The third ‘Heritage Jam’ from the University of York, UK, took place on October 28th. The Heritage Jam first ran in 2014 as a way to bring together people from across all disciplines – from heritage professionals to artists, programmers, game designers and members of the general public – to compete and collaborate on short-term projects based around a central theme, which this year was “The Bones of Our Past”.
Shawn Graham and Kate Ellenberger’s piece, ‘Old Bones Daily’, was a procedurally-generated newspaper built from the bones of 19th century reprint culture and the ‘Tracery.io’ procedural grammar tool. More information about the piece, what it does and how it was built, can be viewed online.
The piece took first place in the online team category, and was also a ‘judge’s choice’. Zsolt Sándor said: “This was a really playful and clever interpretation of the theme, using technology in a novel and interesting way to bring us closer to the past in an informative, yet entertaining fashion. Well presented, too.”