Cultural Digital newsletter #68 - what tomorrow looks like
Cultural Digital
Hello
There's a real mix of things this week. I've not even tried to group them into any kind of sensible order - please just enjoy having a sift through. Plus! The usual jobs, events, and so on. Here's the first thing…
Joto is a robotic drawing board. It's on Kickstarter at the moment and has long since flown past the funding target. Interesting that one of the higher tiers gets you access to '365 Days of Art' - an image per day from a top illustrator. I'm tempted.
Canada Council announces $88.5-million Arts in a Digital World fund "Set to launch in the fall of this year, the fund will support short-term small-scale projects for less than $10,000, and large-scale initiatives with funding up to $500,000".
Games, Digital Pubs, and Voices: an Interview with Susan Edwards of the Hammer Museum Susan Edwards is Associate Director, Digital Content. She talks about "her games background, digital publishing and museum content ecosystems, and her new project to celebrate 50 years of the Museum Computer Network".
New ways of seeing is an article by Luke McKernan that starts with the line "Here’s what tomorrow looks like." and goes on to discuss the possibilities of Google's Cloud Video Intelligence API. Worth a read. Or at least a quick skim.
My talk at Ticketing Professionals – APIs Speaking of APIs, Ash Mann talked about ticketing ones - what they are, the current state of them, and where things could/should go.
Should museums have a personality? The answer is predictable enough, but this is a good piece focussing on social media as a place where that personality is expressed.
Open access can never be bad news. If nothing else, the director of the Met Museum being forced to resign has given people the opportunity to talk through the issues of the day.
Nesta have made a map of UK museums. "Given museums’ importance, and in the context of the current review of museums in England that is underway, we have systematically studied access to them in England using an interactive map that we are launching today". And here it is, The Museums Map.
Drawing with Twitter at the National Gallery of Art. This is about how they took their over-subscribed Drawing Salon event and widened participation via social media.
How the Internet Is Saving Culture, Not Killing It. This article reckons that's down to subscription streaming services, Patreon, and a more direct connection between artists and fans via social media.
Future Library "Travel through a century of tree rings and explore authors stories about Future Library a 100year artwork".
I Dreamed a Dream the Other Night. This is described as a 'Digital Exhibition Experience' and comes from the British Council in Turkey.
Show-Score Raises $2 Million in New Financing for Review Aggregator. It's kinda like Rotten Tomatoes for theatre.
New websites
Gordon Walters , National Science and Media Museum, Sgt Peppers At 50, Sydney Opera House.
Jobs
There are digital-related jobs available at the Heritage Lottery Fund, Museum of London, British Council, Royal Academy of Arts, Science Museum, Barbican, English National Opera, Dulwich Picture Gallery, and Philharmonia Orchestra.
Events
22 April, 27 May, 24 June 2017, London: Digital Design Drop-in
19 May 2017, Huddersfield: Historia Ludens — Conference on History and Gaming
5 June 2017, London: Seb Chan’s Museum Masterclass & Crit Room
Please do share your favourite thing with your friends, colleagues, entourage, and social media chums.
Have a great week.
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.