King’s partners with Royal Opera House on digital project
The Department of Digital Humanities at King's is partnering with the Royal Opera House and digital agency POP on one of the first collaborative projects funded by the Digital R&D Fund for the Arts programme. David Little and Paul Vetch from the Department of Digital Humanities at King's will be working in collaboration with the Royal Opera House and POP to explore more sustainable and effective ways to use mobile technology in the arts sector. The project will develop an alternative way of creating mobile apps that will encourage new audiences to enjoy rich media content in ballet and opera. The project aims to provide citeable, evidence-based research for effective and sustainable mobile application development for the general benefit of the arts and cultural heritage sectors. A comprehensive programme of user engagement and need analysis will help shape a new app for the Royal Opera House, which will offer extensive programme content, together with mobile ticketing and mobile giving functionality. The Digital R&D Fund, a partnership between Nesta, the Arts Council England and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), seeks to support innovative digital projects and encourages collaboration between the arts, digital technology providers and the research community. Paul Vetch, Head of Research Development & Delivery and Senior Lecturer in Digital Humanities, said: 'It's obvious to everyone that mobile devices have rapidly evolved to become one of the most important channels for audience engagement in the arts and cultural heritage sectors.
