Bristol Riots (or the Museum Project) as it stands

A while back, sometime at the beginning of November, we were made aware of a project opportunity with a theme to the Bristol Riots - a series of significant riots from 1793 to 2011. The project I suspect was inspired by the UK riots that happened nationwide in August 2011.

For more background into this project, we've been reading a book by Ian Gilmour, titled Riots, Risings and Revolutions.

There is also a wealth of information which my course mate has put on a Wordpress blog, agreeably named the Museum Project for us to refer and post to. Click on the link here.

A number of questions came up in regards to what we were making, which sounds like an interactive table of information much like the one at the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust. Assuming that we are going with a table, the questions I noted down were raised as follows:

• Audience Age Range
• Size of table
• Space near/around table
• Remaining Budget for table
• Sound output available - speakers/headphones/both
• Purpose in terms of content for the interaction - what is it that the audience should understand?
• Who do we meet to discuss audience
• What else is displayed nearby? Consider the environment the product is situated within.
•  - Content purpose of other displays nearby
•  - Lighting and sound.
•  - Is it in a passageway?
• Is it network or standalone?
• What content is available to use?
• Timescale from inception to installation?
•  - Soft deadline 16th May 2014 (month of installation)
• Testing facilities
•  - People available for testing

This week, I asked our course leader about the current progress of the Museum Project, which he replied that he will have a more detailed update after a meeting in London. I'll be updating on this as soon as I am.