MemoRekall: an open source video-annotation tool to document and preserve time-based media art
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Inserito il 13/04/2022
The Marie S. Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) programme
<https://ec.europa.eu/research/mariecurieactions/actions/postdoctoral-
fellowships> is a highly prestigious renowned EU-funded scheme. It
fellowships> offers
talented scientists a unique chance to set up 2-year research and training projects with the support of a supervising team. Besides providing an attractive grant, it represents a major opportunity to boost the career of promising researchers.
The University Rennes 2 <https://international.univ-rennes2.fr/welcome-
rennes-2-university>and the Research Laboratory “Arts : Pratiques et poétiques”
<https://sites-recherche.univ-rennes2.fr/arts-pratiques-poetiques/> is thus looking for excellent postdoctoral researchers with an international profile to write a persuasive proposal to apply for a Marie S. Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship grant in 2022 (deadline of the EU call set on 14 September 2022). The topic and research team presented below have been identified in this regard.
Keywords : Video annotation, IIIF, performing arts, documentation and preservation of time-based media art, creative processes, GLAM, experimental publishing, citizen science, digital traces
Research project description
Clarisse Bardiot, in collaboration with developers, artists, designers, and cultural institutions initiated a research project on the documentation and preservation of contemporary performing arts from its digital traces. Research conducted over the past decade has highlighted the paradigm shift and the deep challenges of digital traces for performing arts. Moreover, they allow us to offer new insights on the study of the performances and their creative process, specifically from historical and aesthetic perspectives. One of the outputs of this research is MemoRekall, a web app focusing on video recordings, often considered to be one of the most important traces of performances. Memorekall is an open-source video annotation tool that allows linking other digital traces, be they external documents (photos, playbills, scores, technical informations) or web pages. The arrangement of documents, links, and annotations creates a new document, called a “capsule,” that can be embedded into a web page. The capsules organization is developed from and around video recordings in a hypertextual logic. MemoRekall is used by artists, cultural institutions, publishers, and school teachers from high school and college, far beyond the academic sphere and the performing arts. Today, more than 2 500 capsules have been produced. The project has given rise to numerous articles, talks, and workshops in France and abroad. Partners include the French Ministry of Culture, Huma-Num, and the MSHB.
Since 2021, in the context of two European projects (H2020 Coeso on citizen science and Erasmus + Cosmic on new pedagogical tools for circus schools), Clarisse Bardiot is developing a new version with Tetras Libre developers, introducing new functionalities deriving from field studies.
The Postdoctoral fellow will work on this new phase of this project, bringing his expertise and research project. Relevant approaches include (but are not limited to) creative processes analysis, citizen science, digital cultural heritage, experimental publishing, and digital literacy. Partnerships with the GLAM sector are welcome. A 6-month secondment can be envisaged at a cultural institution in order to test results, conduct field studies or improve MemoRekall or at start up Tetras Libre in order to contribute to the development of the app.
Deadline : 01/05/2022
