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- https://www.exploratorium.edu
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology, Social Sciences
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- Art, Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, General Science, History, Mathematics, Nature, Physics, Technology
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- Film/Video, Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Archives/Museums, Streaming/Download, Web Links
A public learning laboratory, The Exploratorium, is devoted to just that: exploring the world through science, art and human perception. Their mission is ‘to create inquiry-based experiences that transform learning worldwide’ and perhaps more importantly their vision is ‘a world where people think for themselves and can confidently ask questions, question answers, and understand the world around them’. The museum makes available a vast range of, video programmes, organised by subjects, including: Arts (532 videos), Astronomy and Space (220), Biology (331), Chemistry (97), History (35), Mathematics (19), Nature of Science (13), Perception (55), Physics (215), and Social Science (575). There is also a Websites section with over 35, 000 pages of content, which can be explored by subject too.
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- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWhTJDazgMDkZYOw91OyRKf7Zsia1a9Qu
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Art, Economics, Social Studies
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- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Streaming/Download
Founded in 1919, the New School university in New York City is a leading academic centre for the development of artists and designers. Amongst its notable alumni there are world-renowned names in the fields of literature, visual arts and performing arts including James Baldwin, Jack Kerouac, Mario Puzo, Marlon Brando, Tony Curtis, Walter Matthau, Paul Dano, Ai Weiwei, Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs. Via their you tube channel the New School offers the Public Programs Express, which is an ongoing series of interviews with prominent speakers such as Thomas Piketty, bell hooks, Naomi Klein, Ai Weiwei, Noam Chomsky, Yanis Varoufakis and Christina Greer. The interviews –so far some 61- are displayed as two-to-five minutes clips or highlights, but can be accessed in their entirety by clicking on the ‘show more’ and then the ‘bonus material’ links.
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- http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Art, Film Studies, Music
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- Radio/Sound
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- Blogs, Podcasting, Reviews, Streaming/Download
This is an USA-based podcast entertainment network devoted to culture, movies and music. Podcasts housed on the site include: Pure Cinema (with discussions of new and old films), Vinyl Emergency (about the people who create and collect vinyl records), Drinking at the Movies (conversation about films by two old friends), Supporting Characters (interviews with authors, film critics and bloggers), Movie Madness (reviews, interviews, film festivals coverage and box office information), Fresh Perspective (on a film related theme), and Voices & Visions (interviews with creative people). Some shows are sporadic, some are bi-weekly, but the site archives all the content, which can be streamed or downloaded.
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- http://www.thisisliveart.co.uk/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Art
LADA is a ‘Centre for Live Art’: a knowledge centre, a production centre for programmes and publications, a research centre setting artists and ideas in motion, and an online centre for digital experimentation, representation and dissemination. The LADA shop sells over 90 DVDs on experimental and performance art.
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- https://artuk.org/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Art
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- Film/Video
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- Archives/Museums, Databases, Information Sources
Your Paintings is a website developed by the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation (known now as Art UK) to create a complete record of the United Kingdom’s national collection of oil, tempera and acrylic paintings and make this accessible to the public. The site can be searched by artist, by gallery or other institution, and by what’s in a painting, for example the subject of a portrait, places depicted, or objects such as trees and houses. The subject access is somewhat unwieldy to use and often brings up very large numbers of ‘hits’. The quality of the images is generally excellent and displayed alongside details of the gallery where it can be seen. To support the project for schools the site offers a range of online resources including: slideshows of paintings with ideas for use in the classroom; profiles of careers in the art world; and a guide to artistic styles and movements.
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- http://www.centerforvisualmusic.org/
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Art, Film Studies, Music, Photography
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- Archives/Museums, Courses, Streaming/Download
The Centre for Visual Music (CVM) houses growing collections related to visual music, abstract cinema, experimental animation and avant-garde media. CVM’s archives house the world’s largest collection of resources on Visual Music. The collections (the majority freely accessible online) include film/video/digital media and related papers, books, artwork, documentation, photography and artifacts. Committed to the curation, preservation, promotion and access to these multimedia collections, the Archive holds collections of artists whose careers reflect unique aspects of cinema. CVM’s collections include preserved film material for artists including Oskar Fischinger, Jordan Belson, Mary Ellen Bute, Jules Engel, Charles Dockum, John and James Whitney, Harry Smith, Pat O’Neill, John Stehura and others. CVM organises screenings and events and from 2015 has hosted selected films and video clips at a CVM channel on Vimeo.com.
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- https://documentary.net/
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- Arts and Humanities, Bio-Medical, Science and Technology
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- Art, Economics, Education, General Science, History, Media Studies, Music, Nature, Politics and Government, Sports Science, Technology
- Medium
- Film/Video
- Type of resource
- Discussion Lists, Streaming/Download
A site offering free streamed documentaries; new titles are added daily. Films can be selected by broad categories (e.g. Economy, Media, Nature), by country of production and by duration - short (up to 10 mins), mid (11-30 mins) and long (30 mins or over). Filmmakers are invited to send the site their films for potential distribution. An online magazine/gives industry news, new gadgets, reviews, and notice of forthcoming films. Free tutorials and guides on documentary filmmaking are available from the site.
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- http://jakeauerbachfilms.com
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Art
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- Film/Video
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- Blogs
The website of the director of films of contemporary artists including Allen Jones, Lucian Freud and Paula Rego. Auerbach works wherever possible with the artists themselves with little interpretation. Links are made direct to amazon.co.uk to purchase the DVDs and there is a blog post.
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- http://www.studycollection.co.uk/bamid
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- Arts and Humanities
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- Art
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- Film/Video
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- Archives/Museums, Databases
A database designed to assist research into British artists’ film and video. It covers experimental and avant-garde film, video art, artists’ television, gallery-based installations and other works that use moving image and audio-visual multimedia technologies, made by British and British-based artists.
The database provides as comprehensive information as possible about several thousand works, including the date of making, first exhibition site (if known), the original format and often a short synopsis. It is also a guide to the dispersed national collection of British artists’ moving image works. It identifies the holdings of public and academic collections, archives, distributors and dealers, their location and conditions of access.
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- https://postalmuseum.org
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- Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences
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- Art, Design, History, Politics and Government
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- Radio/Sound
- Type of resource
- Podcasting
The British Postal Museum and Archive has a series of podcasts on aspects of the British postal service. Some focus on philately and design, looking at how the work of artists such as Eric Ravilious and Barnett Freedman has shaped public perception of the Post Office. Other podcasts consider social and political aspects of the Post Office’s history. In one example Tony Benn speaks about how he created the National Girobank during his time as Postmaster General. In another Dr Katherine Rake speaks about an incident in 1909 when two suffragettes posted themselves to 10 Downing Street, in an attempt to deliver a message personally to Prime Minister Herbert Asquith.
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