Antipodes, Dawn / Dusk (Asuncion, Paraguay / Taipei, Taiwan), 2013

Antipodes, Dawn / Dusk is a series of eleven photographic prints created from the continuous flow of images archived in the first few months of the antipodes.uk.com website being launched. Each work shows two images, captured simultaneously by the website, from webcams located on exactly the opposite side of the planet. At the moment of their capture, it is twilight in each antipodal location. When the sun rises on one side of the planet, it sets on the other and for that brief moment there is just enough sunlight to see both landscapes simultaneously.

Paired by subject matter as well as geographic location, these distant webcam 'twins' often have surprising affinities. Through their
pairing, visual similarities emerge where we might expect harsh disjuncture. Placed side-by-side horizons captured on opposite sides of the planet appear to conjoin, and other topographical echoes in the landscape and its architecture become apparent. The pulse of traffic jams, tides and weather systems on one side of the planet is often reflected in the imagery of its partner. The pairing of two active volcanos – Volcán Tungurahua in Ecuador and Gunung Sinabung in Indonesia – resulted in imagery showing simultaneous smouldering eruptions.

The Antipodes project evolved to include other physical and digital works created from the collected data. In addition to the Dawn / Dusk photographic prints, a number of timelapse videos and five unique drawings depicting antipodal geographies were created for the artist's solo exhibitions at Spacex, Exeter and Pheonix, Leicester, UK. Additionally, an installation of live webcam feeds displayed on ten paired monitors was created for the exhibition at Phoenix.

Commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella, in association with Spacex.