Drawn on curatorial, documentary and installation practices that reflect on the issues of moving image circulation, 24h Ubu features a selection of video works harvested from the confines of the UbuWeb archive. Curated by an algorithm designed by Heracles Papatheodorou that is programmed to fill the 24h slot to its maximal capacity, this video marathon gives the audience the chance to experience seminal, video works of the contemporary art archive during a long night event at the OCC.
Outline
Ubu24h is a collection of three scripts, built to be used sequentialy with the purpose to:
- ubuscrape.py — create a database of the films available on Ubuweb
- IN:
https://www.ubuweb.com/filmthe page to scrape- the creator’s index (starting point, default = 1)
- OUT:
./output/ubuscrape.csvcontains the scraped data
- IN:
- ubucurate.py — generate an arbitrary selection of films
- IN:
./output/ubuscrape.csvor the provided./sample/ubucurate.csv- the duration in hours (default = 24)
- the maximum duration per film in minutes (default = 20)
- the time the screenings start in hours (default = 20)
- OUT:
./output/ubucurate.csvthe selected films./output/ubucurate.htmla rich formatted programme of films
- IN:
- uburip.py — download the films and rename them appropriately
- IN:
./output/ubucurate.csv
- OUT:
./videos/…
- IN:
Abridged programme example
24 HOURS OF UBUWEB, BY UBUCURATE.PY
DAY 1
20:00 | Karen Kilimnik — Kate Moss at the Beginning (undated), 6′
20:06 | Jean Painleve — Painleve Jean Transition de phase dans les cristaux liquides, 5′
20:12 | Hollis Frampton — Gloria! (1979), 9′
[…]
23:58 | Serkan Ozkaya — Pablo Picasso at Museum of Modern Art, 1998, 4′
DAY 2
00:03 | Kurt Kren — 1975 - 3175 Asyl (3175 Asylum), 8′
00:11 | Rivane Neuenschwander — Pangaea’s Diaries (2008), 4′
00:15 | Iannis Xenakis — NEG-ALE (1960), 8′
[…]
19:58 | John Pilson — Sidewalk (three channel composite) (2003), 50″
GENERATED: 2018-03-05 13:01:07
TOTAL FILMS: 239
TOTAL DURATION: 23:59:43
ESTIMATED TOTAL SIZE: 15.7 GB