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In Case You Missed It – January 2012
Almost a month in to 2012, and we have had some great articles here at Technology in the Arts. Let’s take a look back at our strong start to the new year as this January comes to a close.
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New in Sight and Touch: Google Goggles at Met, Renaissance Statuettes at Walters Museum
There comes a time in life when you must reach into your pocket, and put on your Google Goggles. This moment often occurs when you see something of interest but are at a loss to search for it; a nameless building in San Francisco that you know is iconic but you’re not sure why, a sculpture in Rome that you are unable to identify since it’s outside of the confines of a museum. In these brief but intense moments of intellectual despair, Google Goggles can help steer you away from a lifetime of questioning.
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Cultivating a More Diverse Audience: The Future of Museums
A 2010 report published by the Center for the Future of Museums, an initiative of American Association of Museums, forecasts the changing face
of the United States over the next four decades and the future of museums in light of an increasingly diverse population and “majority minority” society. The report, “Demographic Transformation and the Future of Museums” is a must-read for museum managers and administration- if only for the graphics and statistics projecting the upcoming drastic and rapid shift in demographics in the United States.
A concise report, complete with graphics, a call to action, and a list of online resources for demographic information and socio-economic indicators, the American Association of Museums (AAM) analyzes the data on patterns of museum use and trends in societal growth to answer the questions
How will people use museums in the future? And which people will use them? Read the rest of this entry »
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Performing Arts and Performing Arts Legacies Online
Merce Cunningham
Recently the Merce Cunningham Dance Company shut down following the death of Merce Cunningham. The action taken by the founder are somewhat unique in the world of the arts and there have been observations of what this means. Meanwhile the content of the Merce Cunningham Company, at least in part can still be found online through various video projects and the archive left by the company through the Living Legacy Plan and maintained by the Merce Cunningham Trust. The continued availability of this content is carrying on the legacy in the true spirit of its founder who frequently wrote of the transitory nature of his performance and was a student of Buddhist philosophy.
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