These remarks opened the Museum Computer Network first online workshop with LearningTimes, "Creating a Video Channel for Your Museum." Visit http://mcnpro.org/sessions/workshop-1/ for further information about the workshop.

1. “Video’s Relationship to Museums in Digital Culture”
MCNPro Workshop 1 | Creating a Video Channel for Your Museum
December 11, 2012 | 11:30 am- 2:00 pm
Neal Stimler Key Remarks
Video in digital culture is expression en masse.
We are all part of a creators’ collective, tapping into the world with our eyes & hands, making & sharing
aesthetic understandings.
Expression is hyper-dynamic, with mobility, speed & transmutational power that the digital brings to daily
life.
We are seemingly in constant flux between a sense of “truth” with instant viral video & the filtered lens - a
docu-memory metamorphosis.
Video in digital culture is an asset.
Video infinitely springs forth from a still frame to motion - animation & reanimation - gives us ability to
playback life itself.
Video is of the moment of its creation & becomes the enduring legacy of cultural memory - timely &
timeless.
With video much of what has been captured will be lost - a fragile and impermanent nature - how do we
encode culture for the future?
Video in digital culture is content.
The density of video presents substantial amounts of sensory material to cohere through layers of
meaning.
Although dense, one can still digest the complexity of expression & form channeled through video into its
essences.
Video is impactful & resonant in digital culture as we buffer life together bit by bit streaming into each
other.
Video’s Relationship to Museums in Digital Culture is one of kinship through musing, seeing and
making meaning.
Disclaimer: The remarks herein are the personal views of Neal Stimler and do not necessarily reflect the
views of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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