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Antipodes (II) (31st April 2011)

The idea: Create the impression of a view through the earth's midpoint Place a camera at one antipode and transmit
its image to a screen at the other
Look into the antipodal sky or see the person
who is as far away as possible 		Duplicate the installation to enable communication Install a second camera and a second screen
to show the antipodes' surroundings
Duplicate entire installation

Build a well-type structure for internal camera
and screen to symbolise the end of a tunnel

 Find suitable locations, ideally
two antipodal towns
Europe's antipodes are located almost entirely in the waters of the Pacific ocean.
An exception are some areas on the Iberic peninsula which are situated opposite parts of New Zealand.
On the corresponding mainland areas, only three pairs of towns form exact antipodes. Among these are
the Spanish town Olvera (and a few neighbouring villages) being antipodal to the city of Auckland.
The satellite image shows the location of Olvera and its neighbouring villages (left)
and the position of their antipodes on Auckland's territory.
Two schools - the Instituto de Educación Secundaria Zaframagón in Olvera and Waikowhai Intermediate School
in Auckland's district of Mount Roskill - were won as local partners for the project and agreed to build the installation.
The two schools' precise antipodal position differs by approximately 600 meters (exemplary view Olvera).
The choice to carry out the project in Olvera and Auckland and with these two partners was, in part, determined by the possibility for Waikowhai Intermediate School to move the installation onto the ground of St. John's Vianney, a catholic church "opposite" the I.E.S. Zaframagon.
Both schools were free to design the installation under the given technical premises and asked to plan a little event to take place on April 31st 2011.
  Moving the installation from Waikowhai
Intermediate School to St. John's Vianney
The site in the patio of the I.E.S. Zaframagon The site at St. John's Vianney during set-up

The two installations were connected for one hour on March 31st 2011 around sunrise in Olvera equating sunset in Auckland. Only at his time of the day, there is a minimum of natural light simultaneously at both antipodes (all other times would have meant facing darkness at either antipode). The event lasted for one hour starting from 07:45 h (Central European Summer Time) / 18:45 (New Zealand Standard Time); sunset/sunrise being about in the middle. Each school staged a series of small presentations, introducing themselves and their local culture. After that, the view through the virtual tunnel was opened.

 

The event was covered by the Spanish TV programme "El Club de las Ideas" (Canal Sur 2) on May 2nd 2011

Special thanks to:

Instituto de Educación Secundaria Zaframagón, Olvera: Juan Luis Ortega (general co-ordination), Salvador Diaz (technology and logistics), Maria del Carmen Marquez (translations and organisational support), Maribel del Olmo (choreography), and all the students for their amazing presentations!

Waikowhai Intermediate School, Auckland: Liz Wood (general co-ordination), Mick Pentz (technology and logistics), and all the students for their amazing presentations!

St. John's Vianney Catholoic Church, Auckland:Kind permission to use their estate and facilities.

 

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