collect things around a single idea or connected ideas
give them context. something like tags or categories
connections form not just through the tags and other metadata that already lives within the media
but also through a script that might loosely switch contexts between the various connected ideas
the namak project
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collect things
- videos
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themes
- govt of india, modi
- notebandi, demonitization
- air pollution
- double engine sarkaar
- broadcast media
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script
- Namak song from Omkara
process
- collect as clips from video platforms
- Youtube, Newslaundry, Broadcast media, interviews
- give tags, description
- listen to the script of the song and assign certain tags to each section
- the stitching happens generatively by a random clip getting picked for each section of the script
grammatical rules
ideas from context free grammars can be borrowed to generate a more detailed “tag script” from a simpler version that goes something like
love, torture, madness, devotional love
which kind of translates into the basic premise of the song itself
you love someone and even though they sort of torture you, you are still mad for them
generation rules can derive a longer more detailed “tag script” from a single tag, something like
love -> torture, madness
madness -> devotion, love
devotion -> torture
torture -> madness