ACMI Labs

Supercuts Generating supercuts from ACMI collection video search results.

In this post @sighmon.com shares our latest experiment, a supercut generator which uses previous work to make our video collection more searchable and presents the results as a cut up sequence labs.acmi.net.au/supercuts-89...

Building better access Investing in our existing technology to enable automated collection access.

And then a technical deep dive from
@sighmon.bsky.social
is here labs.acmi.net.au/building-bet... 2/2

Automating collection access at ACMI Extending ACMI’s existing technology to create a better experience for website users requesting collection access and internal teams…

Today we published two posts that document our recent work with the ACMI Registration & Collections Team automating parts of our collection access from works webpages to Stripe for payment. The first from @luciepaterson.bsky.social is here labs.acmi.net.au/automating-c... 1/2

Interested in how ACMI could help digitally transform your institution? We're always looking to explore digital innovation in cultural spaces and would love to chat more.

Constellation 2.0: Lessons in developing cross-museum digital projects We’re excited to share the lessons learnt from a project we worked on with the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum (DFF) between 2019–2024…

Constellation 2.0 connected ACMI's XOS with DFF's visitor experience, creating a model for sustainable digital transformation.

Key findings highlight the importance of institutional readiness, strong leadership, and mentorship models for successful cross-institutional projects.

Constellation 2.0: Lessons in developing cross-museum digital projects We’re excited to share the lessons learnt from a project we worked on with the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum (DFF) between 2019–2024…

Just published: RMIT researcher Jasmine Aslan's evaluation of Constellation 2.0, our cross-museum digital collaboration with Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum!

Jasmine's work investigated how both our museums implemented a joint digital initiative across borders and institutional contexts.

We're looking forward to seeing what continues to come out of these projects in the future - and are excited to be working on Round 2 of the Small Research Program as we speak 👀

A key outcome of this research program was the diversity of disciplinary perspectives. Each project revealed different layers of meaning and possibility within the same exhibition space, demonstrating the value of interdisciplinary collaboration between museums and universities.

An ocean of words for the ocean of air Following words to webpage and back again — in Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature.

Logan Ramsay's "Ocean of Words" applied oceanic thinking to digital experiences, developing new theoretical frameworks for understanding movement and interaction in exhibition spaces labs.acmi.net.au/an-ocean-of-...

Meditating with Malick: Facilitating engagement with demanding screen texts Dr Stayci Taylor and Dr Alexia Kannas

"Meditating with Malick" by Dr. Stayci Taylor and Dr. Alexia Kannas explored meditation as a framework for deeper engagement with screen content, suggesting new approaches to education and engagement labs.acmi.net.au/meditating-w...

An infinite rhythm On Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature at ACMI

Dr. Angela Meyer's creative-critical study examined the relationship between personal circumstances and exhibition experiences, offering new insights into how visitors engage with and interpret immersive artworks labs.acmi.net.au/an-infinite-...

Immersive research catalysts: Exploring taxonomies, projections and Tools This research was supported by the inaugural ACMI + RMIT Small Research Grant program, a partnership initiative between ACMI and RMIT…

Dr Patrick Macasaet and the RMIT Architecture & Urban Design Immersive Futures Lab investigated how gaming technologies can transform exhibition design. Their research developed a taxonomy of immersive experiences and tested new prototyping methods labs.acmi.net.au/immersive-re...

We've been busy over on ACMI Labs documenting the outcomes of the inaugural ACMI + RMIT Small Research Grant program. Four research projects explored different dimensions of the Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature exhibition, expanding our understanding of immersive experiences...

The anecdote machine We’re always considering new ways of engaging with the ACMI collection, using legible technology, with interfaces that require minimal…

We had fun showcasing our AI collections search for @acmimuseum.bsky.social and @statelibraryqld.bsky.social and the latest AI experiment, the anecdote machine at the #FACT2025 networking event this week. More from @sighmon.bsky.social here labs.acmi.net.au/the-anecdote...

