First Datathon & Webinar

Opportunities: Global circulation of collections and exhibitions in immersive environments

Datathon
Mapping potential appeal of heritage collections
From API to geo-visualization

The datathon will offer a discussion space to play with and assess the first layer of the software prototype that aims to geo-visualize museum collections data to explore their potential appeal in different countries around the world. It is designed by aggregating API data from the V&A Museum and the National Museum of Australia.

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Lev Manovich Lev Manovich

Director
Cultural Analytics Lab
USA

Virtual Co-Host

Cultural Analytics Lab
Cultural Analytics Lab uses data science methods to analyze contemporary global culture, while critically interrogating these methods from the perspectives of humanities and media theory. It employs digital methods for seeing culture at its new scale and velocity. It combines data visualization, design, machine learning, and statistics with concepts from humanities, social sciences, and media studies.

Interactive Talk and First Demo of Data To Power

The first demo will present the Collection Mapping Layer of Data To Power prototype, designed by aggregating API data from the V&A Museum and the National Museum of Australia. It will explain the research framework and methodology used in the development of the layer and also share insights from the process of data aggregation and analysis. It will demonstrate the key capabilities of the software prototype to geo-visualize museum collections data to explore their potential appeal in different countries around the world.

Natalia Grincheva Natalia Grincheva

Lead Project Investigator
LASALLE College of the Arts
University of the Arts
Singapore

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Interactive Evaluations Panel

The panel will solicit critical feedback from the V&A Museum and the National Museum of Australia representatives as well as from participants from other museums in the UK, Australia and Singapore. It will create a dialogical space to reflect on the proposed solution’s design, usability, drawbacks and implications for museum collection management practices.

Craig Middleton Craig Middleton

Senior Curator
Digital Innovation & Strategy
National Museum of
Australia

Jolan Wuyts Jolan Wuyts

Collections Editor
Europeana
Belgium

Kati Price Kati Price

Head of Digital Media
The V&A Museum
UK

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Discussion Forum

The discussion forum will run interactive evaluations by palling online audiences on the DataToPower app’s user-friendliness, quality of mapping and potential implications for museums’ collections management and analysis. It will open a discussion space with wider audiences to explore the potentials of mapping and data visualization technologies to translate museum collections data into meaningful narratives and insights.

Dave Patten Dave Patten

Head of New Media
The Science Museum Group
UK

Morgan Strong Morgan Strong

Digital Transformation Manager
Queensland Art Gallery
Gallery of Modern Art
Australia

Seb Chan Seb Chan

Chief Experience Officer
ACMI
Australia

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Webinar
GLAM collections and exhibitions in immersive environments

The webinar will discuss new opportunities provided by mixed realities for a wider global museum outreach and collections sharing. It will focus on the capabilities and limitations of VR, AR and digital technologies in shaping new international communication practices in museums.

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Stuart MacDonald Stuart MacDonald

Director
ICR Research
UK

Virtual Co-Host

International Cultural Relation (ICR) Research
ICR Research builds on a unique range of expertise, experience, skills, and a global network of experts all committed to a cultural relations approach of dialogue and cooperation. It works across all aspects of the theory and practice of international relations: foreign policy and diplomacy; multi-stakeholder collaboration; global civil society; transnational networks, and the informal social, cultural and individual relationships that share knowledge and drive change in the interconnected world.

Interactive Practitioner Panel

The panel will discuss new opportunities provided by mixed realities for a wider global museum outreach and collections sharing. It will focus on the capabilities and limitations of VR, AR and digital technologies in shaping new international communication practices in museums.

Ann Follin Ann Follin

Director General
National Museums of World Culture
Sweden

Lang Xiao Lang Xiao

Founder
ARTouch Consulting
UK

Paige Dansinger Paige Dansinger

Director
Horizon Art Museum
USA

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Interactive Data Panel

The panel will discuss new technologies and museum practices in light of their implications for data generation, aggregation, and analysis. It will interrogate what new data on collections’ engagement and interaction could immersive environments produce and if museums could successfully employ the data to understand their impacts.

Ben Loveridge Ben Loveridge

Coordinator
Immersive Media (VR/AR)
University of Melbourne
Australia

Douglas McCarthy Douglas McCarthy

Collections Engagement Manager
Europeana Foundation
Netherlands Cultural Heritage
Netherlands

Rebecca Bailey Rebecca Bailey

Programme Director
Arts & Humanities Research Council
Historic Environment Scotland
UK

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