The Google Cultural Institute invited a group of artists and cultural practitioners to test its new platform, Google Open Gallery, a tool for developing online image galleries and personal curatorial projects.
They suggested that I create my portfolio, exploring two of its most powerful features, image zoom and YouTube video embedding, and organize thematic exhibitions focusing on my artistic production as a whole. Needless to say, I was very honored by the invitation, both by the recognition and by the challenge (and responsibility) of being a beta tester for a product that should work well for millions.
The result is here. What they say about it follows below.
For the past few years, we’ve worked with museums around the world to make their collections available on the Google Cultural Institute. Now, we’ve opened up the technologies behind this project so that anyone with cultural content can publish it, creating exhibitions that tell engaging stories on their own website. There’s plenty to inspire the budding artist in you with these 45 new Google Open Gallery creations from around the world so why not get exploring!