Hacking Arts & Culture by Rachel Coldicutt

Rachel Coldicutt
rachel@wearecaper.com
@rachelcoldicutt

Who Was Involved?

who was involved?

who was involved?
69 developers
8 speakers
12 cultural organisations
1 software company
3 media organisations
2 funding bodies
80 people who attended the talks

what else?
15 giant bean bags
85 pizzas
11 crates of beer
100 goodie bags
40 4-bar plug extensions
30 ethernet cables

Why Culture Hack Day?

other people are doing it better
Matthew Somerville
www.dracos.co.uk

showing not telling
Don’t write a business case, make a proof of concept
Work like a creative business not a paper-bound bureaucracy
Iterate quickly to get something right

collaborative, interdisciplinary working
Exposure to new expertise, new ways of thinking
Shared skills, shared resources, shared aims
Move more quickly together

What Were the Benefits?

expertise
2,484 hours of developer time
Talent attracts talent
Making new relationships with people who are interested
Skills exchange with the creative and software industries

Inspiration
Creativity
Excitement

the open-data debate

What’s Next?

Culture Hack Wales?
Culture Hack North?

Other Kinds of Hacking
Ideas Hacks
Hardware Hacks
Games Hacks

Thank You
www.culturehackday.org.uk
Rachel Coldicutt
rachel@wearecaper.com
@rachelcoldicutt

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