SP-ARK is a web-based open source educational project based on the multi-media archive of film-maker Sally Potter.
SP-ARK is designed as a unique educational resource, tailored to the radically new learning preferences of students everywhere, which can be used as a model for innovative teaching and research in all disciplines and at every level.
At this stage only a tiny fraction of the materials available in the Sally Potter archive has been uploaded to the site's database. During the next phase the complete ORLANDO archive will be made available, followed by materials relating to all of Potter's films and her work in dance, music and theatre.
You are welcome to browse through the sample materials already available on the site, currently over 600 items. If you would like to access SP-ARK's unique interactive features and become a trial user participating in the testing and future development of this prototype then please email us at beta@sp-ark.org with some information about yourself and your interest in SP-ARK. We will send you a username and password.
"The SP-ARK vision of social learning gives us a glimmer of the future today. Instead of locking archive materials away and restricting availability, it promises ready access to anybody anywhere with a computer and the internet.
Furthermore, the solitary archive user is transformed into a producer and a member of a community by the ability to build pathways of connections and commentary through the material. In the process, the cinema is extended from a fixed object to be viewed into a dynamic, interactive, and growing network of digital debate and active learning."
Dr. Chris Berry, Professor of Film and Television Studies, Goldsmiths College, University of London.
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