Manchester was buzzing last week with a range of events, from the preview of Videogame Nation at Urbis, the Digital Britain Unconference at MDDA, and particularly Futuresonic 2009. This year’s conference, to which myself, and a number of colleagues from AmbITion related arts organisations attended, had a range of themes, from Environment 2.0 to the Digital Economy. What stayed with me throughout the 2-day conference were the thoughts of main speaker Stowe Boyd from the opening session. He framed the debate in terms of the “edgelings” - individuals who are not necessarily part of one or other corporate structure. The destruction of traditional business models like local newspapers, record companies is resisted, but inevitable. The new business models, (and for that matter political and organisational models), will be more “connected,” more “social.” Making them pay might be the problem.
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Rise of the Edgelings
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2011 - An Arts Odyssey
Its 2011… Hannah Rudman narrates the story of an arts organisation that digitally developed successfully in the late noughties - where are they now?
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Video: Developing Digitally
Since early 2007, 15 arts organisations in the North West and the East of England have been part of AmbITion – an arts council funded project that sees them “developing digitally.” The project covers many different organisations, and a wide range of artforms.
As our organisations begin to implement a range of changes, to improve their digital capacity, we wanted to see where they – and their artform – were at.
Lantern House, Litfest and Ludus Dance are all North West based organisations that are using digital technology in different ways to engage with their audience, and support their artistic vision.
This video sees these three organisations in summer 2008, about halfway through their change process.
Full case studies of their progress since then will shortly be available on the resources page.
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Did you know?
AmbITion started life in England as a pilot programme for the arts and cultural sector in the North West and East regions. Funded by Arts Council England, led by Hannah Rudman of Rudman Consulting and Manchester Digital Development Agency (MDDA), the AmbITion pilot ran from 2007-2009.This website was developed for Arts Council England as a resource for arts organisations who want to develop digitally. Lots of great tools, resources and stories on this website were created whilst the pilot project ran in England. The AmbITion Scotland team now continue the development of this website, adding new resources and keeping it up-to-date.Thanks Arts Council England for sharing all the resources from 2007-2009 with AmbITion Scotland! -
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