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Creative Careers | NPG EspaceTemps.net Telling stories through Foursquare: Derby 2061 Richard Birkin of production company Mudlark is experimenting with using Foursquare as a storytelling platform, turning it into a wormhole to the future. The project is called Derby 2061, and imagines a future where a company has used the vast amounts of personal data being made public online to allow people to experience the memories of other people. The result is a memory economy, where people's emotions, thoughts and feelings can be bought and sold. Birkin has set up more than 50 Foursquare locations around Derby city centre and Darley Abbey, exploring what the city might look like in half a century's time. They're organised into a list, which you can find here. "There's a story in it to find. For example, when you arrive, you can check into Derby Monorail Interchange & Vacuum SubLine Hub on Foursquare and read tips about the memory ports in the carriages. "Two of my favourite things are stories and time-travel," says Birkin.
About – Flux Foundation Our Mission :: The mission of the Flux Foundation is to engage people in designing and building large-scale public art as a catalyst for education, collaboration and empowerment. What We Believe ::The Flux Foundation exists as a new model for the exploration of large-scale art. At our core, we are collaborators. We believe that every step in the art-making process is an opportunity for people to work together to create something monumental. Individual contributions made by participants are invaluable and fundamental to the art we create. We also believe that anyone can be an artist and build big art. What We Do :: Flux doesn’t just create public art; it creates public artists. Who We Are :: Our team is comprised of people with a wide range of skills and interests. The Flux Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non profit organization.
Anthropologie du Présent My Favorite App at SXSW There are many apps on your smart phone. How many do you really use? Me: Yelp, Facebook, Twitter, Huffington Post, Lastfm, and Google maps. My 100 other ones collect dust because they don’t solve a problem or are a bad imitation. At SXSW I discovered an unique app called iTouru: remember listening to an audio tour at a museum, now imagine if the entire world had an audio tour. These stories could provide new perspectives for a city. What is iTouru? iTourU is a new iPhone App that lets anyone create, discover and share what we call ‘Pocket Tours’, which have ’stops’ that are tagged to a map and include audio, text and photos about that location. These Pocket Tours can be about absolutely anything, making iTourU a platform for creativity and real world adventure. How did you come up with the idea? The idea came to me when a friend sent me a satirical tour she had made about a renaissance exhibition. So that’s what we did: built a platform for creativity and real world adventure. Absolutely.
Puzzle Installation & Collaborative Project - Tim Kelly, artist The Puzzle Art Installation & Collaborative Project is a growing & traveling, group art exhibition. It was initially sponsored by the Monmouth County Arts Council and was created and developed by the artists Tim Kelly & Sandy Taylor (MCAC) and Marie Maber (Brookdale Community College) for the 2009 Teen Arts Festival at Brookdale. It was a great success and a lot of fun. It is now coordinated and maintained by Tim Kelly. The Puzzle Art Installation & Collaborative Project is proof that art is essential to life. Puzzle Installation Project History: THE ORIGINAL NEED: The Monmouth County Arts Council wanted to add a live collaborative installation project to the Teen Arts Festivals. THE IDEA: The Monmouth County Arts Council's Sandy Taylor and Marie Maber of Brookdale wanted a way for each students individual voice to be included with others in a collaborative effort. THE PROBLEM: As with most art related events in todays economic climate, we were tight on financial resources. links: