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a side event of the exhibition at MART Museum in Rovereto: Caravaggio. The Contemporary
online conference “The Revolution of Caravaggio” by film director Paolo Benvenuti

The successful exhibition at MART museum in Rovereto, Caravaggio. The Contemporary, offers visitors the opportunity to admire the Burial of Saint Lucy in the flesh. This painting is the oldest Sicilian work by Michelangelo Merisi (AKA Caravaggio) and is currently on loan from its usual home in the church of Santa Lucia alla Badia in Syracuse. The seventeenth-century masterpiece is exhibited among a selection of contemporary works and photographs, encouraging new conversations and emphasising Caravaggio’s spiritual relevance. Caravaggio. The Contemporary exhibition is enriched by a programme of both physical and online events.

Next appointment is with an online conference by film director Paolo Benvenuti, about Caravaggio’s painting practice and the theory of the artist using a sort of a primitive dark room to create his artworks.

11th February h. 18.30

La rivoluzione di Caravaggio. Paolo Benvenuti

Event in Italian Language
Registration link: https://form.jotform.com/210274387670054 (max 100 participants).
Info: eventi@mart.tn.it

 

The exhibition is on display at MART until April 2021: http://www.mart.trento.it/

Save the date: 3-4 March 2021
International Workshop ‘Societal Impacts of Culture: A transitional Perspective’

MESOC is research and innovation action whose challenge is to develop new perspectives and improved methodologies for capturing the wider societal value of culture, including but also beyond its economic impact, to enhance the potential role of culture as element of public policy for social, cultural and political cohesion and inclusion. Leaded by a Consortium composed by 10 Partners from 7 European countries (Belgium, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Romania and Spain) the three years H2020 project adapts and further develops a method for “transition based” impact assessment derived from a previous UNESCO Chair publication, building a structural model of the Societal Dimension of Culture, as defined by one of the strategic objectives of the European Agenda.
As a first layer of experimentation during the project, the model is tested within 10 European city pilots: three partner cities (Athens, Cluj and Rijeka) and seven associated cities (Barcelona, Gent, Issy-Les-Moulineaux, Milan, Turku, Valencia and Warsaw). The final expected output of the project is a Free and Open Access, online service (named the MESOC Toolkit) that could be used by both researchers and practitioners (the latter including both policy makers and cultural operators from all over the EU) to measure the societal value and impacts of cultural policies and practices.
MESOC was selected under the same call of UNCHARTED (H2020-SC6-TRANSFORMATIONS-08-2019) and on the basis of the similarity of interests and goals, the two projects established a cooperation in the framework of their dissemination efforts, exchanging knowledge and experiences related to the respective field of research for mutual benefit.
In the framework of its investigation action, MESOC is promoting its first  International Workshop ‘Societal Impacts of Culture: A transitional Perspective’. The meeting will take place on-line and will be the occasion to present the first outcomes of the project investigation, to discuss with experts and stakeholders the role of culture in urban change, as well as methodological and operational approaches relevant for social impact assessment and evaluation. The first day of the workshop, the 3rd of March, is open to the public and will be dedicated to an in-depth exploration of the different dimensions of transition enabled by cultural policies and activities within the three MESOC impact domains, such as Health and Wellbeing; Urban and Territorial Renovation; People’s Engagement and Participation. International guests will introduce key concepts and approaches and provide further inputs to the validation of MESOC conceptual and analytical approach. In addition, three thematic round-tables will provide the chance to debate with key experts both theoretical and methodological challenges related to MESOC framework and tools.

More information about the upcoming workshop here
Project’s website: http://mesoc-project.eu
Contact: info@mesoc-project.eu
#MESOC

When culture meets buildings heritage
The HeLLo project shares its results with the UNCHARTED network

UNCHARTED is pleased to announce the collaboration with HeLLo :Heritage energy Living Lab onsite. The project was concluded on  September 2020 and was about  energetic  efficiency of historical buildings.
During its two-year activity it carried out studies and scientific researches on the way to preserve historical buildings though the use of new systems of hygrothermal measurements.
The overall mission was to spread awareness about the most common energy retrofit solutions and to increase knowledge of their application in historic buildings. HeLLo defined the following specific objectives:

  • To check the compatibility of energy retrofit technologies already certified and applied to new buildings on historic constructions;
  • To create a structured dissemination programme that opens the doors of the laboratory life beyond academic boundaries.

Results were being achieved through a twofold strategy. First, a true experimental laboratory in which energy retrofit technologies were tested and their real performances were quantified. Second, a project of dissemination laboratories that offers an experimental experience in order to make known the world of investigation by the practice of the living lab.
As the dissemination project was itself an integrated part of the research, the experience was addressed to different target groups, including the scientific community and professionals, public authorities, enterprises, educational institutes, schools and end users.
A rich and valuable asset of documental material among  scientific papers, researches and practical demonstrations was produced by the HeLLo project and this cooperation aims to put the basis for its use and exploitation in benefit of the entire community of cultural heritage researchers.

