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Re: openFrameworks museums and galleries hack lab - Newcastle University and Seven Stories, 25-27 January 2010

From:

Bridget McKenzie <[log in to unmask]>

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Museums Computer Group <[log in to unmask]>

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Thu, 7 Jan 2010 15:03:32 +0000

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Hello

This looks really interesting and worthwhile. I have a specific  
question about the make-up of the attendees at the workshop, which  
might provoke a broader discussion.

My specific question: Can you accept some others who are not active  
programmers but work alongside techies to develop the learning products?

The reason I ask, and the provocation, is related to a niggle I have  
about the many announcements (e.g. Tories offer £1 million prize for a  
tech system that will change the face of democracy etc etc) which  
assume that tech programming and tools are magic bullets. I accept  
that tech developers are left too much out of the equation but surely  
services and products are designed best in collaborative teams with  
diverse expertise?

In this case, for the production of interactive playful products for  
young people to explore collections, you will surely need some  
participants with ideas and expertise in interpretative and dialogic  
strategies? Or, if the participants don't come with that, shouldn't  
the 3 day course be structured around providing that training and  
understanding for programmers? There are many great opportunities for  
work with digital media to help cultural learning practitioners be  
more systematic about their methodologies, to capture learning  
practice and share it more widely, to increase the revenue potential  
of learning teams, to gain more recognition and so on. Cultural  
learning practitioners are very good at responding to audiences, being  
social, organising projects and encounters, but they need to develop  
expertise in creating and commissioning serious/playful outcomes  
(digital or otherwise) that aren't ephemeral or 'gone at the end of a  
group visit'.

Not intended to be a rant, just a question!

Best wishes
Bridget McKenzie



Quoting Areti Galani <[log in to unmask]>:

> Dear all,
>
>
>
> The International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies, Culture   
> Lab and Seven Stories would like to invite you to the   
> 'openFrameworks museums and galleries hack lab', in Newcastle upon   
> Tyne, 25-27 January 2010.
>
>
>
> The purpose of the hack lab is to explore the use of the open source  
>  C++ programming environment openFrameworks for developing playful   
> and novel digital interpretation for young people in museums and   
> galleries. This event is part of a Collaborative Innovative   
> Partnership (CIP) between Newcastle University and Seven Stories and  
>  is generously supported by One North East and Culture Lab.
>
>
>
> The event will be facilitated by three pioneers in this area of   
> digital media applications: Joel Gethin Lewis (London), Mehmet Atken  
>  (London) and Chris Sugrue (Madrid).
>
>
>
> This is a FREE event with a limited number of places - THREE places   
> have been set aside for members of the MCG list on first come-first   
> served basis.
>
> To reserve a place please contact Will Pearson   
> ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
>
>
>
> It would be great to see some of you in this event.
>
>
>
> Please see below for details.
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Areti
>
> --------------
>
> Dr. Areti Galani
> International Centre for Cultural & Heritage Studies
> Newcastle University
> http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/areti.galani
>
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
> openFrameworks museums and galleries hack lab - Newcastle University  
>  and Seven Stories, 25-27 January 2010
>
>
>
> The 2009-10 Collaborative Innovation Partnership (CIP) between ICCHS  
>  (www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/icchs<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/icchs>) and   
> Culture Lab   
> (www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab<http://www.ncl.ac.uk/culturelab>), at   
> Newcastle University, and Seven Stories, The Centre for Children's   
> Literature   
> (www.sevenstories.org.uk<http://www.sevenstories.org.uk>), explores   
> the development of innovative and playful digital media interactions  
>  and interpretations for young audiences in museums and galleries.  
> We  are interested in digital media installations/interventions that  
>  allow for embodied, open-ended interactions with objects,   
> environments and people using open-source platforms and re-mixing   
> existing materials.
>
>
>
> As part of this project we will get together to explore   
> openFrameworks and its applicability in developing digital   
> interpretation for young people in museums and galleries.
>
>
>
> Run by: Will Pearson (ICCHS and Seven Stories) and Joey Scully (Culture Lab)
>
> Facilitated by: Joel Gethin Lewis (London), Mehmet Atken (London)   
> and Chris Sugrue (Madrid)
>
>
>
> To reserve a place please contact Will Pearson   
> ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>).
>
>
>
> Overview:
>
> The hack lab for Seven Stories/digital interpretation for young   
> people in museums and galleries involves:
>
> *     The openFrameworks hack lab in Culture Lab, Spaces 4&5, at   
> Newcastle University (25-27th January)
>
> *     Artists' talks in Seven Stories (27th January).
>
>
>
> We will be developing in the open source C++ programming environment  
>  openFrameworks (see http://www.openframeworks.cc).
>
> Participants will need to have downloaded and installed the FAT   
> version of the openFrameworks package and compiled the examples.   
> This workshop is not suitable for programming beginners, but those   
> who grasp basic programmatic structures, maybe having used   
> Processing or other languages.
>
>
>
> Rationale:
>
> We hope to run the workshop using Interactivos style 'live briefs'   
> (see http://medialab-prado.es/interactivos), which invite the   
> facilitators to consider the appropriate codebases, libraries and   
> programming resources to address interaction design challenges   
> appropriate to young visitors in museums and galleries. We are going  
>  to work on the 'foundations' that go into building the base for a   
> fully working piece of interactive media.
>
>
>
> We will be examining the core concepts of openFrameworks. Materials   
> will be put on the openFrameworks wiki in the way of all workshops   
> to be shared with the community. We expect to work with material   
> from Seven Stories archive (tbc).
>
>
>
> Attendance:
>
> App. 26 workshop places
>
>
>
> Provisional timetable:
>
>
>
> Monday 25th January
>
> 1pm-6pm, Culture Lab, Newcastle University
>
> Introduction to IDE, background to artists work and specialism.
>
> Familiarity with system, core basics.
>
>
>
> Tuesday 26th January
>
> 9am-6pm (or until whenever we need it!), Culture Lab, Newcastle University
>
> Main day of workshop! Project briefs, collaboration, exploration, hacking.
>
>
>
> Wednesday 27th January
>
> 9am-3pm, Culture Lab, Newcastle University
>
> Continue project work against briefs.
>
>
>
> 5.30-7.30pm, Seven Stories, Ouseburn Valley
>
> Artists' talks and tour of interactive installations. There will be   
> an opportunity for any completed ideas to be shown to the audience.
>
> Please book a place for this event on:   
> http://www.eventbrite.com/event/527581009
>
> ---------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>
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