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Mobile Vulgus is one of four publications commissioned by Craig Martin as part of Book Works Projects/Open House 1998-2001, printed offset in an edition of 1,000 copies, 128 pages, with an audio CD, soft cover. Designed by Jason Rainbird and Christian Nold, 170 x 155mm.

Mobile Vulgus
by Christian Nold (2001)

How do people group together? And what are the methods of containment used in order to regulate the 'vulgar mob'? These are just two of the questions elicited by Christian Nold in Mobile Vulgus. Looking at the tactics used by state forces, in particular, non-lethal weapons and associated training regimes, he traces the move toward total policing.

Positioning itself within the counter-tendencies the book then develops its own methodologies of action. Once aligned under a common desire this project reveals the potential force a crowd of people hold when they act as a cohesive whole. At once a textual treatise, a visual manual and an audio tool, Mobile Vulgus has developed out of in-depth research, alongside test situations in Bristol and London.

ISBN 978 1 870699 56 3 - Price £7.50




Image 1 Image 2
Mobile Vulgus
by Christian Nold (2001)

How do people group together? And what are the methods of containment used in order to regulate the 'vulgar mob'? These are just two of the questions elicited by Christian Nold in Mobile Vulgus. Looking at the tactics used by state forces, in particular, non-lethal weapons and associated training regimes, he traces the move toward total policing.

Positioning itself within the counter-tendencies the book then develops its own methodologies of action. Once aligned under a common desire this project reveals the potential force a crowd of people hold when they act as a cohesive whole. At once a textual treatise, a visual manual and an audio tool, Mobile Vulgus has developed out of in-depth research, alongside test situations in Bristol and London.

ISBN 978 1 870699 56 3 - Price £7.50