#Art text message how to#
#Art text message archive#
#Art text message code#

#Art text message how to#

In this article, we will show how to create your own appealing ASCII text banners from plain text, using two command-line utilities called FIGlet and TOIlet. Github is a gift that keeps on giving.Recently, we have explained about how to randomly display predefined ASCII art on the Linux terminal, using a program called ASCII-Art-Splash-Screen. Reiterate your projectвЂ™s timeline every couple of months, until people can recite it in their sleep. Set expectations early and often so when itвЂ™s time to sunset a project, you will not have to campaign. Museums think in centuries timelines exist for exhibitions, scholarship, books.Your archives can also help guide your project through any potential sticky copyright issues.

#Art text message archive#

Work with your internal or external archive to create a plan for code/asset transference.

Your digital project might outlive you at that museum, so do your future colleagues a favor and tell them your intent. A plan (or a will) for your digital project outlines any donor agreements, stakeholder feedback, or individuals who need to be notified.

Build an end date into your project plan or grant proposal.

Tips and Tricks to вЂњEnd of LifeвЂќ your Digital Projects Want to prevent that one digital project from 2010 thatвЂ™s still on a first-gen iPad sitting in the gallery from haunting you? Here are my thoughts on making a graceful exit. Clearing both bandwidth and budgetary restrictions can provide your digital team with the room necessary to develop the next big project. Zombie projects drain your team of valuable time by exponentially increasing the need for maintenance over time. In practice, though, we donвЂ™t give real thought to a projectвЂ™s вЂњend of life.вЂќ With so many fantastic trends and interesting bandwagons, itвЂ™s easier (and more fun, honestly) for digital teams to simply build something new.ДЄlthough responsibly ending a project may not be as fun as launching one, doing so can have many tangible and intangible benefits. Therefore, itвЂ™s time for Send Me SFMOMA to retire, and that presents a central question for me: how do museums and non-profits close their digital projects? Most project management life cycles include a thoughtful line about вЂњclosingвЂќ a project. We are directing our upcoming projects toward that end. But the museum believes (and I agree) that the first priority for all our digital experiences is to encourage and/or enhance IRL encounters with art.

#Art text message code#

Running a short code that received over 6 million texts is expensive, and SFMOMA deals with the same fiscal constraints as every other arts organization and non-profit. Since its launch, the New York Times, Time, Techcrunch, Artnet News, Hyperallergic, and many more have spread the news: Art is just a text away. The pleasure of chatting with an art museum, and of texting and immediately receiving a texted artwork, has enabled people around the world to engage with our collection and see works that are rarely on view within the museum. People have requested everything from the word вЂњsadвЂќ to a fried egg emoji. HereвЂ™s the premise of Send Me SFMOMA, as designed by former SFMOMA Creative Technologist Jay Mollica: art lovers text the museum a word or emoji, which queries our open website API, and we text back an artwork image from our 50,000-piece collection.