‘My Life as an Object’ was a pilot project carried out by Rattle, a research company based in Sheffield. The aim was to use participatory media (e.g. Twitter, Facebook etc.) to engage audiences around a selection of objects taken from East Midlands museums. Objects were given voices in order to ‘give them a life’.
Rattle asked;
‘If these objects were alive, which social networking site would they join and why?”
Four objects and social media sites were chosen:
For further information about each object’s ‘life’ please see the relevant blogs and links.
‘My Life as an Object’ site http://www.mylifeasanobject.com/
Rattle’s website http://www.rattlecentral.com/