Art Research Communication

eBaying and Curating

An Alt-w Digital Fund Grant has been awarded to the collaborative team of artist and writer Nicky Bird and curator Iliyana Nedkova towards the project Questions for Seller– an online ‘family album’ which will be created from discarded photographs bought on eBay. The album will incorporate seller’s answers to the questions “How did you come across the photos” and “What, if anything, do you know about them?”

Watch this space as the story draws a full circle and an unique artist’s book is auctioned back on eBay.

Ambit Wiki

Several people have asked how to update or add their details to the ‘Ambit members’ section of the web site. In response, and in the spirit of open source and open networks, there is now an Ambit Wiki which Ambit members can contribute to.

www.a-r-c.org.uk/ambit/wiki

This has taken the place of the old members’ listing, which has become rather outdated. Ambit members can add and edit their own content to the Wiki. Hopefully the Ambit Wiki can develop into a useful resource.

What is a Wiki? It’s a collectively authored and edited web site. Perhaps the most famous example is Wikipedia, an open, multi-authored web Encyclopaedia:

www.wikipedia.org