Marc Boumeester (Lecturer, Researcher and Developer, Faculty of Architecture, Delft University of Technology, Holland)
Cinematic mapping reviewed; transitioning to 'Collected Subjectivism' by transferring media typologies
The paper aims to push forward the discourse on the use of cinematic mapping techniques in and outside the Academic milieu by approaching the topic in two ways. First it will give a summary of a four year (and ongoing) research- and educational programme, in which intensive self-evolving experimental projects have been undertaken to test various cinematic mapping techniques. These projects clarified how to apply moving images in - urban - mapping, and show why it is helpful to start with the notion of "collected subjectivity" as a guideline in our quest. It will take the trajectory which has been created by research, meandering through in between stages like structuring, gridding, zoning, collecting and sensing in cinematic mapping.
The second part consists of a more speculative trajectory through possible applications of the found techniques of collected subjectivism in the specific field and entails to stimulate the discourse on transforming these techniques into forms of projective mapping and "cinematic aided design" within the fields of architecture and urbanism. By assessing its intrinsic and formal structures from the perspective of the "specificity thesis" (assuming that it would be valid to do so, at least for the moment), I will look at the usefulness of both the theoretical analysis of cinematic expressions as an instrument in (projective) mapping, as well as a speculative assessment of the attainability to create useful practical forms of projective cinematic explorations in mapping and design. To enable this trajectory, I shall have to assess architectural conditions solely on their functions as medium, reduce their three-dimensional qualities to the level of "manoeuvring space" and by doing so - temporary - equalizing the respective elements on a useful comparable level, which will also be - briefly -addressed.
The second part consists of a more speculative trajectory through possible applications of the found techniques of collected subjectivism in the specific field and entails to stimulate the discourse on transforming these techniques into forms of projective mapping and "cinematic aided design" within the fields of architecture and urbanism. By assessing its intrinsic and formal structures from the perspective of the "specificity thesis" (assuming that it would be valid to do so, at least for the moment), I will look at the usefulness of both the theoretical analysis of cinematic expressions as an instrument in (projective) mapping, as well as a speculative assessment of the attainability to create useful practical forms of projective cinematic explorations in mapping and design. To enable this trajectory, I shall have to assess architectural conditions solely on their functions as medium, reduce their three-dimensional qualities to the level of "manoeuvring space" and by doing so - temporary - equalizing the respective elements on a useful comparable level, which will also be - briefly -addressed.