Yes! @sebchan.bsky.social announced the dates as part of his closing remarks, 4-6 Feb 2026!

Videogame instructions in the gallery: Prototyping and testing for Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition Honk! Untitled Goose Exhibition is a world premiere exhibition at ACMI, dedicated to the hit videogame Untitled Goose Game. Curated by Jini…

Latest research from ACMI LABS: Breaking down how we prototype and test videogame instructions in gallery spaces. Part 1 of our Honk! Exhibition series exploring exhibition design by UX Researcher Tim Woodward

Interested in how to have conversations about AI at your workplace? Sign up for the free @ndfnz.bsky.social online session with ACMI's Head of Technology, Jeff Williams on Tue 14 Jan talking about our AI Ambassadors program

An interstate collaboration supporting digital transformation “It will come as no surprise to any of our colleagues in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector that ACMI is aligning its practices and processes to make the most of digital tran...

Learn about our work with the State Library of Queensland deploying XOS and its film-watching toolkit to improve accessibility and searchability.
If you’ve got a collection of video materials that you’d like us to do similar for, get in touch!
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Phew! We just imported all our tweets over. There's plenty in there from 2015 to now👇🏼

Experimenting with exhibition research: The ACMI + RMIT Small Research Grant How do we document and analyse exhibitions in ways that capture their full complexity? How might different disciplinary perspectives enrich…

Our latest write-up comes from @indigohj.bsky.social about the creation of the ACMI + RMIT Small Research Grant to test new ways of documenting and analysing our exhibitions labs.acmi.net.au/experimentin...

Hello friends, ACMI Labs on on BlueSky! We look forward to sharing our experimentation, research and insights and joining the conversation about all things media, technology & user experience. Long overdue!

Language model explorations with our collection How we built a natural language collection chat server using LangChain and our Public API.

👋We've been squirrelling away experimenting with large language models and our collection. Read more from @sighmon in our latest post

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Getting our Wikimedian-in-Residence going In early 2023, we were delighted to be one of the successful recipients of a Wikimedia Australia Partnership Projects grant. We’re using…

New post from @Indigo_H_J on our recent Wikimedian-in-Residence project with @wm_au and Paul Duchesne improving our collection online metadata and exploring future possibilities for GLAM and open data

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Search inside our videos — Part 2: content discovery Extending the ACMI video search by looking inside image frame content using VideoMAE, YOLOv8, and BLIP-2.

New post from @sighmon on our experimental new content search within videos using #aiThis now complements our dialogue search from March 2023

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Search the Video Collection (beta) Search for keywords that appear inside ACMI’s publicly accessible video and film collection based on auto-transcriptions using Whisper. This is an in-development experimental feature.

And give the search a go on the site - it doesn’t search ‘everything’ but just the works that are digitised and we have permissions to show online

acmi.net.au/videos/

Collection video transcriptions at scale with Whisper The ACMI Labs team has spent the past few weeks prototyping, building, and integrating automated video transcriptions into our museum

New post: @sighmon on building and deploying an implementation of @OpenAI’s Whisper to quickly transcribe 4000+ videos in the @acmi collection

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We're looking for a Strategic Research Lead to do research and evaluation of programs and projects at @ACMI
Fixed term: 18 months to start with
Full time (but we're flexible)
Salary $90,067 - $102,192 + super
Applications close 12 December.#museumjobs

jobs.careers.vic.gov.au/jobtools/jncus

Join the team! We’re recruiting a Creative Technologist to work with us to innovate and experiment across our digital products and services for audiences at the museum and online.
12 months, fixed term
$90,067-$102,192 + super
Applications close 9 Dec

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The latest from us is a #longread from @BenjaminHaller1 about the new @acmi membership strategy. It’s now the preferred way to engage with the museum and is integrated across all audience touch points. 325% growth since reopening last year

labs.acmi.net.au/reimagining-ac…

Extending the museum XOS technology for researcher access needs Some context

New #longread from @luciepaterson about extending the museum XOS technology to manage researcher collection access requests#musetech

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