Cultural Digital #223
Featuring fly-throughs, podcasts, reports, and more.
Hello
This week there’s aerial tomfoolery, the quilt capital of the world, free memberships, and all sorts of other things. There could just be something for everybody.
To no one's surprise, the prospect of a remotely operated flying object buzzing through the galleries was not a slam-dunk.
The Detroit Institute of Arts commissioned a drone fly-through. Here’s how it came about.
While we’re on the subject. Flying through London’s defining landmark Tower Bridge at 152mph. This cultural institution/brand content collab landed too late to be included in CD #222.
Podcasts
Data-driven social media at the Royal Institution. A good interview with Stephen Franklin on Skip The Queue.
Ecommerce Playbook ft Alan Doan of Missouri Star Quilt Company. This is a pretty extraordinary case study. It’s ecommerce-focused but takes in content, community, tutorials, YouTube and all sorts. Big recommend.
The Art Angle Podcast Presents: How the Intersection of Art, Design, and Technology Is Evolving. Featuring artists Trevor Paglan, Khyati Trehan, and Sebastian Errazuris.
YouTube Vs. Opera. “Discover how this niche opera charity took on Google’s video-streaming powerhouse, and created a content hub with international reach”.
Reports
The impact and legacy of our Digital Skills for Heritage initiative. Wrapping up the NLHF’s big digital programme.
The Business of Digital Art: Economic models and insights into the future (PDF). Digital Inter/Section (a European project) have released a report based on a survey of 60+ European digital art organisations.
Beyond the “substitution effect”: the impact of digital experience quality on future cultural participation "we provide evidence showing that online participation, particularly if the experience is high quality, has the potential to increase future in-person participation".
Measuring the economic value of museums and galleries digital offers: an exploratory use of contingent valuation techniques. Can you estimate the value of a museum/gallery’s digital offer using the same economic valuation techniques used for the traditional ‘offline’ offer? Yes… but with caveats (because ‘digital offer’ is such a slippery concept).
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”.
MCN - Free Membership for All. The Museum Computer Network is “transitioning from an annual membership fee to a no-cost membership model”.
Membership without borders. Scottish Ballet have developed a 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".
UbuWeb - 1996-2024. "As of 2024, UbuWeb is no longer active. The archive is preserved for perpetuity, in its entirety." Aww.
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