Lightbox ham it_summit_final

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Bonjour

What remains invisible? Building infrastructure and collaborative spaces in the Harvard Art Museums

Hi.

Jeff StewardDirector of Digital Infrastructure and Emerging Technology (DIET)

Ian CallahanTechnology Support Specialist, DIET

Ming TuTechnology Fellow, DIET

Chris MolinskiRabb Curatorial Fellow, Division of Academic and Public Programs

Back in 2012…

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Collections AccessMedia ArtInnovative Classroom

Collections AccessMedia ArtInnovative Classroom

Copyright culturevis (http://flic.kr/p/75gu2w)

Collections AccessMedia ArtInnovative Classroom

Collections AccessMedia ArtInnovative Classroom

Jump to 2014…

Rack room

Rack room

COLLECTIONS ACCESS

INNOVATIVE CLASSROOM

NEW MEDIA

How does digital space fit into a collections-based institution?

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“Through media and metadata, the trapdoor connecting an object’s surface to its depths may be sprung open. The Lightbox Gallery is a materials lab for playing with use, form, meaning, value—for discovering the ways in which objects in collections speak to one another, and to us.”

Matthew Battles, associate director of metaLAB (at) Harvard presentation to the Harvard Art Museums, 2014

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DIET + DAPP

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Art Study Center

Materials Lab

Gallery Space

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University Study Gallery

How does digital space fit into a collections-based institution?

Original works of art.

How does digital space fit into a collections-based institution?

Original works of art.

Collaboration

How does digital space fit into a collections-based institution?

Original works of art.

Collaboration

Asking Questions

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What do you see?

What remains invisible?

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Collections

Conservation

Artist Projects

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Primary driving notion = commitment to partner not product.

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Thank you.

Source Codegithub.com/harvardartmuseums

Demosapps.harvardartmuseums.org/lightboxvimeo.com/channels/705959

Datawww.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/api