#187 - Worthy of note

Hello

It's quite a big one this week, with lessons learned, general bafflement, a Twitter bot (haven't featured one of those in a while), lots of awards, and an email-based project of all things.

Real-Time Constraints is "a group exhibition featuring works by artists working within the realms of artificial intelligence, algorithms, machine learning, big data, and interventions in web-based platforms". It's presented by arebyte Gallery and takes the form of a browser plug-in (in case you want a more arty flavour of pop-ups in your life).

What we're learning
20 things we’ve learned about Music Live Streaming DICE's Phil Hutcheon says "DICE is lucky to have insights from thousands of online events since we launched DICE TV and from our years of experience in the pre-COVID world of live events. So I started a list and hope it’s helpful".

New forms, old boxes. From Fast Familiar's Rachel Briscoe "while some organisations have been releasing archive recordings of performances taking place on their stages, other people are making for a new architecture - the internet". 

Opening the Screen on “Live Video Theatre”. From Peter J. Kuo "What wasn’t clear until we presented the work for a live video audience was the life we were breathing into a new hybrid art form, live video theatre". Which reminded me of this piece about how The Lockdown Allows Many To Experience Theatre How Less Advantaged People Already Did.

Arts groups leaped online during the pandemic. Who tuned in? Some numbers from Pittsburgh's Opera, Symphony Orchestra, and Ballet Theatre.

Actually, nobody knows anything
Concerts Aren’t Back. Livestreams Are Ubiquitous. Can They Do the Job? "With no return date for shows in sight, fans and artists are adapting to a new way of experiencing music together. Whether it’ll keep everyone satisfied — and paid — is still unclear". Definitely one of the better round-ups.

Physical? Digital? Virtual? The Masterminds of Fashion Show Production Weigh In on Runway’s Future. "The answer? Well, there isn’t one, really. As London Fashion Week Digital, a men’s and women’s combined week of online content, rolls out from today through June 14, followers will be offered everything from lookbooks of new spring 2021 collections to playlists curated by designers".

Awards
Winners from the Media & Technology MUSE Awards, presented by the American Alliance of Museums.

The Freeplay Awards 2020 and A MAZE. are at the more arty end of the games spectrum and they've picked some things that are worthy of note.

Funding awards
Open Data Institute to help museums agree framework for data-sharing. "Collections Trust has been awarded funding and mentoring from the Open Data Institute (ODI) to explore how all 1,700 museums in the UK might share their collections data with each other and with a range of other users".

MCN receives transformational capacity building grant from Knight Foundation. "Knight support will advance our mission to grow the digital capacity of museum professionals who seek to transform the way their museums reach, engage and educate their audiences using digital technologies".

Digital Catapult and Arts Council England announce 20 teams joining latest round of CreativeXR.

Miscellaneous
Madame Kalamazoo's Magical Mail. The National Theatre have launched a personalised story-by-email thing for young uns. The FAQ is a lot more informative than the main page but is a bit hidden.

Bot Orchestra. "Tweets generated by artificial intelligence, trained on the Twitter history of the UK's publicly funded orchestras".

European Commission seeks your views on future of digital and culture. "The results of this consultation will help shape related policy, priorities and funding at national and EU level for years to come".

Visitors bypass Berlin museums despite star attractions. An official report has said the foundation running a bunch of Germany's museums is "dysfunctional, outdated and out of touch". "The experts pointed in particular to failures in the digital arena, accentuated at a time when many of the world's museums are relying on the internet due to international travel restrictions"".

School Visits Post-lockdown: The Role of Digital. A Survey Report. Lots of digital stuff in this, including the finding that "digital activities are ~60% more likely to feature in post-lockdown visits than pre-covid."

Coach. Digital training for culture pros.

I'm doing a free session on Getting the Most from Google Analytics on 29 July, 1.30pm BST. Join Coach: FREE for to sign up.

Digital Jobs

There are digital-related jobs going at Tate, Woolwich Works, and Royal Museums Greenwich.

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Chris Unitt

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