Spread the Word Shannon Yee Polly Atkin DeafFirefly Digital Access To Arts And Culture just launched a report on Digital Access to Arts & Culture. We were proud to be part of this & advocate for the continued digitalisation of art. Read the report here, tinyurl.com/2dsjkwfd & listen to a BBC Front Row interview here tinyurl.com/yx9z9cus.

Great to have received so much support since our report came out 2 weeks ago, and to hear how many theatres remain enthusiastic about digital. Especially delighted to hear from National Theatre that they are still committed to NT@Home, and to using online as an accessibiity tool.

If you're interested in digital theatre and where it's going, ‘A Manifesto For The Future Stage’ written by a research group metaLAB (at) Harvard & FU Berlin is an inspiring read. It says everything our project has been trying to say for the last two years, but better! future-stage.org

ICYMI - coverage of our final project report in Variety variety.com/2022/theater/n…

BBC Front Row reveals 2 year delay to national Arts Access Card. Plus all ATGtickets access/companion tickets now bookable online Katy Raines Flo Carr IndigoLtd Stephanie Sirr UK Theatre Digital Access To Arts And Culture APPG for Disability Disability Rights UK Attitude is Everything PA Media Access Card Arts Professional👇

Just presented Digital Access To Arts And Culture project findings. Paper following very soon! Dr Kadja Manninen Richard Misek (thanks Thomas Thurnell-Read)

We've got two conference presentations coming up in the next week. Today, Dr Kadja Manninen, Adrian Leguina, and Richard Misek on digital arts and cultural quality at DRHA 2022 DRHA worldwide; next Friday Richard Misek on accessible XR at Live Cinema IV Live Cinema UK. Both online.

Social VR offered many people a way through the pandemic - We Met in Virtual Reality (now on HBO Max) is a remarkable document of the power and potential of VR-based community. Highly recommended!

Virtual reality film-making class with Joe Hunting, day 1: how to use a virtual camera in VR. Below: a walk-through of how to turn the camera into a drone. It's just mind-blowing: every camera move you could dream of is available.

I wrote for Arts Professional on why I think cultural orgs need to radically rethink how they are structured artsprofessional.co.uk/magazine/artic… I reference work from Seb Chan Aubrey Bergauer Arts Marketing Association Culture24, and reflect on chats with Simon Baker Kati Price and others

More on Centre for Cultural Value findings here: culturalvalue.org.uk/culture-in-cri…

Looking forward to today’s conference on VR storytelling @Bergenfilmfest produced with Crossover Labs. I’ll be chairing a panel on accessibility with Ian Williams from Birmingham City Univ, and award-winning theatre director Sacha Wares. Infomedia_uib biff.no/article/biff-e…

PS - I LOVE this image by MetaRick 🤖⚔️🍕. Screen grab taken from my students' mini VR doc filmed in Uncanny Alley, which currently features in Raindance Film Festival immersive curated by Curator of Raindance Immersive and Joe Hunting

Just read the ‘Art Power 100’ list of the most powerful people in the art world ArtReview_. Perhaps the 30 anonymous art insiders who made the list should also be on it. Those who stay in the shadows, deciding who has power, often have even more power. artreview.com/power-100?year…

new Digital Works podcast ep is out. Episode 27, a chat with Richard Misek about his research on the Digital Access To Arts And Culture project, the economics of digital culture, the accessibility benefits and considerations of working in this way, and lots more buzzsprout.com/841957/1136843…

Very excited to have the chance to develop the work of the Digital Access AHRC project by contributing to this new Digital Access Research Project metaLAB (at) Harvard & FU Berlin It'll be esp interesting to explore digital access from a wider international perspective. mlml.io/p/digital-acce…

This blog post by Ingrid Kopp via immersenow has a number of super interesting links on the latest in accessibility and immersive tech immerse.substack.com/p/disability-j…

My film A History Of The World According To Getty Images is now available online, with a Creative Commons public domain license. You can stream and download it and do anything you like with it via …yoftheworldaccordingtogettyimages.com

Very exited that my short doc 'A History Of The World According To Getty Images' has been shortlisted in the 2023 FOCAL International awards. Looking forward to some interesting conversations at the ceremony in June. You can see the film here: …yoftheworldaccordingtogettyimages.com

Congratulations The Tank Museum for being the first ever museum to reach 100 million views on YouTube! Here's a link to a case study we published last year on their digital activities, including tips from YT maestro nik. digiaccessarts.org/the-tank-museu…