SP-ARK (the Sally Potter Archive)

The SP-ARK archive (Sally Potter Archive) provides a unique example of the successful marriage between the principles of open educational resources and open archives. SP-ARK is an interactive online project based on the multi-media archive of world-renowned film director Sally Potter. Over the past five years, the archive has been developed to a Beta-testing level, and includes the intuitive visual navigation of one of Potter’s films, Orlando (1992), and all of the related assets. Users are able to view and annotate a myriad of materials including film clips, scripts, storyboards, still images, location and developmental paperwork.

This presentation provided insights into the evaluative case study, which is currently being undertaken in conjunction with a number of Universities into the pedagogic potential of SP-ARK. It investigated the collaborative potential between open educational practices and online open audiovisual archives within the wider context of OERs and policy issues surrounding their access, use and licensing.
http://www.sp-ark.org

Biographies

Dr Sarah Atkinson is Principal Lecturer in Broadcast Media at the University of Brighton, UK. Sarah launched and developed the Broadcast Media course provision, part of the Media Studies subject area, in the University’s College of Arts and Humanities, at the University’s campus in Hastings. This includes a suite of well-regarded course offerings in the field of media practice and production. Sarah has grounded these developments at the interface between the academic world and the professional media industries, emulating industry conditions in all teaching and assessment approaches. Sarah’s research examines storytelling through digital practice and converging technologies. Following her practice-led PhD Telling Interactive Stories, she has published articles around the area of interactive film and cinema and her interactive film Crossed Lines has been exhibited internationally. She is currently undertaking an Open University SCORE fellowship (Support Centre for Open Resources in Education) and is the higher education consultant for SP-ARK.

Clare Holden was due to co-present but was unable to attend on the day. She is the Development and Outreach Coordinator for Adventure Pictures. She has worked on a number of digital film projects, which include a film education project for the UN and outreach engagement for the independent film network, ‘Shooting People’. Clare has also secured a number of film distribution sponsorship deals with the likes of Skype, Ben & Jerry’s, SalesForce and Yudu Media which resulted in an award-winning film, produced by the UK based non-profit ‘Peace One Day’, being distributed to 21,000 high schools in the USA and all 6,000 high schools in the UK. Clare also curates film and video exhibitions with a focus on public encounters with moving image. Her last exhibition took place as part of White Night 2011 supported by Brighton and Hove City Council and Art Republic.

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