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It’s been a while since the last one of these so, to make up for it, I’ve included lots of links to playable things. Because that’s always fun.
Mouthful of Dust, from State Library Victoria, is a “cinematic web experience built around 3-D scans of objects linked to Ned Kelly at State Library Victoria. Five acclaimed authors, working in fiction and non-fiction, offer new ways of thinking with these objects”.
Reports
StoryFutures Xperience Research Report. What happened when a dozen cinemas were supported to run VR experiences? Lots of insights on audiences and ops.
YouTube Culture & Trends Report: Virtual Creators.
Talks
What’s Next for Technology, Culture, and Museums. MIT Museum’s Michael John Gorman in conversation with ACMI’s Seb Chan.
Museums + Tech 2024: Who Is This For, And Why Should They Care? All the session recordings from MCG’s recent conference are now online.
Interactive things
Jasper 250. “Use our powerful AI tool to customise your own Jasperware masterpiece, which you can share and submit for our competition”.
National Gallery Imaginarium. “Soundscapes, poetry and guided interaction invite you to look anew at old favourites”.
Exquisite Corpse. MoMA’s digital take on the Surrealist parlour game.
Other
Artgames Community around the world. Zuraida Buter and Luján Oultonare are working on a project to map the international artgames scene.
Open call: Creative Europe European Cooperation Projects. “With a budget of €60 million, this initiative aims to enhance cross-border collaboration in the cultural sector, supporting innovation, artistic creation, and the circulation of European content”. Deadline is 13 May.
Collections Trust Award 2024-25 – the results. The theme was ‘putting collections data to work’. Royal Armouries took the prize, with the Cromarty Courthouse Museum and Fishbourne Roman Palace also commended.
More Bad-News (2024). I missed this when it was first posted. Some thoughts from Tim Chambers on the state of event ticketing.
Royal Albert Hall launches Immersive Nokia 3310 Experience. It was an April Fools joke, but I bet this would sell.
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