Notes from introductory call with MMI (April 22, 2009)
Some projects that the Museum of the Moving Image has in mind for Fluid Engage:
  1. Interactive animation stands: let people take their animations home with them, directly on their phone
  2. Remote controls for in-gallery video screens: use the phone to controls clips on the screen
  3. CollectionSpace integration:
    - scan a bar code, or wirelessly look up more information, get access to the collection
    - visitor can take that information home with them (ie. physical bookmarking)
  4. A location aware treasure hunt activity
  5. Location-aware triggered sound: not an fixed audio tour, but sounds cued based on context
    - say, David Lynch talking about the importance of sound while in an exhibit that covers sound in movies
• Not just physical bookmarking of objects already in the collection:
    - allow visitors to take home the results of their interactive activities
• eDoscent: a pilot mobile project run by MMI in 2000
    - problem they encountered was that people didn't necessarily want to follow up
    - the "here and now" is the key
    - need to incentivize the pre/post visit
• MMI has little interest in way finding; they have a small space, emphasize the value of getting lost
    - instead, want to approach this in an exhibit-driven way
    - preserve the primacy of the visitor to determine their own in-gallery experience
    - leave notes to person i know, tied to a physical location and artifact
• layered curatorial approach
    - a library: here's a collection of stuff
    - "our perspective:" advocated by the curatorial staff
    - invited experts: material assembled by filmmakers, for example
    - visitor's perspectives
    * goal: "to elevate the mundane, not denigrate the important"
• Carl suggested we take a look at other past mobile-related projects, such as the HandScape project