Lots and lots going on in New Media at the IMA. It’s already been a long day here at the museum, but I’ve got a lot to report on, including audio guides, new videos and exciting spreadsheets! Now who doesn’t love spreadsheets? I just spent the past couple of hours reviewing our New Media schedule in a spreadsheet. As fun as that sounds, it actually was, because it covers everything we’re doing over the next 6 months and for some specialized projects, well beyond that. For instance, planning for the Roman Art webisodes began in April of last year. The amount of projects we’re involved in at the IMA is staggering and we’ve got some pretty exciting stuff lined up. I figured I would share some with you – but in reality, I would love to hear some of your ideas.
New Media produces a diverse collection of projects that support exhibitions, our permanent collection, the website, marketing efforts, and many other things. Project ideas typically originate from IMA departments, curators or one of the 4 New Media staff. This week alone, we are working on an audio guide, video documentation for two contemporary installations, updating IMA’s flickr page, trying to finalize a video shoot in Walla Walla, Washington and much, much more. Beyond this week, our focus for the next few months will be continuing our video production, rolling out some new audio guides that will be available online and through iTunes, and in general, bringing more stories and content from the IMA to you. One of our biggest projects includes documenting an upcoming art installation by Maya Lin. The projects we produce are done with the visitor in mind, which is why it would be great to hear some of your ideas.
This is the 10th blog post since our new web site launched in early September, and we still don’t have any comments (sad, I know). It’s not that people aren’t reading – they are – there are just no comments. I realize that logging in or registering is a little confusing at the moment (we are working on this), and that visitors are not used to blog entries appearing on IMA’s site. That’s okay, because we will continue experimenting with new ideas, projects and content at the museum and online. So feel free to chime in…eventually.
On a personal note, some of us at the IMA are big fans of the Sony Bravia ads, and they just released one that involves NYC, clay bunnies, the Rolling Stones and a lot of time lapse. What more could you ask for? Check out Hi-Res and behind the scenes footage here, or watch the embedded video below.
Later.
