locative media

with the deptford.tv project we establish a database of roughmaterial and edited clips which carry embeded metadata. the fact that we use an open content license makes it possible that the material can be shared between the participants.

such a database offers searches on existing footage into themes, dates, authors, description etc.

and regeneration shouldn’t really mean gentrification – deptford greek just lies on the border between greenwhich and lewisham – urban, industrial setting – now there are plans of changing the face of deptford and to bring this two boroughs together. many issues arise about which we would like to tell & discuss at deptford.tv – in a way locative media…

Urban Renaissance

from: http://www2.lewisham.gov.uk/lbl/UrbanRenaissance/

Urban Renaissance in Lewisham

roundabout

Lewisham is a key location in South East London with existing public transport links to the city, Docklands and the whole Thames Gateway area. It has the potential to become one of the most exciting, dynamic and prosperous places in London to live and work.

Urban Renaissance in Lewisham (URL) is working on a comprehensive town centre scheme to raise the profile of Lewisham, create commercial confidence and enhance the potential of residents.

Almost £16 million of Single Regeneration Budget (SRB) and further private and public sector investment has been received to fund the programme. The redevelopment will:

  • create an efficient public transport interchange and new urban environment
  • provide new opportunities for existing and new residents in Lewisham Town Centre
  • promote business success
  • enhance open spaces

Database Filmmaking a la Lev Manovich

from http://www.manovich.net/softcinemadomain

Soft Cinema project mines the creative possibilities at the intersection of software culture, cinema, and architecture. Its manifestations include films, dynamic visualizations, computer-driven installations, architectural designs, print catalogs, and DVDs. In parallel, the project investigates how the new representational techniques of soft(ware) cinema can be deployed to address the new dimensions of our time, such as the rise of mega-cities, the “new” Europe, and the effects of information technologies on subjectivity.

At the heart of the project is custom software and media databases. The software edits movies in real time by choosing the elements from the database using the systems of rules defined by the authors.

SOFT CINEMA explores 4 ideas:

1. “Algorithmic Cinema.”
Using a script and a system of rules defined by the authors, the software controls the screen layout, the number of windows and their content. The authors can choose to exercise minimal control leaving most choices to the software; alternatively they can specify exactly what the viewer will see in a particular moment in time. Regardless, since the actual editing is performed in real time by the program, the movies can run infinitely without ever exactly repeating the same edits.
2. “Macro-cinema.” If a computer user employs windows of different proportions and sizes, why not adopt the similar aesthetics for cinema?
3. “Multimedia cinema.” In Soft Cinema, video is used as only one type of representation among others: 2D animation, motion graphics, 3D scenes, diagrams, maps, etc.
4. “Database Cinema.” The media elements are selected from a large database to construct a potentially unlimited number of different narrative films, or different versions of the same film. We also approach database as a new representational form in its own right. Accordingly, we investigate different ways to visualise Soft Cinema databases.

tangent_tv on archive.org

found on  new-media curating list:
To add to the discussion on TV, the programs V2 has organised during the
International Film Festival of Rotterdam is archived on archive.org.

The programs are located here:

DIY_TV
focused on the growing phenomenon of independent microTV broadcasters.
http://www.archive.org/details/tangenttv1

SILENT_TV
tele-matic workshop on how to build your own tv transmitter
http://www.archive.org/details/tangenttv2

GATED_TV
dealt with copyright issues vs open archives, open source, open archives.
http://www.archive.org/details/tangenttv3

TRUTH_TV
brought together several artists to discuss their work exploring the
nature of truth as represented by television.
http://www.archive.org/details/tangenttv4

DISH_TV
dealt with satellites and the constellations around global television.
http://www.archive.org/details/tangenttv5

The last one (AVANT_TV) will be added after the live session today
(starts at 1500 CET http://www.v2.nl/live).

adam

what is domain . Marchivertimar .

announcement for the launch of Deptford.TV on 03/03/06

Deptford.tv is an audio-visual documentation of the regeneration process of the Deptford area in collaboration with SPC.org media lab, Bitnik.org, the Boundless.coop, Liquid Culture and Goldsmiths College.

Since September 2005 we started assembling AV material around the regeneration process of the Deptford area, asking community members, video artist, film-makers, visual artists and students to contribute statements, feedbacks, critiques of the regeneration process of Deptford.
This rough material as well as edited media content will be made available on the Deptford.TV database and distributed over the boundless.coop wireless network an open content license such as the creative commons and the gnu general public license.

In March 2006 Deptford.TV will launch with hands-on database filmmaking workshops to be held at a media lab installed at dek.spc.org in Greenwich. On the 25th of March a "best of" selection of the regeneration documentation will be screened on ³the boat² opposite the Laban Dance Centre and on public screens over the boundless.coop network.
On the 24th of march a walk will take place through the Deptford regeneration area past public screens which will distribute over the wireless network boundless the content produced during the Deptford TV database workshop; invited are all the people involved and interested in the regeneration process such as architects, members of the local communities, community activists, artists, students and more. The walk will be organised in collaboration with experts from the Centre for Urban Studies and Community Research (CUCR) as well as members of the community (Deptford Community Forum).

On the 25th of march a "remix" conference will be held at Goldsmith College. This conference will showcase the work of the Deptford.TV workshops and discuss the regeneration process in Deptford with architects, artists and people involved and/or interested in the process.
The workshops and events are free and open to all those interested to take part in this project.