Plenary: Beyond the Walls… new media, public art and heritage interpretationHall A, MECCChair: Richard Baberowski

Sarah BarnsDirector, Sitelines

Intangible presences: Re-locating archives for heritage interpretation using mobile media

Sarah BarnsIntangible presencesRe-locating archives for heritage interpretation using mobile media Museums & Galleries QLD State Conference August 2011

“The future of the web is mobile”

“The Internet used to be something that you kept in one place. It sat idly by in your office while you lived out your life with only the occasional need to fire up the connection through your phone line and check an email address that no one ever sent anything to.”

“The future of the web is not mobile, it is ubiquitous.”

“the way the street feels may soonbe defined by what cannot be seen

with the naked eye” – Dan Hill

‘The Street As Platform’

Interaction between the built and recorded history of a site

Implications for heritage?

SI: Mapping ambiences & marginalised routes

Excavating historical topographies

Partners: ABC Archives, ABC Local Radio 702, National Film and Sound Archives, the Dictionary of Sydney, the City of Sydney, the State Library of NSW, the Powerhouse Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art

abc.net.au/sidetracks

Copy goes here for each slide……………………………………….Copy goes here for each slide……………………………………….put some more copy to ewxplain the slide here

The Hotel Australia – Now MLC Centre

Sydney Sidetracks abc.net.au/sidetracks

Victoria St Soundwalk

This piece experiments, loosely, with the format of the soundwalk, and is intended to accompany a stroll down Victoria St. It is composed entirely of recordings made on, or about, Victoria St, including those made around the time of the protests and my own field recordings

from 2007. It draws extensively from recordings used by permission from the documentary maker Pat Fiske.

http://sitesandsounds.net.au

Listening to a contemporary space

through its auditory past

Martin Place, VP Day 1945

Martin Place 2008Martin Place 1945

Now and ThenMartin Place Sydney

White label iPhone apps

Layar – Augmented Reality

STREET LIFE - ABC Past Forward

http://pool.abc.net.au

STREET LIFE - ABC Past Forward

http://pool.abc.net.au

Key trends

From closed publishing models to an open, shareable, social environment where connections matter. Engage in conversations!

From custom applications to cheap/free applications – spend the money on the content!

Platforms:

Word Press – City Themes with posts embedded in maps and Street View

Flickr Slideshows embedded into site

Importance of Flickr Commons / Creative Commons, helping to drive users to your collection

MyTours for free/very cheap i-Phone apps.

Not to find yourself in a city may well be uninteresting and banal. It requires ignorance – nothing more. But to lose oneself in a city – as one loses oneself in a forest – that calls for quite a different kind of schooling

Walter Benjamin

Thank you

Sarah Barns

Sitelines Mediabarns.sarah@gmail.com

http://sitesandsounds.net.au