Jon
Ten years old - time for a revisit...
Best, Andrew
On 2 Feb 2016, at 18:01, jon pratty wrote:
> Andrew - surely you remember this?
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> http://www.culture24.org.uk/places-to-go/north-west/manchester/art37218
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> :-)
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> JP
> On 2 Feb 2016 5:51 p.m., "ANDREW STUCK" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> Dear GEM and MCGroup
>>
>> Last Friday, I asked the GEM group whether they could share any
>> suggestions / pitfalls to avoid regarding events that they had tried in
>> their venues that could link to Valentine's Day. I took an anecdotal
>> conversation with friends, who like me had chosen a gallery or museum as
>> the venue for their first date, to make a shocking assumption that others
>> might have done the same.
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>> I hoped to hear of stories of wedding vows being renewed, objects in the
>> collections with a romantic resonance being highlighted, or just some
>> simple ruse to entice would-be lovers to wander aimlessly (hand-in-hand)
>> through the galleries. But no, all of 3 people replied (thanks to them)
>> but with stories of anti-Valentine's initiatives.
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>> So why did I start this trail? In conversation with Adrian Murphy at the
>> Horniman talking about the Europeana Food Trail that the Horniman had been
>> involved in the devising, he told me that Europeana was interested in
>> seeing how they could encourage more people to use the platform in
>> searching all the objects that have been digitally catalogues - several 10s
>> of millions. Then I read an article on the web (Mail on Line I think -
>> obviously not trustworthy) that the Happn dating app had received 43
>> million registrations since the new year.
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>> I have been talking about romance in cities for 10 years - it all started
>> with a spoof called arm-in-arm.net* - in which we were trying to get
>> people to be drawn into public spaces. I have not really lost the
>> 'romantic urge' (although my wife might challenge that), so I thought I
>> would do a bit of thinking about all those digital objects on Europeana and
>> all those sign ups on Happn. Now what if, when you create your profile on
>> a dating app you are asked to choose 5 objects from Europeana that most
>> reflect your interests....what if you could pick a gallery or museum where
>> that object was on display, as your first assignation.....
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>> And just now I have come across this:
>> http://en.forumviesmobiles.org/project/2016/02/02/sex-love-and-geolocation-sociological-study-tinder-3123
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>> So museum world, as we have still got a dozen days before the date, can we
>> not do a bit of match making?
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>> What amongst your collections on display would you put forward as having a
>> 'romantic resonance', and that could be chosen by someone looking for love?
>>
>> Best, Andrew
>>
>> Ever romantic *http://www.rethinkingcities.net/romance/
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>> ANDREW STUCK
>> Managing Director
>> Rethinking Cities Ltd
>> 07725555460
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>> Geovation Housing Challenge Finalist 2015
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>> Producer - Talking Walking
>> http://www.talkingwalking.net
>> Founding Director of the Museum of Walking
>> http://www.museumofwalking.org.uk
>> @museumofwalking
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