List of open access papers on the results of the HeLLo  research:

  1. MCAA Newsletter – THE HELLO PROJECT: ONGOING ACTIVITIES AND DISSEMINATION ACTIONS
  2. energies – Applied Research of the Hygrothermal Behaviour of an Internally Insulated Historic Wall without Vapour Barrier: In Situ Measurements and Dynamic Simulations
  3. energies – Design and Construction of a New Metering Hot Box for the In Situ Hygrothermal Measurement in Dynamic Conditions of Historic Masonries
  4. ijesd – From the Dynamic Simulations Assessment of the Hygrothermal Behavior of Internal Insulation Systems for Historic Buildings towards the HeLLo Project
  5. EfS 2019 – 4th Energy for Sustainability International Conference – Designing a sustainable future –The HELLO PROJECT: risk analysis and mitigation strategies
  6. electronics –  Development of a Compatible, Low Cost and High Accurate Conservation Remote Sensing Technology for the Hygrothermal Assessment of Historic Walls
  7. L’Ufficio Tecnico – Laboratori “aperti” per l’efficientamento energetico del patrimonio storico(in Italian)
recently launched in Rome, the VR application was born from a series of innovative projects about architecture and education
#MuVArch – a virtual museum of architecture

A virtual museum was recently presented by the Italian Council of Architects CNAPPC – Consiglio Nazionale Architetti Pianificatori Paesaggisti e Conservatori. The museum is named #MuVArch, and will allow to virtually walk into exhibition rooms supported with an interactive audioguide. It was created in the framework of the project “Architetti per il Futuro”.

It will be possible to visit two exhibitions: “The best schools” and “The best ideas and proposals for schools” deriving from contests dedicated to young architects. Additionally, works from children and teenagers are showcased in the framework of the projects “Abitare il Paese” and “51 Scuole innovative”.

The museum was developed within the project #architettiperilfuturo, and will soon be available as an app for PC, App mobile e OCULUS Quest.

Follow the facebook page of CNAPPC for more news about #MuVArch: https://www.facebook.com/CNAPPC/

A way to link the past with the future
Coventry University launches digital library to celebrate city’s cultural history

An online archive of photos, videos, maps and documents designed to celebrate the city’s heritage: this is the new initiative promoted by Coventry University in cooperation with Coventry City of Culture Trust, Culture Coventry and other partners.
Coventry Digital was set up to allow people with connections to Coventry to revisit and celebrate its past and update it with new assets, images and content. It also has the potential to allow augmented and virtual reality uses as its content and contributions develop.
So far, more than 12,000 items including photos, videos, maps and documents have been uploaded to the archive – featuring a wide range of Coventry’s most unique and defining features from years gone by as well as more recent times.
The online archive represents a very performed tool to document Coventry history and it is good  that its launch proceded the  UK City of Culture celebrations which will start in May and will run for 12 months.
Coventry Atlas, which can be accessed through Coventry Digital, has also been developed to allow users to zoom into specific locations and see their unique, individual archives. As a funding partner of the project, Coventry Atlas has facilitated the digitisation of a vast range of images, assets and resources that have been made available through Coventry Digital, including an interactive map displaying wartime bomb damage to the city.
More information on the Coventry University website

Cultural Heritage as a Source of Societal Well-being in European Regions
Final Deliberative Workshop of HERIWELL EU project

Yesterday,  January 26th, it was held  the final event  of a 3-days online participatory initiative promoted by the HERIWELL project. In the first part of the meeting the HERIWELL team introduced the goals of the project and a brief description of the past two workshops. The presentations that followed highlighted different aspects of the impact of cultural heritage on the well being of society. A representative of the DG Education and Culture shared with the participants the EU programmes for culture and R&I. The debate was characterized by the exchange of experiences and case studies on participation and digitization applied to cultural heritage. Among others, the example of the Archeological Museum of Naples was reported as successful experience in which the use of digital tools facilitated the access to culture, increasing societal engagement and cultural participation.
Nevertheless the importance to balance digital and sensorial /experience in art was raised by the participants as main aspect to take into account by practitioners of the cultural field.
At the end of the meeting the HERIWELL team shared with the participants the events agenda for 2021. Next meeting is planned for February and will focus on Dissemination.
The participation to such interactive and dynamic debate offered to UNCHARTED project the possibility of a productive confront on topics that are the basis of its research activity but it also had the chance to present the main goal of its investigation to the HERIWELL stakeholders and to anticipate the future results of its work.
Download the HERIWELL deliberative final workshop agenda here.
HERIWELL Website
Previous blog on HERIWELL deliberative workshop

 

a series of events organized by AI4LAM Teaching and Learning Working Group in the week of 29 March
“Applying and deploying AI in GLAMs” – Call for workshop proposals

The AI4LAM Teaching and Learning Working Group is organizing a series of online workshops on the week of March 29, 2021 to provide training opportunities for those interested in applying and deploying AI in Libraries, Galleries, Archives, and Museums.

