Chronosphere

Video, sound

31 min. 

2024

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Chronosphere delves into the role of observation technologies in shaping human and more than human temporalities, coexisting on our planet. Chronosphere is a parafictional story about the weaponization of time, from the picosecond synchronization of satellites to the deep time of ecological trauma. The video work seeks to visualize our position in the Chronosphere, this ever-changing cloud of past events and future probabilities that swirls around us at every passing moment. Using CGI animation, Synthetic-aperture radar data from space satellites, filmed footage and AI-generated imagery, Chronosphere is a witness statement to be presented before a speculative court of Time. From the gradual melting of glaciers to the enduring scars of oil and lithium extraction, from the devastation of bomb-scarred grain fields to the instability of the occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, we see the speculative apocalyptic future threaten to unfold at every timescale.