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Curating the Digital: 3D, digitization, and mapping. Working with digital teams to create new narratives on emerging platforms
Thursday, November 7, 2019
Ranging from open-access collections to interactive maps and new forms of digital media, museums have expanding opportunities for presence online. Through two case studies, this panel highlights new and in-progress digital resources at the Freer|Sackler, the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art. It especially considers the role of curators in the development of websites and in-gallery digital features. The two case studies will open discussions on collaborations between curatorial and digital departments.
The Southeast Asia Collections Website is a portal into all related objects, exhibitions, events, and resources at the museum. Its centerpieces are a filtered collection search and a robust interactive map of sacred sites in Southeast Asia, built from firsthand field research and amply illustrated with site photos.
The exhibition, Body of Devotion: The Cosmic Buddha in 3D, resulted from diverse team effort. In-house curators and digital experts collaborated with the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program Office to create 3D scans and modeling. These allowed us to interpret the work in new ways and pushed us into innovative technologies and display possibilities, including augmented reality. Working with the museum’s accessibility task force further resulted in an upcoming touch- and audio-based presentation of the sculpture’s visual stories.
Session Type60-Minute Session (Professional Forum or Hands-on Demonstration)
TrackContent
Chatham House RuleNo
Key Outcomes
valuate and prioritize collection-based narratives that lend themselves to repurposed digital delivery
Strategically identify partners in the ideation, digitization, and implementation phases of an interpretive project
Leverage existing assets and evergreen content to (re)contextualize collections
Speakers
Session Leader : Ryan King, Project Manager, Open Access, Smithsonian Institution
Co-Presenter : Keith Wilson, Curator of Ancient Chinese Art, Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art
Co-Presenter : Emma Stein, Curatorial Fellow for Southeast Asian Art, Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art
Co-Presenter : Liz Cheng, Web Team Lead, Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art
Co-Presenter : Farrokh Rezaei, Database Administrator, Smithsonian central office of IT, Smithsonian Institution
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By MCN (Museum Computer Network)Thursday, November 7, 2019
Ranging from open-access collections to interactive maps and new forms of digital media, museums have expanding opportunities for presence online. Through two case studies, this panel highlights new and in-progress digital resources at the Freer|Sackler, the Smithsonian’s museums of Asian art. It especially considers the role of curators in the development of websites and in-gallery digital features. The two case studies will open discussions on collaborations between curatorial and digital departments.
The Southeast Asia Collections Website is a portal into all related objects, exhibitions, events, and resources at the museum. Its centerpieces are a filtered collection search and a robust interactive map of sacred sites in Southeast Asia, built from firsthand field research and amply illustrated with site photos.
The exhibition, Body of Devotion: The Cosmic Buddha in 3D, resulted from diverse team effort. In-house curators and digital experts collaborated with the Smithsonian’s Digitization Program Office to create 3D scans and modeling. These allowed us to interpret the work in new ways and pushed us into innovative technologies and display possibilities, including augmented reality. Working with the museum’s accessibility task force further resulted in an upcoming touch- and audio-based presentation of the sculpture’s visual stories.
Session Type60-Minute Session (Professional Forum or Hands-on Demonstration)
TrackContent
Chatham House RuleNo
Key Outcomes
valuate and prioritize collection-based narratives that lend themselves to repurposed digital delivery
Strategically identify partners in the ideation, digitization, and implementation phases of an interpretive project
Leverage existing assets and evergreen content to (re)contextualize collections
Speakers
Session Leader : Ryan King, Project Manager, Open Access, Smithsonian Institution
Co-Presenter : Keith Wilson, Curator of Ancient Chinese Art, Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art
Co-Presenter : Emma Stein, Curatorial Fellow for Southeast Asian Art, Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art
Co-Presenter : Liz Cheng, Web Team Lead, Smithsonian Freer|Sackler Museums of Asian Art
Co-Presenter : Farrokh Rezaei, Database Administrator, Smithsonian central office of IT, Smithsonian Institution