melinda garcia from sydney's museum of contemporary art talks about digital learning
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Melinda Garcia from Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney spoke to New Republique about their approach to art and exhibitions in the 21st century.TRANSCRIPT
- 1. Club Night Risky Business Spotlight talksGuided tours Teen GuidesSunday Family Fun Day Artist talksLecturesContemporary KidsSymposia & Courses School ProgramsARTBAR MCA on The Rocksgenerationext
2. Creating Creativity Colouring outside the lines Connecting with artists as thinkers and creators Playing with process over product Bringing your own story. Taking fresh meaning Thinking in new ways(eg. 1+1 = 2 or 4 or 11 or 1111 or) 3. Digital Learning @ MCA What do we have for school audiences? Digital Learning Programs Digital Excursions Digital Resources Mobile app MCA Insight ePublication Anish Kapoor 4. Digital Learning Programs Stop Animation (Primary) & New Media (Secondary) Workshops Explore moving image and new media artworks in MCA Collection Learn and apply specific terminology Create works on site in Digital & Multimedia Studios 5. Digital Excursions What is a Digital Excursion? High definition video conferencing 45 minute sessions Introduction to Australian contemporary art Super interactive and fun 6. Extending The Visit Digital Resources Computer/projector or interactive whiteboard PowerPoint Artist and curator interviews Exhibition, installation and studio documentation Pre & post-visit Creative learning activities catering to different learning styles (VARK) Free 7. Pre-VisitSculpture Hany Armanious made a large sculpture of part of the body. Can you guess what part it is? See how this large sculpture arrived at the MCA!Hany Armanious Fountain 2012 8. Onsite with MCA Insight Hold the Museum in the palm of your hand Available for iOS and Android Interpretation for artworks Artist and curator interviews Exhibition, installation and studio documentation Location aware Free 9. Video 10. My Gallery 11. Location Awareness 12. Location Awareness 13. Future / Forward What are we interested in? How do we engage remote/regional sites? Decentralise the Museum, encourage cultural exchange How to we privilege the digital audience? Digital art commissions, online only engagements How to we meaningfully include the audience voice? User generated content, crowd sourced information on artworks and artists (online collection) How do we connect the digital and the physical experience? 14. Contact Me [email protected] @madamegarcia