CHRONOZONE explores the potential of simulated or imaginary trans-atlantic telecommunication. Collaborators in Slovakia and the United States arrange for simultaneous actions, which are later displayed as the result of live connections.

PROJECTS:

chronozone 1
chronozone 2
chronozone 3
a common level

COLLABORATORS:

Kevin Hamilton
Maria Corejova
Marisa Riskova
Ana Filip
Michal" Cuco" Cudrnak
Dusan, Lubo, Gnd
+ other members of BURUNDI

Chronozone 1
Transatlantic Wireless

DATE: May 2004
LOCATION: New York / Bratislava
EVENT: Psy.Geo.Conflux

Groups in New York and Bratislava mimic a paid cellphone conversation through simultaneous walks. Each group follows the same temporo-spatial pattern, and split the cost of the call by depositing money in the street.




Chronozone 2
Invisible Network

DATE: May 2004
LOCATION: Chicago / Bratislava
EVENT: Versionfest 2004

Individuals in Chicago and Bratislava attempt to communicate through rhythms beat on television screens during the hourly headline news segments of cable news networks.

Chronozone 3
Newsmap

DATE: 4/20/05 + 4/20/06
LOCATION: Bratislava
EVENT: Multiplace 4

On April 20, 2005, several pairs of individuals walked for an hour around Bratislava, using that day's copy of the SME newspaper as a map. The walk resulted in a new distribution of that day's paper a year later, with new images.

A Common Level 4
Let Me Walk Your Way

DATE: May 2003
LOCATION: Urbana / Boston
EVENT: In-Out Festival 03, Prague

Kevin in Urbana and Maria in Boston take simultaneous walks, with Kevin dictating Maria's path via cellphone. Through postproduction, Maria is later transposed on to the setting of Kevin's walk.