Open Access In A Pocket is a small book with big impact. It serves as an introductory and reference guide to the important, yet often unfamiliar topic of Open Access, providing both information and inspiration by creatively remixing images of small treasures that could fit in a pocket. The first book was realized with works from the Met Collection, a series of other books is planned in a potential cooperation with as many museums as possible to further democratize access to knowledge and culture in this digital age. The guiding principle and creative motivation behind Open Access In A Pocket: Create something new out of the existing.
Open Access is the idea of free access to different data, for example images of historical artworks. There already is an enormous amount of data freely available to the public on the internet, published by museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York among many others.
Open Access In A Pocket empowers the idea of Open Access by featuring different museums and their artworks — with a focus on small, hidden gems that could fit in your pocket, just like this book.
The package, containting the book, individual postcards from remixed artworks, and stickers.
Individual for each museum.
Resources for open access data and creatively remixed artworks for inspiration after the guiding principle: Create something new out of the existing.
