1. The document discusses using living labs to promote culture and learning across Europe. 2. It proposes creating an open cultural network between cities, research institutions, and cultural organizations to experiment with digital culture and new cultural industries. 3. Key projects mentioned include the Cultural Ring, which connected local theaters for cultural sharing, and INDICATE, a digital heritage infrastructure project linking institutions.

1. Living Labs for
Culture and Learning.
Artur Serra,
eCulture SIG. EnoLL
III Summer School LLs,
Helsinki, Finland
August, 21, 2012
artur.serra@i2cat.net

2. Europe 2030
as open cultural laboratory
Museums and
Libraries as
innovation
ecosystems
Research Institutions
Cities as
European
promoting living labs Cultural living labs :
for digital culture Dublin, Science Gallery, Hacking the City
Cultural Ring research and Köln, Live Smart City Guide
INDICATE: experimentation Conventry, Citylab, Serious Games
eInfrastructure Helsinki Design Capital
For Culture New Cultural Barcelona, Mobile World Capital
Industries
(smart cities as serious FET:
gaming, enhanced reality, FUTUR ICT,
network artistic Earth Simulator,
performances, social Social gaming
simulation, massive design Complex Systems
experiments in 3D…)
Innovation
Rovio…

3. Culture of XXI Century

5. Culture of XXI Century
The Leonardo's
Dream
Technologist
Scientist
Artist

6. Old and new models of culture

7. Cities as a cultural laboratories,
http://www.cccb.org/ca/curs_o_conferencia-i_c_i_ciutats_lab-40762

8. The Cultural Ring 2006 :
Future Internet for Culture and People

9. The project team:
In collaboration
with
Ajuntament Barcelona

10. La Xarxa Transversal: a network of local
cities interested in sharing culture

11. A country of culture

12. i2cat: Future Internet in Catalonia
•The board is composed by 4 public institutions, 3 universities
•and 9 private companies from the telecommunications and media sector.

13. IP experimental Infrastructure

14. Multimedia Experimental Plataform

16. HD Gaudi, 2002
First HD live transmissió between Europa-USA over
Internet at 270 mbps by i2CAT-Research Channel

18. HD Dancing Q from Seoul to Mercat de
les Flors in Barcelona. 2005

20. Discovering cybertime.
From Cyberspace , a virtual, digital space to…
Cybertime, a global real time performing
scenario.
 Live
 Synchronous,
 Delay problem,...
The Internet as a performing space when we do
things in a concrete slot of time

21. A real challenge:
How to arrive to
cities and citizens?

22. The Cultural Ring (2006)

23. 1. Connecting metropolitan
centers with local theatres
Gran Teatre del Liceu
Teatre Bartrina - Reus
Teatre Principal - Olot
Teatre Monumental - Mataró
Teatre de l’Escorxador - Lleida
•IP network, 34 Mbps symetrics

24. 2. To equip cultural centers as
audiovisual studios
• 2 portable PCs
• 1 audio card
• 1 HD projector
• Power amplifier
• audio system.
• Audio mixer.
• Sony Anycast station

25. 3. Sharing cultural events
Poetry festivals
Guided tours
Master Class
Workshops
Courses
Conferences
Artistic
performances

26. “Difussion is where technology
offers major opportunities to the
opera in the XXI century” J. Matabosch.

27. Opera to the
cities:
first results
5 local theaters connected
3082 new spectators
5 operas from El Liceu
76% of occupancy

29. Metamembrana 2008,
first Cultural Ring production

31. A major lesson:
Bi-directional flow between
cultural centers.

32. Cultural Ring 2012
Theaters
Arts
centers
Museums
Libraries
Archives
Civic
Centers

38. The INDICATE Project,
Digital Heritage eInfrastructure

39. Linked Heritage:
Collaborating with Europeana

41. EnoLL Must Win Battle:
connect with
the Napster/FaceBook
generation!!

42. MUSICLab
For young
musicians

45. How about the senior
generation?

46. Colonia Güell,
Cultural heritage and people's memories
How seniors can produce inmaterial
cultural heritage content.

47. Sumary 1.0
1. CAN EUROPE BE A CULTURAL LIVING LAB?
2. CULTURE OF XXI CENTURY:
BLENDING TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE, ARTS.
3. OPEN CULTURE. PEER TO PEER MODEL
4. CAN ENOLL PLAY A LEADING ROLE IN THIS
EUROPE 2030?