Londiniensium
Urban and Community Environments


Londiniensium is a film that emerged from investigations into open-authorship and user generated content. The project was a film making experiment in which a random selection of people were invited to shoot and edit sequences about London. The project generated an experimental editing processes derived from the participatory shooting methodology and user input, resulting in an improvisational approach to building narrative. The final outcome is a piece filmed and put together by over forty-five people. The project has revealed a number of applications of collaborative film making as a design tool for community focus groups, local interventions, public opinion and cumulative/collective documenting of history. Using commonly available technologies, this experiment creates a working model for participatory film/video projects that can be adapted to local, national or international communities to address issues of politics, economics, history, culture, heritage, environment etc.

Contact
Himanshu Desai
Musician, Curator, Artist
+44(0)79 07 744 008 / redmonkeymusic@gmail.com