Museum 2.0

JULY 27, 2009

I particularly like the MP3 experiments , events at which Improv Everywhere distribute an audio file to people for free as a podcast. Participants gather in a physical venue with their own digital audio players, and everyone hits “play” at the same time. The MP3 experiment is an exercise in following instructions.

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Instructional Instruction Nicaragua Experiment 21

Museum 2.0

APRIL 2, 2014

Song Reader didn''t come as a CD, or an LP, or a bunch of digital audio files. It is what it sounds like: a book of original sheet music, beautifully designed and complemented with artwork and text. In December of 2012, the rock musician Beck released his latest album, Song Reader. There are twenty songs in Song Reader.

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Participatory Arts Music Learning 52

Museum 2.0

MARCH 3, 2007

But I’d been scribbling notes for an art museum label post for awhile, and then yesterday, the NY Times had a review of a new show at MOMA, Comic Abstraction. MOMA has standard art museum labels. When I asked an art museum educator about this (“How should I look at art?”) Sounds great. The review was harsh.

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Museum Arts Artist Audio 30

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 19, 2006

Pathfinder gave a presentation to a small group in Cambridge , while his audio (some of the time) was streamed into Second Life along with his Powerpoint Slides. A Museum group is also forming to discuss and explore what museum's can do in SL. I also turned off my audio. Both events had their share of clunkiness.

Second Life 50

Second Life Life Reflection Avatar 50

Museum 2.0

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

It's a worthwhile 30 minutes of discussion about the use of sound to provide an emotional context for stories--specifically, stories about science. It's This American Life meets Science Friday with a whole slew of strange audio tweaks thrown in. They have arguments about consciousness without sounding pretentious.

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Audio Storytelling Tutorial Participatory 20