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- 1. Crossroads of Curiosity The British Library meets Burning Man Open House – Boston Spa Friday 12th June 2015, 1400 - 1530 Mahendra Mahey Manager of British Library Labs
- 2. http://labs.bl.uk 2 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk The Story of Crossroads of Curiosity
- 3. http://labs.bl.uk 3 #bl_labs labs@bl.ukFunded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation
- 4. http://labs.bl.uk 4 #bl_labs Snipping out images from 65,000 Digitised Books Face recognition Mechanical Curator Flickr Worked better for female faces than men’s Press http://mechanicalcurator.tumblr.com > 260,000,000 views > 380,000 tags http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/ 1,020,418 images need tagging! Creative uses of images http://goo.gl/qPPgxX
- 5. http://labs.bl.uk 5 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk David Normal… •Visual artist •Specific interest in collage art •Was looking for a source of digital 19th Century illustrations •Found our collection through Facebook posting
- 7. http://labs.bl.uk 7 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Interview with David Normal about Crossroads of Curiosity https://youtu.be/Q3SBxO34Zlc
- 8. http://labs.bl.uk 8 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Burning Man and after… •Initial contact with David Normal and Nora McGregor in Summer 2014, continued with Labs after… •David gave talk at Library in October and December 2014 •Proposal to commissioning board: David Normal, Mahendra Mahey and Jamie Andrews approved late 2014 •Claire Robe joined March 2015
- 9. http://labs.bl.uk 9 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Funded by… • British Library • Eccles Centre for American Studies • Friends of the British Library • Burning Man Global Arts Programme • Kathryn and Lewis Shepherd • And others
- 10. http://labs.bl.uk 10 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk The British Library Meets Burning Man Initial Drawings…
- 11. http://labs.bl.uk 11 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk First mock up…
- 12. http://labs.bl.uk 12 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Roof or not a Roof?
- 13. http://labs.bl.uk 13 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk No roof but benches for ballast
- 15. http://labs.bl.uk 15 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk The final design…1
- 16. http://labs.bl.uk 16 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Base of exhibit…wheelchair friendly
- 17. http://labs.bl.uk 17 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk The final design…2
- 18. http://labs.bl.uk 18 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk The final design…3
- 19. http://labs.bl.uk 19 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Wednesday 10th of June at 0530
- 20. http://labs.bl.uk 20 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Wednesday 10th of June at 0630
- 21. http://labs.bl.uk 21 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk The build crew…
- 23. http://labs.bl.uk 23 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Friday 12th of June, lunchtime
- 24. http://labs.bl.uk 24 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Friday 12th of June, lunchtime
- 25. http://labs.bl.uk 25 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Friday 12th of June, lunchtime
- 26. http://labs.bl.uk 26 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Friday 12th of June, lunchtime
- 27. http://labs.bl.uk 27 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk 20th of June Crossroads of Curiosity Event
- 28. http://labs.bl.uk 28 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Event details •Talk from David Normal about Art Work •Larry Harvey in conversation with David about the literary influences on Burning Man •Viktor Wynd, Cabinet of Curiosities •Mandra •DJ Yoda
- 29. http://labs.bl.uk 29 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Event Details •Rob Sherman – Interactive Fiction Writer in Residence •Bob Nicholson – The story of a joke from Nevada that went viral in the 19th Century •Moving Europe – Burning Man inspired troop of performers and musicians •Others…
- 30. http://labs.bl.uk 30 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk The British Library Meets Burning Man https://youtu.be/Q3SBxO34Zlc
- 31. http://labs.bl.uk 31 #bl_labs labs@bl.uk Installation for 5 months… In poet’s circle until 8th of November 2015 Free
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