Cultural Digital #229
Arty creators, interactive exhibits, immersive experiences, and more.
Hello
This week there are shiny lights in old buildings, news slants on art across the socials, and links to other things that are good to know about.
But first, if you’re reading this on Tuesday morning, there’s still time to register for Louise Cohen’s lunchtime (BST) session on ‘Getting out of a social media rut’.
It was voted best sponsored session at the Arts Marketing Association Conference, features special guests and giveaways, and is probably the best thing happening anywhere today. Register here (including if you want to watch the recording after).
ROW is an audiovisual installation by the TUNDRA collective that "explores relationships between sound, volumetric image and human synesthetic perception".
Found via The Lumen Prize - 2024 Finalists where there’s lots more to explore.
Interviews with arty creators
Meet the Woman Behind ‘Weird Medieval Guys,’ the Internet Hit Mining Odd Art From the Middle Ages.
De Explainer met The Gaze. An interview with Matthijs Van Mierlo, who’s responsible for The Gaze. If your Dutch is a little rusty, go to the video settings to translate the subtitles.
An Interview With The Creator Of ArtButMakeItSports. "Rader mastered the art of pairing iconic sports moments with pieces of art from his catalog of over 7,000 images of art he keeps stored on his phone—and even more in his brain".
Interactive exhibits
Bringing Stories to Life. Raül Leiva on how the Migration Museum updated the storage of their oral histories made them more accessible to visitors.
Creating an interactive exhibit for Bristol Museum. University of Bristol Computer Science student team were challenged to “develop an interactive exhibit where visitors touch replicas of artefacts and related information appears”.
Immersive
Immersive Art Is Exploding, and Museums Have a Choice to Make. "The search is on for museum-worthy productions featuring already-recognized artists and pioneers from an upcoming digital-native generation who are experimenting boldly with new mediums".
Beyond the Stage: Exploring the Power of Dual Site Immersive Experiences. Digital Catapult's Jessica Driscoll, talking about a project where "Across both sites performers connect using high-speed video, motion capture, virtual environments, costumes, and live music". Which sounds complicated.
Other
The New Generation of Online Culture Curators. From The New Yorker. "In a digital landscape overrun by algorithms and A.I., we need human guides to help us decide what’s worth paying attention".
57 Varieties of Digital History? Towards the future of looking at the past. From Mia Ridge.
Pelagios Workshop: Historic England and the Open University June 2024. Presentations from “a workshop on lightweight digital mapping technologies and methods”.
Metalabel is "a new space to release and collect creative work".
One Further is hiring
We’re looking for a Content Analyst (maternity leave cover) to work on SEO and usability research projects for some wonderful cultural sector clients.
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Until next time…