Exeter Impact Awards: Arts and Culture
During a glittering ceremony last night in the Great Hall, the winners of the University of Exeter Impact Awards 2013 were revealed.
The impact awards celebrate the outstanding contributions researchers at the University have made to wider society.
Each award was separated into categories to showcase the particular area that they benefit.
These included an impact on the world of arts and culture that showcased work which changes how people interact with artists and their own history.
The winner was Art Maps; A new crowdsourcing app developed with the Tate Gallery allows users to explore more than 67,000 artworks and relate them to the places, sites and environments they encounter in daily life.
Art Maps users can pinpoint the locations of particular images, identifying the viewpoints used by artists, and allowing others to find out more about the location they are in, and the artworks themselves. The app also analyses users’ locations, displaying works associated with that location.
The app uses Tate's collection of over 68,000 works to get people interacting with art and their enviroment
Tate holds the national collection of British art from 1500 and international art from 1900 . About one third of the collection has been indexed by Tate with information about locations, typically the site represented. For some works this information is quite specific but in many cases it is quite general, referring only to a city, region or major geographical feature
The Art Maps project aims to improve the quality of the geographical data relating to these works, with members of the public contributing information about the specifics of the imagery and viewpoint used or associated sites.
It will also, allow people to record and share their memories and emotional or creative responses to the places associated with the artworks in ways that will generate learning experiences and create new communities.
The research was led by Ms Locatelli and Prof Giannachi who accepted the award.