We intend to bring together a diverse community of experts with subject and domain expertise, as well as technologists across GLAM institutions for a collaborative learning event. The workshops should include a critical reflection about the process of applying AI and its implications in GLAM institutions.

If you are interested in offering a workshop, please submit a brief proposal through this form: https://forms.gle/ge4AzP8a2zBts47g6.
Deadline to submit a proposal is Feb 12, 2021.

Workshops should be no longer than 2 hours if possible and be based on materials (notebooks, code repositories, pre-recorded mini-lectures, demos etc) that are made available at least 2 weeks before the event. The live Zoom session will be for interactive time and also serves to review material and field questions, or for group discussions. Additional communication will be available on AI4LAM Slack channels.

Questions can be addressed to triznam@si.edu, cengel@stanford.edu or the #teaching-and-learning-ai channel on ai4lam.slack.com

website: ai4lam.org

deadline is 31 January, the survey will serve to support a research on practices and challenges in the museum sector
Survey about stored collections of museums

The Erasmus University Rotterdam in collaboration with the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya (UIC Barcelona) – as related to a PhD research – are conducting a survey on the stored collections of museums across the world.

Knowing that the larger portion of the collections is stored, this survey will gather data about:
– The type and condition of collections stored;
– The type of storage available; and
– The services provided to access stored collections.

Your participation in this survey will support understanding of the current practices and challenges faced to increase access to collections, particularly those currently in storage. Your answers will be kept anonymous and all results will be reported in aggregated form.
The deadline to send your response is 31 January 2021.

We thank you for taking part in this study.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the researchers involved at navarrete@eshcc.eur.nl and laracorona@uic.es.
Image courtesy of Marco Lanza.

The Serpentine presents artistic initiatives in which thechnology meets art
‘Arts Technologies’ at Serpentine Galleries

Text by Caterina Sbrana.

“Our Galleries are temporarily closed due to current coronavirus restrictions. We look forward to welcoming you back again soon”.

This message is on the home page of the Serpentine Galleries website and it’s similar to others we read in many other museum sites, due to the health emergency. However, the art galleries have not stopped and have continued to carry on their program presenting online exhibitions.

Screenshot image of the Serpentine Galleries home page; https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/

The Serpentine Galleries’ basic idea is described in the Arts Technologies section: “The Arts Technologies programme at the Serpentine Galleries proposes critical and interdisciplinary perspectives on advanced technologies through artistic interventions. Challenging and reshaping the role that technologies can play in culture and society is part of the Serpentine’s commitment to supporting new artistic experiments at what has now become a historical intersection. The programme initiates and supports artists in developing ambitious artworks that deploy advanced technologies as a medium, tool or topic, often operating beyond gallery walls”.

The Serpentine Galleries present online, without any registration, a free programme of films, podcasts, articles, exhibitions, live events and technological innovation. Entering the What’s on section of the Serpentine we find a whole series of extraordinary artistic initiatives in which technology meets art or vice versa.

Screenshot image of What’s on section where we find exhibitions and different digital works; https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/

I would suggest you to visit the current exhibition by Jennifer Packer, titled “The Eye Is Not Satisfied With Seeing”, which will continue until March 2021 (https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/jennifer-packer/) where we can admire portraits of artists, monochromatic paintings, drawings and also the famous Say Her Name, “painted in response to the suspicious death of Sandra Bland, a Black American woman who is largely believed to have been murdered while in police custody in 2015”.

At the same time I suggest to put on the agenda a next exhibition that will be inaugurated on 30 March 2021 and will continue until 30 August 2021, by James Barnor, a British-Ghanaian photographer (https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/james-barnor/).

The Serpentine Galleries present, since the 70s, a research in art linked to the use of modern digital technologies in a dialogue between technology and art, which is very effective especially when the latter deals with universal issues such as ecology, the climate emergency or equality. In the field of digital art, the Galleries deal with understanding the effect of digital technologies on artistic field.

The site is very interactive and it is easy to find ongoing initiatives. From the home page you enter in Experience art online, from here you can choose the Art & Ideas section and then deepen a topic of interest by exploring exhibitions, listening to interviews with artists, reading focused interventions on particular topics.

In 2020, Serpentine celebrated its 50th anniversary and for this event a special page on the website was opened: 50 years of programmes, projects and events are covered. In it we read that “Global events have significantly changed our planned programme but we hope that you will join us online for regular podcasts, videos and articles exploring art, artists and the themes that drive our work”.

https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/

https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/arts-technologies/

https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/whats-on/

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