Cultural Digital newsletter #162
Cultural Digital
Hello
This week we've got social media, ones to watch, craft, and streaming.
My_big_lamp (iOS only, I think) is by game designer Adriaan de Jongh and artist Giulia Bierens de Haan. "Perception is a perennial question for artists who strive to represent reality as they subjectively see it". Trying to resist the urge to add 'Parklife' to that.
Social media
Social Media Burn Out. From Russell Dornan. "Like many people working in museums, social media managers go beyond their job descriptions and pay scale, and their mental health is put to the test every day".
Sara Huws with "a short parable on Welsh history and the digital pond" from her time at Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales.
Adam Koszary has shared the MERL's social media data.
Miscellaneous
'Ones to Watch' Createch innovators. "Fifty breakthrough UK businesses and projects harnessing creativity and technology".
Nigerian Entrepreneurs Chidi and Chika Nwaogu: Publiseer. Co-founders of a publishing platform for authors and for musical artists.
Artists Mold the Future of Ceramics With 3-D Printing. Notes on the use of technology within ceramic practice, from a recent ceramic arts conference.
#TheWorkofArt. The 6th edition of the smARTplaces series of events will be about 'Craft, Enterprise and Gender in the Digital Age'. These are streamed on Facebook too.
Opera Houses Find More Ways to Meet Fans Where They Are. This is mostly about streaming and is a decent primer on things from an opera house POV.
European Commission report on Cultural Heritage: Digitisation, Online Accessibility and Digital Preservation. "This report reviews and assesses the overall actions and progress achieved". Includes examples of commercial and non-commercial use and re-use of digital collections. Also, there's apparently been a move towards digitising more monuments, historical buildings, and archaeological sites. Presumably on the basis that these things can't be moved if something terrible happens.
Culture Next: The Trends Defining Gen Zs and Millennials. Spotify on what defines 15-38 year olds (because that's a sensible way to group people?). "Through a mix of qualitative exercises, expert interviews, survey data, and our own streaming intelligence, we identified five key trends that define this next generation around the world".
Jobs
There are digital-related jobs available at Art UK, Cambridge Junction, and the National Gallery.
Thanks for reading, and spreading the word. More from me next week (probably).
Chris Unitt