Bio Mapping - Christian Nold


Community Edit

Christian Nold
2004 - 05

This project envisages a new model for grassroots video production and distribution.

Instead of only focusing on the problems of distribution like the V2V project, this system imagines a radically distributed network of content providers and editors.

Community Edit allows video content to be editing by all members of the community in a recursive fashion generating a "Community Edit".

The project uses a client / server model. The client part of Community Edit client is available for download as a fully functional stand alone demo.

Community Edit Client for MAC OSX
dmg file (2.7 meg)

Community Edit Client for Windows
self extracting executable (3meg)

Download the 6 example videos for use with the application or drop your own videos into the "movies" folder

(30ish meg each)
1st movie
2nd movie
3rd movie
4th movie
5th movie
6th movie

This Quicktime video shows a Community Edit in progress:
Simulated editing session (39meg)
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This Diagram explains the function of the whole of the Community Edit system.
PDF Diagram (1.3meg)

Process:

1 Members of a community upload DV footage of a particular event to a server.

2 The server analyses the time code in the rushes and places the footage into a temporal matrix.

3 The client software allows the members of a community to view this footage chronologically and create their own video-edit.

4The user can see an event from six simultaneous but separate viewpoints. An edit-in point is made just by moving the cursor over one of the video clips.

5 Clicking the mouse on any of the video windows toggles backwards and forwards between the playback and edit modes.

6 Each individual edit is stored and loaded back into the temporal matrix where it can be reedited in a recursive fashion.

7 As more members of the community use the system a rough edit is produced. This communal edit becomes finer and finer with each user.

8 This subsequently results in a "Community Edit" which can be output as a film at full DV quality from the server.

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Last Updated 21.06.08
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I am travelling to Spain to provide consultations on footpaths. Then off to Italy to run the Complexity Maps summer school for the World Design Capital. Take a look at the website I think this will be a great project:
ComplexityMaps

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I finally took the time to rework an old project, the Rio - Point of Sale poster! Take a look :
Rio - Point of Sale

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The Brentford Biopsy Map is complete. Check out the 10 meter map! This week I am heading to Paris for a lecture about the East Paris Emotion Map. Next week I will be in Copenhagen for the Metropolis Conference

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Off to Turin to plan the Complexity Maps summer school for the World Design Capital

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I am in Paris for workshops part of my new solo show at Arslonga Gallery and part of Mal aux Pixel festival

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Next week sees the launch of my major solo show, the Brentford Biopsy at Watermans in London. Come to workshops and look at the exhibition evolve over the next few months!
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Next week I will be in Holland for workshops at Delft University and then a keynote at Mobile City in Rotterdam. On the 3rd March I will giving a lecture at MIT Medialab come along!

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I will be in NY in Feb giving a lecture with Adam Greenfield, J. Meejin Young and Stamen at the New Museum. Come along!

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In Popular Terms has won the Eyebeam Eco Visulisation Challange and is showing at Eyebeam in NY.

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The printed San Francisco Emotion Map is now available!

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Tonight is the physical and online launch of my new project In Popular Terms at the Berkeley Art Museum. Check it out!

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Hello I would love to get feedback from people about what they think about my projects. Please help by filling out this online form. Thanks so much !!!

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Back in London trying to get over the jetlag. Preparing for the last Stockport workshop.

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I am in Tokyo speaking and running a workshop at the Dislocate 07 conference. Come and join us if you are around.

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Some of my maps are currently showing in Santa Monica in the Zoom exhibition.

The Stockport Emotion Map will be starting next week. Have a look!

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I have made a diagram to try and clarify my own position in this world. Have a look (PDF)

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Link to press coverage about my work.

Back in London and working on the SciArt commission as well as preparing a mapping project for Stockport and Tokyo.

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I am in Holland setting up the Cultuur exhibition. I also just uploaded a brand new project Sensory Deprivation ! If you want to setup workshops or make maps get in touch.

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France for the Festival Bandits-Mages in Bourges in France to show the RFID Map / Affect Browser. At the end of May I am setting up an exhibition of all my maps for the the Cultuur 2.0 event in Amsterdam.

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I am in San Francisco for a residency at SOEX setting up the San Francisco Emotion Map. The Mapping Fulham project is also currently continuing until June. Also my work is currently showing in Turku, Finlnd at the Digittaly Yours exhibition. In May there are shows in Bourges, Fracnce and Amsterdam coming up.