Open access to publicly-funded culture? A Retroflective post #TBLdownunder
Fatima Measham is today credited with the top tweet for the Tim Berners-Lee Down Under Tour (otherwise known on Twitter as #tbldownunder). It reads: Any work that’s been publicly funded should be available for free. #tbldownunder #aaronswartz — Fatima Measham (@foomeister) February 4, 2013 Aside from inventing the world wide web, that’s pretty much the...
Rewind: The Best of 2012
So it’s the end of another big year. With a view to stamping out any creeping amnesia about the year that was, I thought I’d set aside some poolside time in Sanur to reflect on the personal highlights of 2012. Some of my own making, some not so. And soon to follow, some ruminations on...
At the National Digital Forum
NZ National Digital Forum Keynote Presentation from Sarah Barns New Zealand’s National Digital Forum has quite a reputation among cultural heritage & museum types internationally, for the quality of its speakers and the integrity of its focus – and for good reason. This is a place that values speculative thinking, applauds technical prowess as much...
Last Drinks
It’s been awhile between drinks. So a few updates to follow with news of what I’ve been up to and projects a’happening. Most noteworthy for now is the latest installation featuring as part of the City of Sydney’s 2012 Art & About Festival. The success of Unguarded Moments in 2011 led to funding for a...
Book Chapter: From Social Butterly to Engaged Citizen (MIT 2011)
A new book on urban informatics hit the bookstores last December: From Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen (MIT 2011) edited by Marcus Foth, Laura Forlano, Christine Satchell and Martin Gibbs. Congratulations to everyone involved in the creation of this impressive collection of case studies, reflections and stories from the front lines of the ever-expanding set...
Unguarded Moments: In full view
WHAT IF faces from the past were visible again, watching us in our streets and laneways? This question was the premise of Unguarded Moments, a series of site-specific video installations featuring in selected locations throughout Walsh Bay and Millers Point during Art & About Sydney 2011. The project was supported by the City of Sydney...
Intangible Presences
Intangible Presences was a presentation I delivered to the bi-annual gathering of Museums and Galleries Queensland in August 2011. This provided a wonderful opportunity to connect with practitioners, curators and historians working in galleries and museums both large and small. The presentation is below. Museums and Galleries have also published videos of presentations here. Many...
Unguarded Moments – Art & About Sydney 2011
Unguarded Moments is a new project I’m working on as part of Art & About Sydney 2011. The project has been selected as the ‘City Villages’ project and will be based around the wharves of Walsh Bay and up through to Millers Point. For the project’s accompanying website, I’ve been able to set up some...
Remembering the Green Bans
I had the pleasure of attending a great forum at the Institute of Australian Geographers Conference on Tuesday on the topic of the Green Bans. This year we are seeing a number of events and articles on the topic, marking the 40th anniversary of this particularly intense period of urban activism in Australia. Bob and...
James Gleick on the Future of the Book
A little contribution to the reams of type currently circling the skies, relating to the future of the book. Written for creativeinnovation.net.au
Street Haunting: Sounding the Invisible City
Sneak preview of a book chapter featuring in the upcoming Digital Cities publication From Social Butterfly to Engaged Citizen, to be published by MIT in Dec 2011. Street Haunting SBarns Final-1 The title for the chapter was inspired by reading Virginia Woolf’s Street Haunting, in which she takes her readers on a walk through London...
NSW Suburb Labs
NSW SuburbLabs is a pilot project connecting historical content in government and public archives and institutions to the testbed locations of the National Broadband Network in NSW. The project was funded by the NSW Government in 2010 as part of its Broadband Testbed Trials. Two of the test-bed locations feature here: Middleton Grange and Kiama....
