NEW IDEAS Design Forum

As part of Sydney Design 2010, the Historic Houses Trust, d/Lux/MediaArts and the College of Fine Arts (COFA) have collaborated to produce NEW IDEAS, a digital media exhibition exploring themes of heritage conservation and historic interiors through the history of Government House.

A highlight of the program is the NEW IDEAS Design Forum, which will focus on the use of digital media and technology in heritage interpretation.

Chaired by ABC Innovation’s Chris Winter, speakers include Historic Houses Trust’s Dr. Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Museum Victoria’s Tim Hart, UTS Creative Industries Innovation Centre’s Sarah Barns, Museum of Australian Democracy’s Kate Armstrong, Professor Ross Harley of Media Arts at the UNSW College of Fine Arts School of Media Arts and d/Lux's own Neil Jenkins.

The New Ideas Design Forum is on at Government House on Thursday 5 August from 6pm—8pm
HHT Members/Conc $30 | General $35 | Students $20. Bookings: 02 8239-2211 or HHT

During the forum, industry speakers will showcase projects and ideas, and discuss opportunities available to emerging artists, designers, and anyone intrigued about the possibilities of contemporary technology as a tool for interpreting the past.

Presentations and Speakers

Large scale 3D visualisation and virtual heritage: A museum perspective
Timothy Hart | Director, Information, Technology, Museum Victoria, Melbourne

Just say yes ... or maybe? Adopting new media at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Dr E. Kate Armstrong | A/g Interpretation and Community Learning Manager, Museum of Australian Democracy, Canberra

Extended Places - The Imaginative Use of New Media in Museums and Public Spaces
Professor Ross Harley | Head, School of Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Sydney

Locating the Archive - Use of locative media to engage with archival collections
Neil Jenkins, New media artist, curator and chair of d/Lux/MediaArts

'Dial history': Homing in on the street's archive
Sarah Barns, new media researcher and producer

New ideas: reaching different people and more people at heritage sites in the digital age
Dr. Caroline Butler-Bowdon, Assistant Director, Learning and Outreach, Historic Houses Trust of NSW

Run by the Historic Houses Trust, the forum comes under the NEW IDEAS banner, which stands for NEw Ways of Interpretation to DEvelop AccesS

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