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Bilton, Chris (2012) Happenstance report. Coventry, UK: Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
The Happenstance Project consisted of a series of creative technology residencies, placing three pairs of creative technologists into three arts organisations. The primary aim of the project was to consider how digital technology and creative uses of technology can become 'embedded' in arts organisations. The project was one of eight schemes selected for the pilot Digital R&D Fund for Arts and Culture, launched by Nesta, Arts Council England and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in autumn 2011.
The project took place over approximately 12 weeks from March 2012 to May 2012 at Site Gallery in Sheffield, at Lighthouse in Brighton and at Spike Island at Bristol. The six residents were given an open brief, required to initiate innovative digital projects in response to the challenges and opportunities they identified in each organisation.
The research aims of Happenstance can be summarised as follows:
- Identify the cultural conditions which support or prevent short-term digital innovation becoming ‘embedded’ in the ongoing practice of an arts organisation.
- Identify differing attitudes, expectations and practices towards digital innovation between creative technologists and arts organisations (particularly attitudes to risk and
failure, differing processes and methods).
- Identify a distinctive approach to innovation (R&D) in arts organisations.
- Identify outputs and outcomes of the residencies and evaluate the success of the project.
Item Type: | Report | ||||
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Subjects: | N Fine Arts > NX Arts in general | ||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies > Centre for Cultural Policy Studies Faculty of Arts > Theatre, Performance and Cultural Policy Studies |
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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Technology and the arts | ||||
Publisher: | Centre for Cultural Policy Studies, University of Warwick | ||||
Place of Publication: | Coventry, UK | ||||
Official Date: | December 2012 | ||||
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Number of Pages: | 49 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 28 July 2016 | ||||
Funder: | National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (Great Britain) (NESTA), Arts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain) (AHRC), Arts Council England |
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