Cultural Digital #218
Shadows, libraries, digital learning, and more
Hello
In this edition, we’ve got a spooky installation, money being dished out for digital library/collections projects, some broader thinking about digital learning in the cultural sector and a mish-mash of various other things.
Chasing Stars in Shadow is “a story about shadow kids who come and go between 2D and 3D”. It’s by the Korean artist and computer programmer, Joon Moon, who’s been exploring installations featuring ‘augmented shadows’ for more than a decade.
Libraries
Digital Inclusion in Libraries in England. “These are the key findings and our recommendations for action”. From the Good Things Foundation and Libraries Connected.
Digital collections catalyst from the State Library Of Queensland “is awarded annually to developers and creatives to support innovative and creative uses of our digital collections and collections data”.
LibraryOn grants awarded to 27 public library projects. "Supported by Arts Council England and facilitated by the British Library, the fund enables library services to boost their digital presences and enhance their discoverability for new and existing users".
Digital learning
NEMO report on digital learning and education in museums. This presents “15 European digital museum projects and offers recommendations for fostering digital engagement, learning and education in the post-pandemic cultural heritage sector”.
Digital Learning & the Cultural Sector - What Next? Some reflections from Julia Lawrence. "what struck me the most, was that in almost all cases the technology was moving beyond the functional allowing children and young people to create and play within the online spaces."
Other
Digital Culture Award Winner case study: The Old Vic. “In total, 108,810 households watched an OLD VIC: IN CAMERA live performance from 94 countries, with the peak number of households watching one performance reaching 5,000 households”.
Membership without borders. Scottish Ballet's new free membership. "For the price of sharing an email address, individuals become Scottish Ballet members with benefits. Perks include access to dance classes, digital magazine subscriptions and invitations to online events".
Measuring the economic value of museums and galleries digital offers: an exploratory use of contingent valuation techniques. The report authors wanted to know if you could estimate the value of a museum or gallery’s digital offer using the same economic valuation techniques applied to the traditional ‘offline’ offer. The answer is a tentative ‘yes’ with the caveat that ‘digital offer’ is a slippery concept.
Digital Specialist-in-Residence. A new program from the Australia Council for the Arts “provides arts organisations with access to a specialist to help them develop their digital capacity and pilot a new digitally led project”.
Face/Off: Changing the face of movies with deepfakes. This is a fun study. “We observed an average false memory rate of 49%, with many participants remembering the fake remake as better than the original film”.
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