GLAMorous Europe

GLAMorous Europe – Dating the GLAMs of your neighbours

The open-source web application GLAMorous Europe brings culture enthusiasts together with collection objects from European museums, libraries, galleries and archives.

Starting as a random selection of digitized paintings, prints, sculptures and photographs, users’ decisions create an increasingly personalized collection that can be explored and transformed into their own works of art.

Selection

First, users are shown various works of art from different European collections. Behind each of the displayed artworks is a Wikidata dataset that is integrated via API.

If the user likes the displayed image, it can be collected by swiping to the right - if they don’t like it, it is discarded by swiping to the left. A new image is then displayed.

Collection

Based on these decisions, a personalized, digital collection is created according to the user’s interests, which can be browsed further. The integration of the IIIF viewer Clover also enables a deep zoom into the high-resolution scanned artworks and individual image elements can be lassoed or image sections can be created for further use on the canvas.

Canvas

Objects, image sections and prefabricated favorite pieces can then be dragged and dropped together to create a new work of art. The contrast, brightness and position of the elements can be adjusted. At the end, the resulting artwork can be shared digitally or analog.

GLAMorous Europe is a prototype that is still undergoing further development. For example, we are planning to integrate Wikipedia information on the individual art objects, as well as additional collection and editing options.

GLAMorous Europe also offers the option of optimizing and adapting the application for an individual cultural institution, exhibition, etc. The application can therefore also be used as a media tool. The application can therefore also be used as a media station in an exhibition. Please contact us for alternative uses.

GLAMorous Europe was funded as part of the 14th funding round of the Prototype Fund from September 2023 to February 2024. The Prototype Fund is a funding program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), which is managed and evaluated by the Open Knowledge Foundation Germany.

Here you can visit GLAMorous Europe. 🔗

Find the repository on Github. 🔗

GLAMorous Europe is currently available in German and English.

Reactions

The GLAMorous Europe project was shortlisted for the DigAMus Award 2024. 🔗 and nominated in the Apps and Games category.

In August 2024, we presented the project as a lightning talk at Wikimania 2024 in Katowice. Here you can find our blog post about the conference and the video of our presentation on Youtube. 🔗