"24 Hs - Surveillance of the sun" is a project that maps sunsets and sunrises around the world. It aims at placing the viewer face to face with the idea of relative time and space.
Considering that in 24 hours the Earth completes a full rotation in relation to the sun, the ratio for this movement is 360o every 24 hours, or 15o per hour. As a result of this movement, in a 24-hour period the same meridian returns to the position it occupied in relation to the sun on the previous day.
Based on this premise, 24 different places around the world were selected. Each of them situated in a different time zone, and the southern and northern hemispheres were as much as possible alternated. Two extremes were added, Antarctica and Greenland, southern and northern poles.
In each one of the places, at certain spots yet to be determined, two webcams will be allocated, one facing east and the other facing west. They will monitor east and west waiting for the rising and the setting of the sun.
The output consists of an online version and an installation. ONLINE VERSION: The webcam images are organised in a 48-window grid interface. In the composition, eastern and western images of the same place are set side by side, so that the grid shows E1 W1 North hemisphere, E2 W2 South hemisphere, E3 W3 North, E4 W4 South and so on, always alternating between northern and southern hemisphere locations, in a total of 6 by 8 windows. The images will be available online in real time.
INSTALLATION VERSION: The webcam data are presented in a 48-monitor video wall installed in a public space that allow 24 hour viewing, for example, galleries, shop windows or airport lounges. Each monitor is connected to one webcam. As the preview version, Eastern and Western images of a same location are placed side by side, and southern and northern hemispheres are alternated - E1 W1 North hemisphere, E2 W2 South hemisphere, and so on. In each monitor we can witness a certain time of a determined space of the globe.
For the accomplishment of the project it is ideal to work in collaboration with local universities, art centres or institutions. The following places can be considered according to local facilities.  Auckland Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski Hobart Seoul Perth Ulaanbaatar Colombo Novosibirsk Mauritius Islands Moscow Johannesburg Stockholm Abidjan Reykjavik Fernando de Noronha Nuuk Buenos Aires Montreal Galapagos Islands Denver Brazilian Base in Antarctica Anchorage Tahiti Honolulu
"24 Hs - Surveillance of the sun" is a project that maps sunsets and sunrises around the world. It aims at placing the viewer face to face with the idea of relative time and space.
Considering that in 24 hours the Earth completes a full rotation in relation to the sun, the ratio for this movement is 360o every 24 hours, or 15o per hour. As a result of this movement, in a 24-hour period the same meridian returns to the position it occupied in relation to the sun on the previous day.
Based on this premise, 24 different places around the world were selected. Each of them situated in a different time zone, and the southern and northern hemispheres were as much as possible alternated. Two extremes were added, Antarctica and Greenland, southern and northern poles.
In each one of the places, at certain spots yet to be determined, two webcams will be allocated, one facing east and the other facing west. They will monitor east and west waiting for the rising and the setting of the sun.
The output consists of an online version and an installation. ONLINE VERSION: The webcam images are organised in a 48-window grid interface. In the composition, eastern and western images of the same place are set side by side, so that the grid shows E1 W1 North hemisphere, E2 W2 South hemisphere, E3 W3 North, E4 W4 South and so on, always alternating between northern and southern hemisphere locations, in a total of 6 by 8 windows. The images will be available online in real time.
INSTALLATION VERSION: The webcam data are presented in a 48-monitor video wall installed in a public space that allow 24 hour viewing, for example, galleries, shop windows or airport lounges. Each monitor is connected to one webcam. As the preview version, Eastern and Western images of a same location are placed side by side, and southern and northern hemispheres are alternated - E1 W1 North hemisphere, E2 W2 South hemisphere, and so on. In each monitor we can witness a certain time of a determined space of the globe.
For the accomplishment of the project it is ideal to work in collaboration with local universities, art centres or institutions. The following places can be considered according to local facilities.  Auckland Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski Hobart Seoul Perth Ulaanbaatar Colombo Novosibirsk Mauritius Islands Moscow Johannesburg Stockholm Abidjan Reykjavik Fernando de Noronha Nuuk Buenos Aires Montreal Galapagos Islands Denver Brazilian Base in Antarctica Anchorage Tahiti Honolulu