ArtBabble launches and makes connections.
ArtBabble, developed by the Indianapolis Museum of Art, launched this morning. Partnering with other art museums such as LACMA, MOMA, SFMOMA, New York Public Library and the Smithsonian.
From the site itself:
Art-Bab-ble [ahrt-bab-uhl]
noun; verb (used without object) -bled, -bling
1. free flowing conversation, about art, for anyone.
2. a place where everyone is invited to join an open, ongoing discussion - no art degree required.ArtBabble was conceived, initiated, designed, built, sculpted, programmed, shot, edited, painted and launched by a cross-departmental collection of individuals at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA). It is intended to showcase video art content in high quality format from a variety of sources and perspectives.
ArtBabble was created so others will join in spreading the world of art through video.
As a platform this is great, bringing together digital collections into one place and allowing an ongoing conversation focused on the creation and critique of art. As a step forward for museums this is rather large. Within the videos there is additional context added to a sidebar to take what is being talked about to the next level of understanding. Weaving a more cohesive understanding of art and placing this next level of context is much more than just a babble, its placing art and the conversations surrounding it at a more attainable level to users.
Congrats! to the IMA dev team. I had the pleasure to meet some of them last year and their vision and excitement is invigorating and inspirational.
