Digital Scholarship at the BLFeb 19, 2024
Our @mia posted from two days at ACMI's Future of Arts, Culture & Technology Symposium #FACT2024 last week https://techhub.social/deck/@mia@hcommons.social/111847046677625385 - videos and more coming soon!
Mia (@[email protected])

FACT 2024 is aimed at cultural leaders, policy makers, and practitioners, exploring the intersection of AI, automation, climate and audiences – and how the culture sector is evolving to meet future needs. Register for tickets: https://www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/fact-2024/ #ACMI #ACMIMelbourne #FACT2024

hcommons.social
Eryk SalvaggioFeb 16, 2024
Nice piece in Arts Hub, covering our opening session for #FACT2024 at ACMI here in Melbourne, with myself and Katrina Sluis presenting on AI Fomo & The Age of Noise: https://www.artshub.com.au/news/features/ai-fomo-why-cool-heads-are-needed-in-the-arts-2614040/
AI FOMO? Why cool heads are needed in the arts

Two speakers at the ACMI FACT Symposium took a critical stance amid pressures for those in the arts and cultural sectors to jump on the AI bandwagon.

ArtsHub Australia
Show threadMiaFeb 15, 2024
#FACT2024 Ignorant expat question, but is there any conversation about using the relationships and infrastructure of Trove at the National Library of Australia as the basis for sharing galleries, museum and archive collections
Show threadMiaFeb 15, 2024
#FACT2024 Ross Parry talked about sharing and collaboration in the sector... IMO blog posts about GLAM technology projects, questions, challenges are great for sharing current work and also help document the sector. Conference papers and articles aren't the only options. Post to social media, discussion lists, organise meetups. Do a tiktok dance if you need to share that way!
Show threadMiaFeb 15, 2024
#FACT2024 I love-hate that the most-upvoted question in one session was 'We can’t address diversity until the creative industries are properly paid - as the lowest paid industry it’s a career option only open to people who can afford'
Show threadMiaFeb 15, 2024

The future audiences panel at #FACT2024 - Leaders, adapters, avoiders model for diversifying audiences discussed https://artsreview.com.au/australia-first-survey-shows-where-arts-organisations-can-do-better-on-audience-diversity/

Also thinking of your work with audiences / communities / people as being like planning a party - all the work you do to make sure people are welcomed (I use this analogy when talking about crowdsourcing/digital participation, it definitely resonates)

Australia-first survey shows where arts organisations can do better on audience diversity

Many of Australia's arts organisations are talking the talk when it comes to improving the diversity of their audiences, but far fewer are walking the walk on the critical actions needed to get there, according

Australian Arts Review
Show threadMiaFeb 15, 2024

I love this from Claire Pillsbury

Two ways forward:
Commit to experimentation (low stakes) - 'No experiment should be too precious to fail'
Expose your organization and staff to new perspectives (invite outsiders in) - visitors and fellows can transform understanding by asking questions, reflecting an org to itself

#FACT2024

Show threadMiaFeb 15, 2024

Reflecting on responses to my talk yesterday, and Paula Bray and Lucie Patterson talks on labs and innovation this morning, I think the @BL_DigiSchol Digital Scholarship Training Programme has been key to some of the change we've supported across the organisation, by establishing trust and encouraging digital literacy https://web.archive.org/web/20230912191918/https://www.bl.uk/projects/digital-scholarship-training-programme

You can learn so much by watching talks together, doing free workshops and tutorials - it needs time but not necessarily money

#FACT2024

Digital Scholarship Training Programme

The British Library
Show threadMiaFeb 14, 2024

Closing thoughts from Keri - 'technology' is just techniques to make art, experiences

'Collaboration is messy but necessary. ... Even if you think it's new and cutting edge, its probably not, these are all techniques that have been in market for a long time and we can benefit from this.'

#FACT2024

Show threadMiaFeb 14, 2024

The production values in this session are fantastic - the three panellists have interwoven their slides to address the themes of their session; they're rich with video that gives you a sense of the experiences and the challenges in creating them.

Well done Keri Elmsly (ACMI), Matthew Lutton (Malthouse Theatre), Trent Clews de Castella (PHORIA)! #FACT2024