AR, VR, and Mixed Reality
Gold René Magritte: The Fifth Season Interpretive Gallery
“Absolutely incredible, a very playful exhibit that engages visitors. The experience feels very original, yet ties in the history and story of the artist.”
Silver Claude Monet – The Water Lily Obsession
Bronze Tomb 7, the Chamber of Ancestors Digital and Interactive Experience
Honoree Awaken Exhibition
Digital Campaign
Gold “look at this absolute unit.”
“The clarity of focus came as a complete surprise – they simply had no idea how their inspiration content – a single archival photograph of an Exmoor Horn aged ram, captioned ‘look at this absolute unit’ would have such tremendous impact! Humor propelled the campaign in a quiet, but compelling way – subsequent tweets, such as ‘Can everyone please stop retweeting our absolute unit please our social media person only has an old samsung s5 and it is melting, thank you’. It can be hoped that this will encourage institutions to have fun with visitors and let them have fun with you. Once again they prove that “where there’s a wool there’s a way.”
Silver Seeing the Barnes Campaign
Bronze #WearingMemories
Enterprise Technology
Gold The Getty Docent Website
“The Getty has incorporated new technologies into what has long been a traditional museum function, docent tours. Their docent mobile responsive website provides a robust and full-featured platform for training, scheduling and assisting docents in all of their various activities.”
Silver Curio Interactive Object Labels
Bronze Protecting Collections in a Visitor-Centered Museum
Mobile Experience
Gold Hirshhorn Eye
“Very impressive. Really hits the brief delivering context-specific content in a novel and frictionless way.”
Silver The Teen Audio Guide
Bronze Riddle Mia This: An Escape Room Experience
Honoree Sensory Friendly
Online Experience
Gold The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition: A Chronicle, 1769–2018
“Awed by the amount and quality of content produced for this project. The thoughtful use of original content accompanied by rich resources demonstrates digital operation at its best. The data visualizations added depth and meaning, allowing the viewer to dig deeper into the context in a nontextual form. The site functioned flawlessly and quickly across all devices, and was built with accessibility best practices in mind. Furthermore, the lightweight IIIF viewer that was developed and released for this project pulled in an impressive breadth of archival content and highlights a commitment to open-source values.”
Silver Asia Art Archive
Honoree Húy̓at: Our Voices Our Land
Onsite Digital Experience
Gold ANiMAL – Art Science Nature Society
“ANiMAL interweaves animal-related issues and narratives throughout the ages through the lenses of art, science, nature, and society, telling a compelling story about our partners on this planet—animals. Jurors called ANiMAL ‘adventurous in its use of new technology in the gallery,’ ‘exciting,’ and ‘an exhibition that has successfully and playfully integrated the best of digital museum experiences.’”
Silver Tea Table
Big Burn Exhibit
Bronze MUSIC: You are the Orchestra
Honoree Fabric in Fashion Projection Mapping
Laugh Battle Exhibit
Podcasts
Gold Beyond the Paint: Contemporary Muslim Fashions
“’Authenticity’ is an often overused term when speaking about podcasts; this show strips the quotations from the word. We commend the decision to literally hand the mic over to teens and empower them to create the show they wanted to hear.”
Silver Raw Material: an arts + culture podcast from SFMOMA Season 4: Luvvers
Bronze A Daughter’s Voice
Honoree Into the Anthropocene: Our Impact on Earth
How To Be American
Research and Innovation
Gold Facial Recognition Personalization Software
“Through the innovative use of facial recognition and gaze detection technology to deliver a unique user experience, this project provided a novel approach to delivering personalized content. The system broaches the next frontier of seamless interaction with content by removing many of the physical barriers often associated with usability while providing opportunities for meaningful, curated learning.”
Silver H-E-B Body Adventure, Powered by University Health System
Bronze Advancing Open Access: Tools and Protocols for Best Practice
Video, Film, Animation, and Live Media or Digital Performances
Gold Getty Unshuttered
“Getty Unshuttered is an extraordinary educational resource and social platform, harnessing the desire of today’s youth to express their unique voice, and equipping them with the tools to grow in their artistic ability and create community in the process. The rich content and engaging experience spans across a diverse set of platforms from web, mobile, to in person immersive installations. The judges agreed that this is a really innovative project, using the museum as an educational and social incubator, a launch pad for young artists.”
Silver Musical Landscapes
Bronze YouTube Channel
Honoree The Wonder Sound: A World Unfolding