> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 09:14:02 -0400
> From: pdekman@gmail.com
> To: wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] WikiLovesMonuments Public Art
>
> Photographing Public art in the US has some special problems (though
> other areas may have their own special problems!)
> 1. is copyright protection, but see
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Public_art_and_copyrights_in_the_US
> which is quite helpful
> 2. is getting a list of what is considered "public art."
> The Smithsonian Institution maintains a list of art known as SIRIS and
> a sub-list SOS (Save our Sculpture) and it is fairly easy to determine
> what is outside. BUT, it can include almost anything that might be
> possibly considered sculpture - e.g. 10 little knick-knacks carved on
> the front of a small church, or several dozen individual copies of one
> commercially sold war memorial. Also good addresses and updated info
> can be rare and coordinates are non-existant. In short very messy and
> too large.
>
> But please keep in contact with me, or maybe User:Sarah Steirch or
> User:Slowking4 about the project and the May photoshoot.
>
> Peter Ekman
> User:Smallbones
>
>
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 13:01:26 +0200
> > From: Jane Darnell <jane023@gmail.com>
> > To: Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition
> > <wikilovesmonuments@lists.wikimedia.org>
> > Cc: wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: Re: [Wiki Loves Monuments] Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA) needs
> > your help
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> >
> > John
> > Great initiative! Thanks for the tip, and good point about May vs.
> > September regarding WLM, but these can easily be linked together, meaning
> > Wiki(p/m)edians can take pictures of statues and other public art whilst
> > working from a list of monument numbers...
> >
> > To be clear, are you going to keep your Public art idea like WLM's, in the
> > sense that "only photos with a unique id taken during the competition month
> > will be eligible for a prize"? WLM is basically just a Wikimedia Commons
> > project, and the fruits of that project can be used by Wikipedia, but there
> > is no Wikipedia part of the competition as it is today.
> >
> > Right off the top of my head I can think of lots of other ways to track
> > public art, such as historical artworks commissioned by a governing body
> > that once were on Square X and were replaced by artwork Y for reason Z,
> > etc. This kind of tracking would require various references and would need
> > to be integrated somehow with Wikipedia, I think, as pictures alone don't
> > tell the whole story, the way pictures of physical monuments taken for WLM
> > do.
> >
> > In other words, what is your precise, identifiable and verifiable
> > definition of "public art", rather than "sculptures, mosaics, mural
> > paintings, memorials and place specific installments in the public space"?
> > Jane
> >
> > 2012/7/2 John Andersson <johnandersson86@hotmail.com>
> >
> >> Hallo everybody,
> >>
> >> We have just started working with the Wiki Loves Public Art (WLPA)[1]
> >> contest that will focus on getting pictures on sculptures, mosaics, mural
> >> paintings, memorials and place specific installments in the public space.
> >> If you are interested in public art, enjoy organizing events, think that it
> >> is cool and interesting to work with projects that increase cooperation
> >> between the Chapters, or would like to work towards GLAM in your country,
> >> well then this would be something for you! We are looking for all kinds of
> >> volunteers and especially for national coordinators that can help us get
> >> things going in the countries and coordinate the volunteer efforts!
> >>
> >> As we don't want to intrude upon the fantastic Wiki Loves Monument contest
> >> we are thinking about holding WLPA during the month of May in 2013.
> >> However, May will hopefully give us enough time to work on this and provide
> >> good enough weather so that the pictures look nice and people think that it
> >> is fun to go out and find the art works.
> >>
> >> We are of course aware of the tricky copyright legislations in different
> >> countries but thanks to the fact that this is organized together with
> >> Europeana (www.europeana.eu) we have the possibility to use Europeana's
> >> team of judicial experts in finding out answers on some of the questions.
> >> So if you have a question that is not answered on Commons:Freedom of
> >> Panorama[2] please write up your questions on relevant judicial matters on
> >> our list and we will forward it to Europeana.[3]
> >>
> >> Both me and the project leader, Lennart Guldbrandsson, will be at
> >> Wikimania and we would love to met and talk to you about this in person!
> >>
> >> I hope to hear from you soon!
> >>
> >> All the best,
> >>
> >> John
> >>
> >> - - - -
> >> *John Andersson*
> >> Wikimedia Sweden (WMSE)
> >> Event Manager, Europeana Awareness
> >>
> >> Phone: +46(0)73-3965189
> >> Email: JohnAndersson86@hotmail.com
> >> Skype: johnandersson86
>
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