Meet the Digital R&D pilot projects
Channel: Arts Council England
Date: 2012-07-12

We'll be documenting the progress of the eight Digital R&D pilot projects from the £500,000 pilot fund which began in 2011.

The projects aim to use digital technologies to engage audiences in new ways and to create opportunities for new business models using one (or more) of the fund's thematic areas: User Generated Content; Distribution and Exhibition; Mobile, Location and Games; Data and Archives; Resources; Education and Learning.

The eight pilot projects are:

Scratch Online: Battersea Arts Centre with Arts Collective, Oxford Institute Consultancy
Dickens London Trails: Exhibition Road Cultural Group with the Dickens Museum, Seren Partners and MTM London
Social Interpretation: Imperial War Museum with Gooi, Exeter University, Salford University and MTM London
LSO Pulse: London Symphony Orchestra with Kodime and Salford University
Culture Cloud: New Art Exchange with Artfinder and Birmingham City University
Sleep No More: Punchdrunk with MIT Media Labs, University of Dundee and University of West England
Dero: The Sage Gateshead with Fusion Analytics and Cambridge University
Happenstance: Site Gallery with Lighthouse, Spike Island, Caper and University of Warwick

The main £7 million Digital R&D Fund for the Arts launched 13 July 2012 and will be open for application until 2015. It is a partnership between the Arts Council, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Nesta.

Find out more and apply http://www.artsdigitalrnd.org.uk

Follow the progress of the pilots on their blog http://digitalrndfund.wordpress.com/