New Musetrek app: now available on the App store

Posted on October 27, 2011 by noemie

Finally! Musetrek updated version is available for free on the App Store. On both the website and your Iphone you can now create tours, content and share it with your friends. Hopefully content will be growing over the coming months.

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Adobe non dynamic museum of digital media

Posted on August 25, 2011 by noemie

In October 2010, Adobe opened the first on line Museum dedicated to digital media which sounded like a great concept.
However at a time were traditional cultural institutions start using social medias to reach more audience, I was surprised to discover how little public interaction Adobe museum has.  Indeed, one would have imagine the site as an opportunity for dialogue between artists, curators and  the public. Unfortunately, user experience is quite limited touring the three currents exhibits made out of flash movies.
Very graphic but with such a good idea we would have hope for something more dynamic.

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Brooklyn Museum Collection API: Enhancing User Experience

Posted on July 4, 2011 by danni

In March 2009, the Brooklyn Museum announced the release of a free iPhone application that would allow users to browse and search the museum’s collection from the palm of their hands.

Developed by Adam Shackleford of Iconoclash Media, the iPhone app is a product of a real-world use of the museum’s Open Collection API, a set of services that programmers can utilize to display the museum’s collection images and data in their own applications. As part of a growing movement to adopt mobile technology in museums, this iPhone app is a pioneer in generating greater collaboration between the art and developer communities.

Visitors to the Brooklyn Museum can use the app to plan their visits and read more about the collection, allowing for a more educational and interactive user experience. The app allows users to browse the collection, learn about exhibitions and upcoming events, play games (for instance, a scavenger hunt that allows the user to “tag” certain items that he/she sees), and recommend artwork to other visitors.

Since its initial launch in May 2009, the app has been updated based on user feedback via blog and twitter, and in May of this year, a new “Arts Collections” app developed by Wayne Bishop was released for the iPad.

The Brooklyn Museum is one of the first of its kind to welcome such technological integration into the art arena, and in addition to its interactive website that allows visitors to follow and chart developer progress via the Application Gallery, it also allows users to connect via YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

Check out the Brooklyn Museum iPhone app here (link opens iTunes).

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Slash, le nouveau magazine d’art contemporain en ligne!

Posted on June 29, 2011 by noemie

Vous connaissiez slash.fr, le site collaboratif qui présente l’actualité parisienne de l’art contemporain ? Découvrez à partir de maintenant leur magazine en ligne  qui  dés la rentrée vise quatre gros articles par mois, avec des vidéos et des interviews. Cet éditorial vient s’ajouter aux 300 fiches de lieux parisiens dont 190 sont gérés par les institutions et galeries elles mêmes.

Pour la première édition, lancée hier à la maison rouge, l’équipe du magazine (Guillaume Benoit, Rédacteur en chef ; Jeane Derome, Responsable éditorial ; Arnaud Mercier, Directeur artistique) et l’agence de design interactif Area 17 , présentent une vidéo autour de l’exposition My Winnipeg (à la maison rouge jusqu’au 25 septembre), un entretien avec Claude Lévèque, une critique de l’exposition que le musée d’Art moderne dédie à Van Dongen et bien d’autres choses encore… il existe même une édition papier du numéro 0…

A vos écrans et  bonne lecture !

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Futur en Seine: l’Appli

Posted on June 20, 2011 by noemie

Fan de création numérique? Encore 6 jours pour découvrir le programme de Futur en Seine : des conférences, des parcours, des expos, des apps… une multitude d’activités sur la ville numérique de demain…. partout dans Paris. Pour vous repérez, Musetrek est partenaire de l’application officielle de Futur en Seine. Téléchargez là sur l’Apple Store.

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