Cultural Digital newsletter #66 - listen
Cultural Digital
Hello
"What happens when you "visualize" data with sound?" A fine question, and one that Listen To Data is excellently placed to answer.
Stepping out of the comfort zone to re-imagine the museum experience From Kasja Hartig "This text is an adapted version of my presentation at the Museum Next conference, Melbourne 2017, presenting case studies about experimental digital-first projects and the learning outcome, at the Nordic Museum, Sweden".
LSN : Briefing : Identity crisis "the show […] begins and ends on the d.elete.co website. Children are first asked for a nickname and personal data. They are then presented with four rooms, each using light and sound to blur the lines between the real and the virtual".
The Mordant Family VR Commission. From ACMI and open to mid-career and established visual artists, it "supports gallery-based practitioners to move into VR, encouraging experimentation and enabling the creation of ambitious artworks that push the limits of technology to engage audiences in new ways".
in_collusion "Developing the Cambridge area as a national centre for arts and technology R&D, increasing digital innovation & enterprise across the area".
Becoming a Data Startup – Part 1 | Alliance Labs "Throughout the series, we’ll start with simple (almost basic) techniques that anyone can try and then ramp up to explore more sophisticated ways you can explore your data and learn things about your museum’s practice".
TrendsWatch 2017 from the American Alliance of Museums. This year is all about "empathy, criminal justice reform, artificial intelligence, migration and refugees, and agile design". Apparently.
Apple patents detail augmented reality device with advanced object recognition, POI labeling "For example, the technology might be used as part of a guided tour app, scanning for and providing information about interesting objects as a visitor walks around a museum".
Jobs
There's a digital-related job available at Royal Museums Greenwich.
Events
17 March 2017, Edinburgh: IIIF Showcase: improving access to image collections
7 April to 21 May, Leicester: No Copyright Infringement Intended
26 April, London: Music Connected 2017
Thanks, as ever for reading, for forwarding this email on, and for sharing links through whatever means you favour. The more people who are aware of this stuff the better, I reckon.
Chris Unitt
@chrisunitt
I work with lots of really good cultural organisations on projects involving digital analytics and user research. Visit One Further for more on that.