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More than the sum of its parts
Here are some of my notes on turning contributions to community. Group members were asked to come up with questions that could be asked when someone set up a user profile on a museum site to elicit interesting information about that person.
Questions about museums
What was the last museum you visited? What was the most recent exhibition you visited anywhere that you absolutely loved? When did you last visit this museum?
What do you like to do when you visit a museum?
Who/ what is your favourite artist/ period/ style?
I am here because ...
What do you want to know about [name an area of the collection]?
What is your favourite exhibit ever in any museum in the world?
What sparked your interest in this site?
How can we develop to your taste?
Do you remember your very first museum experience? Where did you go?
Questions about you
What do you make? What is your craft? What do you collect? What is your passion?
What is the most remarkable thing that happened to you today?
Who did you vote for in the last election?
What books do you have on your nightstand?
If you could be part of a work of an artwork which would it be?
In the 1990s I was a ...
What is your favourite walk in London?
When did you first get an email address?
Do you have an iPhone? What iPhone apps do you have?
Are you a practitioner or an observer or both?
Are you intuitive or analytical?
Do you prefer digital or analytical?
Questions that have been used before
Are you or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party?
Thanks, Peter, for your group's contribution. These are further notes I was given and apologies for leaving it so long before placing them here. Interesting too that the groups that have publicised their thoughts are those dealing with body art rather than drawing.
Group 2
'Tattoo This' - suggestions of designs from the collections
Cluster tattoos by: Subject of art, location on body' traditional or contemporary, age of person, date of tattoo, social context ( prison, concentration camp, punk)
Consider article about religious prohibitions or encouragement of body art
Some thing on henna tattoos for the less brave
Feature on piercing
Group 3
Invite stories about tattoo images
Invite people to submit their own photos
Create a flash mob events nationally and document
Connect tattoos to historic images
Create an activity to demonstrate regional or national difference in tattoo fashions
Invite personal stories about why and when people acquired tattoos
Make links with other museums interested in tattoos
Collect information about tattoo artists
Phone app using GPS to display tattoos by location
Thanks for all these good ideas, Gail
Gail Durbin, UK
Summary of Structural Brainstorming for a Community Site based around BODY ART: TATTOOS
Artists • Locations – Motifs/Designs • Cultural Traditions
WHY did I do it?
WHERE did I choose to put it?
Google Map for sourcing artists and sites tattoos were received (often part of a pilgrimage/visit)
Search by Body parts:
Galleries of Favorites
Sharing stories behind:
Adaptive re-use of old tattoos (e.g., in cases of changing romantic involvements)
My Imaginary Tattoo / My Wish List
Tattoos without tears: preview new tattoos through photo-superposition on your body
Tattoos in the News
· Tattoos in Film
Search Tattoo by
“Feel My Pain” – pain rating, stories
Timelines: in Tattoo history, contribute old family tats
On one’s own body
Sponsor: Tattoo Removal services!
Contributed by:
Kees Hendriks
Lucy MacDonald
Annie Chambers
Pepijn Lemmens
Peter Samis
For Gail Durbin’s Saturday morning interaction “More than the sum of its parts: pulling together user involvement in a museum website”