Museum 2.0

JULY 26, 2010

From a museum perspective, I think there's a lot to learn from these venues' business models, approach to collecting and exhibiting work, and connection with their audiences. What makes Machine special is its brand of humor and accessibility, combined with a real dedication to experimenting on the borders of art, science, and ideas.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 8, 2014

They arbitrated replicas, reproductions, models, and props. Many artists work with assistants and reproducing processes. They conducted a simple experiment: People read a story about a painting called "Dawn" created by an artist. In some, the artist produced the original painting. If done by the same hand?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 1, 2009

It can be difficult to develop and retain engagement using cause-related media or social media for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the dearth of financing opportunities and access to distribution in the case of film, and the consistent effort and facility with short, quick messaging and branding required in social media.

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Culture Build Change Media 84

Museum 2.0

JULY 9, 2009

Last month, I met an artist who was part of a group that created a renegade podcast tour for the Portland Art Museum. The participatory element employs an accessible speculative question. The participatory element is modeled well by the "official" content. They model the requested visitor contributions.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 29, 2010

To construct the video, artist Chris Milk assembled images and footage of Johnny Cash in a sequence along with the song. The result is a beautiful animated video that composites together alternative frames created by participants all over the world. But overall, this is a model project that starts with an outcome, not an activity.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 3, 2012

Salman Khan's videos give people access to good instructional content on standard (and often confusing or poorly taught) educational topics. More importantly, it means that we should be looking to their model to push ourselves in how we think about delivering the most engaging, powerful content possible. How to titrate an acid.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

And then there's the Berkeley Ace hardware store, which has a basement lair devoted to model trains. Not only do I get to experience the fun of opening the door to something mystical, I get to play porter and grant my friends access as well. Secrecy operates on a scarcity model; if everyone knows about it, it's not as appealing.

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