Hello
Ah, it’s been a while again since the last one of these, hasn’t it? Hopefully, this comes as a nice surprise.
In this edition, we have an AI quiz (plus some other AI bits and bobs), a bunch of insights from various people (because it’s good to highlight the people doing the work), and some other bits and bobs.
Quick plug: if you’re interested in how people find and use online collections, then come along to the launch of the Discovering Online Collections: Benchmark Report on Weds 15 November (or register to get the recording).
We (as in, the rest of the One Further team and I) have had access to data from 50 institutions from around the world and we’ll be sharing what we’ve learned from it.
V&A object or AI image? I didn’t do very well on this quiz.
This comes from mused, which, as the V&A’s Kati Price explains in this introduction, is “targeting a global Generation Alpha online audience aged 10 – 14 across the English-speaking world”. The list of collaborators (hi!) hints at the scale of the task.
More AI
Generative AI at the BBC. “we’re outlining three principles that will shape our approach to working with Gen AI”.
AI Whimsy: An Image Is a Story Is an Image. At a recent hackday, the team at Cogapp made “an app that could take an image as input and generate a new image to show what happens next in the story”.
ART+TECHNOLOGY’S latest season is all about AI. Also notable, A+T. is a content partnership between Hyundai and Bloomberg Media Studios.
Spawning. A collection of “AI tools for artists. Made by artists”.
From people
Win the whole visit. Liam Darbon, Director of Digital and Innovation at Tate shares “how tactical programming adjustments informed by audience behavior data were a foundational game changer for Tate”.
Creative R&D: Art | Ideas | Technology. Chris Michaels (who previously led digital things at the National Gallery, British Museum, and others) has started a newsletter.
It’s OK to get emotional on the purps. The BFI's Neil Williams on some lessons from a team visit to GDS.
Q&A with Ella Lewis-Collins from the Royal Opera House. The ROH's Head of Marketing & Sales on "how they are using digital to support ticket purchases, engage audiences, develop education, improve accessibility and more".
Our digital sustainability journey. From Karys Staddon, Production, Data & Insight Analyst at Orchestras Live.
Other
British Library - Director of Digital. This is a new role for the Library. It’s always worth reading job descriptions to see what plans an organisation might have.
Is your blog working? Substrakt have done a study of 30 performing arts blogs. I particularly love recommendation #4 "Ask yourself, is it really worth the effort?"
Legal Lullabies. “Lull yourself to sleep with the soothing white noise of your favourite tech giant’s terms of service”. Tech + music = sweet dreams.
Virtual Stage | Birmingham Royal Ballet. "With substantial investment in equipment and by working alongside industry-leading partners we are pioneering the use and application of immersive technology in classical ballet".
Internet Archive Web & Data Services. A new “digital repository and preservation solution designed for libraries, heritage and arts organizations, publishers, researchers, and individuals”.
The most beautiful meal of the day: an interview with Symmetry Breakfast's Michael Zee. Symmetry Breakfast is a hugely successful Instagram account. I had no idea they started it while working at the V&A.
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