Technologies of seeing the past: The Curzon Memories App

Crofts, Charlotte

Abstract

This paper presents a practice research project based at The Curzon Community Cinema, Clevedon, UK. Working closely with the cinema to develop a locative or context-aware heritage application for the iPhone, the project aims to enhance the Curzon’s new Heritage Lottery Funded exhibition, enabling visitors to gain further insight into the building, projection equipment and the history of cinema itself. The paper discusses the iterative design process, evaluates the first iteration and outlines plans for the next iteration, when the project will attempt to move seamlessly from the exterior of the building to inside the cinema.

Citation

Crofts, C. (2011). Technologies of seeing the past: The Curzon Memories App. In D. Stuart, B. Jonathan P., & N. Kia (Eds.), Proceedings of EVA London 2011: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts (163-170). London: BCS: The Chartered Institute for IT

• Publication Date: Jul 16, 2011
• Deposit Date: Sep 19, 2011
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 25, 2016
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Pages: 163-170
• Book Title: Proceedings of EVA London 2011: Electronic Visualisation and the Arts
• ISBN: 9781906124885
• Keywords: iPhone App, app, cinema, memory, locative media, pervasive media, creative technologies, film history, film studies, mobile phone, augmented reality, mobile applications, heritage interpretation, screen heritage, content development, digital memories, dig
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/960900
• Publisher URL: http://ewic.bcs.org/content/ConWebDoc/40611
• Related Public URLs: http://www.eva-london.org/eva-london-2011