Cultural Digital newsletter #126
Cultural Digital
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This week there's disobedience, provocation, and failure. There are also a few interviews and a story. So all the good stuff.
Media Artist Filipe Vilas-Boas Explores Idea of #Robots and Disobedience. The Punishment is "an art/media project by Filipe Vilas-Boas in which a robot executes a preventive punishment for its possible future disobedience".
Websites
Answering the question “what’s on today?” This is from Colin Brooks at the Whitney Museum and it's really good. "Moving the needle on ecommerce while trying to provide a better visit planning experience is an ideal outcome for a feature like this".
Last week I was a bit mean about a certain art organisation's terrible new website. Due to popular demand (well, two people asked) I've written a more constructive breakdown of how that site gets basic things very, very wrong.
While we're 'embracing failure' (ugh), what's your least favourite arts/culture/heritage website?
Interviews
musete.ch has "in-depth interviews with experts in the field of museums and the web".
Seattle Art Museum’s first-ever CTO sculpts SAM’s technology future on a non-profit budget. An interview with Manish Engineer.
Other things
Ten things for my museum colleagues working in digital. Seb Chan being provocative.
The Shape of Clouds - Gianrico Carofiglio. "This book automatically adapts the story to your location, weather conditions and time of the year". Reminded me of William Boyd's The Vanishing Game, which was also paid for by a car company.
Instagram is influencing architectural briefs and smart textiles are transforming fashion.
Art Prof provides free online art classes and What’s the Value of an Online Art Crit? is an iterview with the founder, Clara Lieu, who also happens to be a professor at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Jobs
There are digital-related jobs available at National Museums Scotland, Parliamentary Archives, Geffrye Museum, National Trust and more.
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Chris Unitt
The Library is a treasure trove of arts/digital info. The latest update includes info on loads of Aus and NZ websites (who built them and which CMS they use). Find out more about The Library.