Cultural Digital

Hello

Here's the deal. I'd pulled together a bunch of links for an email, and then the proverbial hit the metaphorical and I got really busy. So I'm going to include a few links to listings and round-ups related to The Unprecedented Situation but is otherwise going to be a bit of a respite from all of that. Links from a simpler time, if you will. Let's do that.

LIKELIKE is a cross between a games arcade and an arts gallery, promoting experimental and independent game culture. For a really good intro to their work, check out Can You Be Like LikeLike?

Anyway, with all the recent talk of pivoting online, and what digital exhibition even is, check out their site right now. It's probably a bit quiet right now, but over the weekend it was a bit more lively and maybe enough of you visit at the same time…

The Covid-19 section
There's never been anywhere to keep track of the various livestreams and recordings that arts/culture organisations produce. Then there's a global pandemic and a load come out at once.

Cultural Digital: Streams is my contribution. I've also written up the what, why, and how of it.

See also Culture Fix, The Social Distancing Festival, Virtual Museums, Free Theatre Screenings, and Fun Things To Do At Home!

For cultural organisations in need of support (ie pretty much all of them) here's a list of online consultations, webinars, and physical events that have moved online. A better version is in the works.

Ok, one specific link. If you're not sure about whether a rough and ready livestreamed performance can ever be affecting, then check this episode of John Krasinski's Some Good News.

Podcasts
This agency puts Broadway shows in the spotlight | Character Count "SpotCo, the full-service agency behind some of Broadway's biggest shows, shares their best in class techniques for engaging fans on Twitter".

How Streaming Changed the Sound of Pop. "With ad-supported and subscription based business models, these platforms have upended incentives so significantly that it can be heard in the songwriting".

Webby Awards Podcast: Beyond Museum Walls with The Met’s Sofie Andersen.

Miscellaneous
CrossSong is a music-based puzzle game in which players have to listen carefully to mashups and reassemble the original pieces.

Sharing collections stories at the Hat Works. "Emma Hadley, Museums Assistant (Collections) at the Hat Works in Stockport, describes how sharing its collections online using iMovie has been a great success".

A couple of toolkits:

The Space's Online Audiences Toolkit.
The Museums + AI Network. "We hope you will use this toolkit when developing future AI projects in your own museum".

Listen: The Sound Of The Hagia Sophia, More Than 500 Years Ago. "Abel used the acoustic information in the balloon pops to create a digital filter that can make anything sound like it's inside the Hagia Sophia".

Survey of GLAM open access policy and practice (2018-). "How GLAMs make data – whether digital objects, metadata or text – available for re-use".

Jobs

There are digital-related jobs available at Tate and, well that's it just now.

Browse livestreams, recordings, and resources from cultural organisations
streams.culturaldigital.com

Thanks for reading. Please share things with others and take care of yourselves.

Chris Unitt

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