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Mapping Temporal Processes

This is a workshop we ran during Now We Are Talking festival, organized by TYPERADIO the 2nd of September 2011 at The Hague Harbor. The theme of the workshop was Temporal Processes, and the goal was to capture a chosen period of time in one frame. Participants were encouraged to observe changes in environment, people, objects or light and then choose an appropriate way to convey this in one image.

Participants were asked to bring their laptops and were given six tools developed for the workshop. The six Processing applications each used a different technique to capture images and had an interface to adjust intervals.

Here is the result of the workshop.

Slitscan Mapper

The slit-scan photography technique is a process where a moveable slide is inserted between the camera and the subject to be photographed. The application reproduce this concept digitally, allowing the uset to set the size of the slide.
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Averager Mapper

Using the laptop built-in camera Averager Mapper captures several pictures using a preset interval of time, mixing them and obtaining an average. Through the application interface is also possible to change manually the interval of time between the pictures.
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Block Mapper

Block Mapper allows you to define width and height of a rectangle, and use this rectangle to capture just a certain portion of the picture. Each new block goes next to the previews one, dividing this way the whole image in time blocks, each shot at a different time.
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Colour Field Mapper

Colour Field Mapper captures exclusively the predominant color of the scene. Through the interface is possible to define the height of the various stripes of color that fill up the final image.
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Manual Mapper

Manual Mapper is similar to Block mapper, but in this case is the user who decides, using the mouse to draw rectangles, the size and the number of blocks where the images are taken and displayed.
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Random Pixels Mapper

Random Pixels Mapper captures just a certain quantity of pixels in the image, randomly in preset interval of time. The user can also set the quantity of pixels and the time when the pictures are shot.
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