Highlights from Digital 2013
By Ashley Smith Hammond
25 April 2013
Top tweets and what we learned at Digital 2013
Gaming
Arts Digital R&D Podcast 2: using mobile technology and gaming to reach new audiences
By Hannah Rudman
2 August 2012
In this podcast studio guests dissect the future of mobile from near field communication (NFC) technology to Google’s Project Glass and take in the latest advances in augmented reality browsers along the way. But how much of this technology can really deliver what we need it to for our audiences? There are also case studies [...]
Festivalslab – a final show case of great innovation projects
By Hannah Rudman
31 July 2012
This summer marks two years since the inception of the festivalslab project. To celebrate, The Festivals Lab team have compiled a showreel document of the projects, which highlights what worked and what didn’t. The content and knowledge sharing partnership that AmbITion Scotland has held with Festivalslab has enabled the learnings of the festivals to be [...]
Mobile culture and the Magic Tate Ball
By Ashley Smith Hammond
23 July 2012
Source – Culture professionals network: Culture professionals blog | guardian.co.uk The best mobile projects build on genuine collaboration between content owners and digital developers, says Ben Templeton It’s no surprise that mobile technology is an attractive opportunity for arts and cultural organisations. OFCOM suggest more than half the UK’s mobile users have a smartphone – no other device [...]
You too can Make:IT:Happen!
By Hannah Rudman
4 July 2012
This is Lesley Anne Rose, Creative Producer of Stellar Quines who, following their AmbITion Scotland experience have really made IT happen for their theatre company by grasping the opportunities afforded by digital technologies. The picture also shows Hamish Allison, Managing Director at Freakworks at the Freakworks Studios in Edinburgh with whom Stellar Quines are working [...]
Watch the video blogs of NESTA’s English Digital R&D Fund’s projects
By Hannah Rudman
27 June 2012
The 8 English NESTA/Arts Council England Digital R&D Fund projects have begun blogging their progress- by video! Watch here to get insight into the mobile games, mobile ticketing, audience curation, distribution, social media. The grants encourage cultural organisations to use digital technologies to engage audiences in new ways and to create opportunities for new business [...]
TheKnowledge: Gaming
By Hannah Rudman
29 May 2012
TheKnowledge – Digital Strategy in Culture by Art of Digital London has a really clear guide to gaming (as learning, culture, a new context). Thanks @aodl!
Punchdrunk – Sleep No More
By Ashley Smith Hammond
28 May 2012
Ever heard of ‘remote and real world interconnected theatrical immersion’? Punchdrunk’s Peter Higgin explains all
Digital arts and the imagination by Rachel Coldicutt
By AmbITion
23 November 2011
(Thanks to @rachelcoldicutt for giving us permission to re-publish this article, which originally appeared as an inspiration essay for Arts Council England & BBC’s launch of The Space – an experimental digital arts media service and commissioning programme that could help to transform the way people connect with, and experience, arts and culture). Making things [...]
Digital 2011 – videos of conference sessions
By AmbITion
8 April 2011
Four great videos from Digital 2011 – connecting Scotland’s digital and creative industries conference, Glasgow, Wednesday 30th March 2011. The theme of Digital 2011 was Monetising Content:
