Truth is Concrete Network Maps, Graz
Truth is Concrete 24/7 marathon camp on artistic strategies in politics and political strategies in art organized in Graz, September 21-28, 2012. I am contributing with two network maps below âbeing exhibited in the hallâ and a tactic talk titled âNetwork as a Medium of Critique and Actionâ on Sep 25 Tuesday, 8pm at Black Cube.
Collaboration Network
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Truth is Concrete participants were asked to provide a list of other marathon participants that theyâve worked with in the past. These lists of collaborators are then turned into a network map of collaborations. The map includes 186 names connected via 1030 lines that represent collaborations. The size of the names is based on âbetweenness centralityâ, a metric to show how often a node appears on shortest paths between nodes in the network, often referred as âbridge qualityâ. Colors represent clusters based on the density of inter-connectivity, which describes how the network is compartmentalized into sub-networks or communities.
The network map organizes itself by running as a software simulation, where the names naturally find their position on the canvas through connecting forces, revealing the central actors, indirect links, tight clusters, structural holes, and outliers.
Tactic Similarity Network
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Each participant in the Truth is Concrete marathon was asked to provide a list of tactics theyâve been using in their practice. These lists of tactics are then turned into network map of 749 unique tactics connected through shared use. The size of the tactics is based on âbetweenness centralityâ, a metric to show how often a node appears on shortest paths between nodes in the network, often referred as âbridge qualityâ.
The network map organizes itself by running as a software simulation, where the names naturally find their position on the canvas through connecting forces, revealing the central actors, indirect links, tight clusters, structural holes, and outliers.
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