of every digital/museum project of the past 12 months.
Hacking Rambert is a project by Leila Johnston, the first digital artist-in-residence at Rambert. I've mentioned it before, but it's winding up and there's an ebook to read now.
Technology Expands the World for African Artists. "A growing number of sub-Saharan African artists are realizing the importance and potency of technology - social media, apps, websites and online platforms focused on the promotion and archiving of African contemporary art".
Avant Arte. The people behind this started with an Instagram account, racked up 100k+ followers, then developed this app for Tinder-style swiping through art.
Fit for China Digital Showcasing. The British Council showcased some UK cultural organisations online for a Chinese audience. Here's Culture24's report on the project
Hello! Who’s there? A post from Chloe Roberts at the Wellcome Library "Towards the end of last year we ran a survey on the Library website. The aim was to find out more about who is reading our blog, what kind of content you enjoy reading, and how we can give you more of what you like. I thought I’d share the three most useful things we learnt from the survey."
Open Call - Books London Edition This is "a series of exhibitions in art galleries, art museums, art institutions and art biennales around the world, featuring a selection of unique printed books with Facebook timelines by prolific artists who make facebook a part of their daily practice".
Tara Robertson points out that when it comes to digitization, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.
By sheer coincidence, many museum logos follow the same trend. Unless you believe the author of this piece who thinks it's "A harrowing commonality that suggests some international conspiracy between our cultural gatekeepers". He might have a point.
Meanwhile, Museums on Film - a visual essay compiles 25 feature films "to give insight into the way museums are narratively and aesthetically presented in films".
New websites
Deep breath… Edinburgh International Festival, Arts Council England, Hampstead Theatre, Rich Mix, Museum of Danish America, Shakespeare Birthplace Trust collections, Royal Armouries Collections, Museum of London, National Theatre, and the Victoria & Albert Museum.
Some of the above have written articles about why they've chosen to do what they've done - I'll link to a bunch of those next week.
Events
Creative Data Club #14, London, 19 May 2016
I told you there was a lot to catch up on, and there's plenty more where that came from too. Until next time…
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.