NODE+CODE #15 – Digital knowledge tools

The meetup on knowledge and tools from and for people in Frankfurt

For NODE+CODE #15, we gathered at the DFF – Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt to explore the intersections of digital curation, knowledge production, and annotation tools. The event also celebrated the launch of Constellation 2.0 // Constellations of Cinematic Knowledge, a collaborative project between DFF and ACMI (formerly the Australian Center of the Moving Image).

 
 

Together, we asked: How do curatorial practices and digital media shape what we learn? How can critically developed, non-commercial tools challenge established hierarchies of knowledge?

Three locally developed projects showcased different approaches to annotation, collection, and narrative-building:

Constellation 2.0 – A hybrid museum experience allowing visitors to explore connections between objects in the DFF exhibitions, archives, and collections. By linking elements in new ways, Constellation fosters fresh perspectives on cinematic knowledge.

Motion Bank – David Rittershaus from Hochschule Mainz introduced this toolset, originally initiated by choreographer William Forsythe, to digitally document and analyze dance. The project has since evolved into a collaborative web application for multimodal annotation, making the knowledge inherent in dance more accessible.

Mapping Offenbach – The NODE team presented a prototype for a collaborative annotation tool, developed with METAhub and the Max-Dienemann / Salomon-Formstecher Gesellschaft. Designed to capture and layer oral histories, the tool enables users to engage with Jewish history in Offenbach as a living, evolving knowledge system.

Of course, no NODE+CODE would be complete without great conversations and a warm, delicious soup – this time lovingly prepared by DFF. A big thank you to our hosts and everyone who joined us!

 

In collaboration with

Hosted by

David Rittershaus

Frankfurt

davidrittershaus.de

David Rittershaus, based in Frankfurt (Main), is a dance and theater scholar with Motion Bank at Hochschule Mainz, a project originally initiated by the choreographer William Forsythe. In cooperation with a range of partners, Motion Bank is developing low-threshold, standard-compliant open source and free systems designed for use in a variety of contexts, including dance education, creation, research and archiving. Experimental software development and user interface design are tightly coupled with methodological research in the domain of dance practice and theoretical reflections from the field of dance studies. Further David Rittershaus is working as a media artist in the field of performance, sound and technology.

Alexander Roidl

Mainz, Germany

alexroidl.de

Alexander is a designer, artist, and media researcher, with a background in graphic / interaction design, software art and programming. His research investigates the diverse implications of human-computer interaction with a focus on the creative use of software. His practice explores the intersection of programming, design, and software culture. He is regularly teaching workshops on creative coding, web technology and interaction design. Currently, he is holds a position as a Tandem-Professor for media informatics in design at the faculty of design Mainz University of Applied Sciences together with NODE.

Sina Hassene Daouadji

Sina Hassene Daouadji is a communication designer and student of the Ocean Flora Cloud – Experimental Publishing Master’s programme at Mainz University of Applied Sciences.