http://www.artscouncil.org.uk/news/arts-council-news/space-goes-live/
The Space is a new free digital arts service developed by Arts Council England in partnership with the BBC.
You can access The Space now at thespace.org or by viewing on connected TV or The Space channel (Freeview HD channel 117).
At the heart of The Space is a new commissioning model, enabling artists and organisations to film and make work specifically for the main digital platforms. Some are live-streaming their events, others trailblazing new formats, all with mentoring support and training from the BBC where required.
Work from established organisations of world-renown will sit alongside innovative work from emerging artists to make The Space a laboratory of endeavour, committed to the sharing of new and developing skills.
Keep up to date with upcoming content at facebook.com/thespacearts and on Twitter @thespacearts and #thespacearts.
Posted on
30th
April,
2012Something Perfectly Innocent (SPI) is a five day Theatrical performance which takes place over social media and mobile photography.
When a young urban twentysomething man arrives in a new city, he navigates his way through the city using just his iPhone and 3G technology, but he soon is thrown into a world far beyond anything he could of imagined.
Inspired by Film Noirs such as Double Indemnity and Sweet Smell of Success, Something Perfectly Innocent throws a perfectly seeming innocent man into a city which is corrupt, violent and power hungry, will he get out of the city alive?
DATES: Thu 10th to Mon 14th May
PLACE: http://marcuslilley.tumblr.com/somethingperfectlyinnocent
This is an online performance available 24 hours a day from Thursday 10th to Monday 14th.
Posted on
25th
April,
2012The Government has today launched a new equity investment scheme under the Enterprise Capital Fund portfolio.
The Notion Capital Fund has been set up to invest in high-growth potential SMEs in the UK. It is designed to help a significant number of firms to grow and create jobs; thereby boosting the country’s economy.
The programme will invest a minimum of £40 million. Investments range from £250,000 at the seed stage up to £5 million for later stage opportunities. The funds are to be used to enable investee businesses to undertake capital projects in order for them to expand and grow their operations.
Emerging high-growth internet-based cloud computing and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) companies, as well as other business models which use the internet in their service offering, are being targeted for investment.
Applications may be submitted at any time.
Go to http://www.notioncapital.com/where-we-invest for more information.
Posted on
23rd
April,
2012Google Art Project is an online compilation of high-resolution images of artworks from galleries worldwide, as well as a virtual tour of the galleries in which they are housed.
The project includes works in the Tate Gallery, London; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and the Uffizi, Florence. There are currently over 30,000 works of art uploaded from museums and galleries all over the world.
The “walk-through” feature of the project uses Google’s Street View technology. To begin your virtual tour of the museums and galleries in Google Art Project please go to: http://www.googleartproject.com/
Posted on
12th
April,
2012In order to boost the potential economic and social opportunities for ‘hyperlocal’ media in the UK, Nesta has launched the Destination Local programme to understand and stimulate the development of this emerging sector.
Through the programme, Nesta will fund 10 proposals that develop and test prototype services for the next-generation of hyperlocal media. In particular, Nesta is looking for prototypes that make the most of mobile technologies to deliver geographically-relevant local media.
The objective of the programme is to understand what new business models may be required, what types of service work well with audiences and the challenges and opportunities of using mobile technologies. Successful applications will be able to demonstrate how they help to understand these themes.
The programme has an overall budget of £1 million. Individual projects will be awarded seed funding of up to £50,000.
Applications can be either new ideas seeking seed funding to launch or existing models seeking to grow and develop.
Businesses providing services located in the UK, using mobile technology to deliver a geographically-relevant service and engaging and interact with the local community may apply.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 17 May 2012. http://www.nesta.org.uk/destination_local
