mdea connect webinar > the met 3d hackathon: practical lessons for your institution
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This slide deck created by Don Undeen is from a MIDEA Connect webinar that took place May 1, 2013. Don Undeen is the Media Lab Manager at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York & spoke about how museums are in a great position to engage the maker and hacker communities. In June of 2012, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in cooperation with MakerBot Industries, invited 30 digital artists into the museum to photograph collection sculptures, turn those images into digital 3D models, make new works based on those models, and print them on MakerBot's 3D printers. Undeen explained in the webinar how the Hackathon is a springboard for considering practical possibilities in any institution. He also discussed inexpensive software and hardware that opens up new possibilities for engagement with art lovers of all ages and abilities, and delved into the DIY spirit of cooperation.TRANSCRIPT
3D Hackathon
The Met / Makerbot
Brought to You by MetMediaLab Practical Lessons for your Institution
Survey Questions
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Jonathan Dehan
Lessons
• Show, don’t tell
• Go where the interesting people are
• YOU are interesting!
• Ask for stuff for free!
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Lec Maj
Free!
Game-Changer
$0 + $0
= Priceless
Let’s have a Hackathon! More Artists = More Ideas!
speculative problem space?
unclear metrics for ‘success’?
unfamiliar technology?
big community of smart creatives?
cool content?
Lessons
• Leave room for ideas to change and grow
• Find good partners
• Community!
• Trust younger staff, support risk-taking
• Steal ideas (give credit) !
What’s a Hackathon?
• Compressed time period
• Smart people who make things
• Caffeine
• Broadly defined problems
• Intrinsic reward
Hackathon in THE MET?
logistics? communications?
press?
budget?
tradition?
curators?
cultural sensitivity?
physical space?
catering?
security?
wifi?
visitor servces?
Erin
Jackie
Me
Lessons
• Listen to the voices of experience.
• Be prepared to compromise
American Oceania
Arms and Armor
Asian
I Bless This List
• No Acquisition
• Share your work
• Use Approved Objects, Please
Artists:
• No Pre-Press
• Insurance!
• No promotional activity at event
Makerbot:
Swallow the Bitter Pill
Have a Documentation Plan
• Operating Systems
• Tools
• Software (free? expensive? ease of use?)
• Techniques
• Resources
Survey Results • Openscad • 3D Studio Max • Maya • Mixology Modo • Zbrush • Mudbox • Wacom Tablets • Windows and Mac
• MeshMixer • Netfabb • MeshLab • Sculptress • Rhino • Cinema 4D • Blender • Replicator G
Lesson
• Printing is SLOW
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We Met Heads On By Matthew Plummer-Fernandez
Success?
“We all learned a lot!”
Good Press
thingiverse.com/met
Relationships
Main Points • Not a core museum skill (new tech thing x)
• Not a huge museum priority on its own
• Uncertain, surprising results
• Enthusiastic Community
• Data sharing
• Inspiration is a two-way street
Community Culture
Inspiration
Museums Creative Technologists
Content History
Knowledge Authority
Expertise Enthusiasm Curiosity
Time
Community Culture
Inspiration
Museums Creative Technologists
Content History
Knowledge Authority
Expertise Enthusiasm Curiosity
Time $$?
“Vendors”
Principles
• Get Involved and Make Things ™
• NOT Museum Agenda-Driven
• Intrinsic Reward
• Open Data, Code, Results
• Play along at home
Potential Pitfalls
• Acquisition?
• Free labor?
• Favoritism?
• Intimidation?
• Overpromising?
• Bad Actors?
Making it Work for You
• Relationships are #1, #2, and #3
• Low expectations, budget, commitment
• Build on small wins
• Share
