It's good to mention a security aspect but precious objects in churches have less to do with this initiative from Sweden. Based on this blog post and other Information, I'm convinced that they are collecting data of new forms of public art like fountain sculptures or objects in the middle of a roundabout. These things obviously lack an inventory, and deserve the attention of crowdsourcers. But sometimes these art installations are fragile and on temporary display for just a season or so, and not permanent as is the case of protected cultural goods. What confuses me a bit: the first picture of the blog post shows the old statue of a Swedish king, the kind of monument which is typically in the scope of Wiki Loves Monuments. I'm confident that we will somedays see Swiss lists of recent artworks on public ground as part of open data initiatives, financed for example by lottery funds and with the help of various crowdsourcers. In the meantime there is still enough material for contests about protected buildings or folklore (the topic of Living Traditions) where Freedom of Panorama is in general guaranteed and no copyright issues might arise like in this examplary case: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diskussion:Claes_Oldenburg.
Patrick Kenel ~~~~ Wikimedia CH - Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens www.wikimedia.ch Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 11:10:43 +0200 From: valde...@gmail.com To: wikimediach-l@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Wikimediach-l] Public Art Database (Blog-Post from Sweden) The main problem of this kind of project is the security. This is the main concern of the cantonal office of arts of Ticino, for instance. They would not make public the position of important objects that may be stolen (pictures, vestments, altar cloths and holy vessels) mainly in the churches. Some places are not protected by security systems and the public position may be a way to define what is precious and what is not. I think that the simple replication would be not possible. Regards On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:17 AM, Estermann Beat <beat.esterm...@bfh.ch> wrote: Dear all, I would like to point you to an interesting blog post on creating a Public Art Database in Sweden: http://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/06/05/database-public-art-sweden/ I guess there is food for thought for all those of you who might consider supporting a Wiki Loves Public Art contest in Switzerland in the future… Kind regards, Beat _____________________________________________________ Beat Estermann Research Associate Berne University of Applied Sciences E-Government Institute Morgartenstrasse 2a Postfach 305 CH-3000 Bern 22 beat.esterm...@bfh.ch www.e-government.bfh.ch Phone +41 31 848 34 30 Phone (direct number) +41 31 848 34 38 Fax +41 31 848 34 31 _______________________________________________ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l -- Ilario Valdelli Wikimedia CH Verein zur Förderung Freien Wissens Association pour l’avancement des connaissances libre Associazione per il sostegno alla conoscenza libera Switzerland - 8008 Zürich Tel: +41764821371 http://www.wikimedia.ch _______________________________________________ http://wikimedia.ch Wikimedia CH website Wikimediach-l mailing list https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediach-l
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