Cultural Digital #231
Content, games, mutant peacocks, and more.
Hello
Before I get into the usual fun round-up of links and games and things, if you’re a social media person for a cultural organisation (performing/visual arts, museum, heritage, etc) here’s a quick survey on tone of voice.
It was intended as a quick bit of fun, but the results have been pretty interesting. I’ll share them later on.
Ok. On with the stuff…
Nature Manifesto is a sound installation by Bjork and Aleph at the Centre Pompidou, created in collaboration with the IRCAM.
“Using AI software, this immersive sound piece gives endangered and extinct animals a voice by merging their sounds with our words”. Featuring mutant peacocks, bees, and lemurs.
Content
Content of the Week #1. Adam Koszary has a new-ish thing where he points to some good cultural sector content and says why it's good. In this one - Beamish and the MERL. There have been several since.
The Box Five Club is the name of the content hub on the new Andrew Lloyd Webber Musicals website. It has a game on it called 'Show Shuffle' which is a bit like Only Connect/NYT Connections.
What do atoms, molecules and Anthony Joshua have to do with long tail SEO strategy? Trish Thomas with another London Museum digital development post. All of these have been good.
Games
Video games, internet culture and cultural heritage was a recent standout from the always excellent Cultural Content newsletter. You’re subscribed to that, right?
Quest For The Eldon Beast Choose Your Own Adventure YouTube Game. From Barnsley Museums.
What Came First? A game from Google Arts & Culture. I got 630 points on my first go but I’m sure you can do better.
Other
Italian Music through the Lens of Complex Networks. I don't expect anyone to read this one, but this is the kind of 'obsessive investigation sparked by a random conversation' that I'll always support. Plus music/data.
Evaluating the multiplatform museum in an age of automation. “The questions I’ve outlined here point towards some of the potential impacts that AI and generative technologies might have on our field”. From ACMI’s Indigo Holcombe-James.
Making Data Work For You: Webinar Reflections. From Kate Fitzgerald.
XR Network+. Some more projects have been announced since I last looked at this.
Sarah Vowell on the National Archives. The person who was the voice of the daughter in The Incredibles (and also a historian/journalist) with a feature on Pamela Wright, Chief Innovation Officer at the National Archives in D.C.
Thanks for reading. Please pass this on to others, but not if you think they might beat your score on What Came First.
See you again soon