What's on the other side ?

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CHAPTER 1

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what’s on the other side?

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what’s on the other side?

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* the majority of the land on Earth has water on its opposite side the territory where land matches to land

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* the majority of the land on Earth has water on its opposite side the territory where land matches to land

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The aim is to get the "sample of the opposite point" for a particular location.

This "antipode" is by definition located exactly on the other side of the globe;

at the other end of a straight line going directly through the center of the Earth.

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"...Tunneling straight through the middle of the earth and coming up on the other side of the world is a familiar childhood fantasy. Somehow, we always emerge in some wonderful country whose customs and language we do not know.

...In reality, more than four-fifths of the world is ocean and so the chances of one piece of land having a corresponding piece of land on the other side of the globe from itself are actually quite slim. The most likely scenario is that you will emerge at the bottom of an ocean somewhere..."

Jeffrey Kastner & Sina Najafi (Cabinet issue 8)

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Antipodes Islands

(New Zealand, Pacific Ocean)

49° 45' south 178° 55'' west

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Antipode

(France, Haute Normandie)

49° 45' north 1° 5' east

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Antipodes Islands, an isolated group of small islands in the south Pacific Ocean, southeast of New Zealand and included in the geographical boundaries of that country. The islands, which are uninhabited, lie at latitude 49°40' south and longitude 178°50' east and are steep and barren, rising to 400 m (1,300 ft).

The total land area is 62 sq km (24 sq mi).

Anchorages are located on the northeast and southeast sides of the islands. The Antipodes were discovered in 1800 by Captain Waterhouse of the British vessel Reliance while he was on his way back home from Port Jackson, Australia. The islands were named Antipodes because they are located on the globe diametrically opposite to the United Kingdom.

Microsoft ® Encarta ® World Atlas

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CHAPTER 2

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CHAPTER 3

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Coffe Island

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Tea Island

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Coffe Milk Island

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Milk Island

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Bordeaux Island

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CHAPTER 4

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road

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road

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road with stone

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road with stone

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road with two stones

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road with two stones

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one hill

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one hill

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hill with stone

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hill with stone

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road and electric line

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road and electric line

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road and pole

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road and pole

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hill and electric line

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hill and electric line

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one hill

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one hill

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three hills

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three hills

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island

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island

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big mountain with snow and small mountain without

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big mountain with snow and small mountain without

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big active volcano and small inactive

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big active volcano and small inactive

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two active volcanoes

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two active volcanoes

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mountain with cloud

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mountain with cloud

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big mountain peak covered by sky

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big mountain peak covered by sky

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cave with one stalactite and one stalagmite

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cave with one stalactite and one stalagmite

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cave with lake

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cave with lake

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cave with two stalactites and lake

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cave with two stalactites and lake

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cave with two stalactites and two stalagmites

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cave with two stalactites and two stalagmites

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cave with water drops

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cave with water drops

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cave with UFO

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cave with UFO

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cave with balloon

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cave with balloon

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inactive volcano under see

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inactive volcano under see

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rocky islands

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rocky islands

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rocky island

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rocky island

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two rocky islands

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two rocky islands

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five rocky islands

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five rocky islands

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ocean

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ocean

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manganenese nodule pavement in the sea

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manganenese nodule pavement in the sea

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three stones on sea bottom

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three stones on sea bottom

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island under water

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island under water

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coiled faeces of the acorn worm on sea bottom

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coiled faeces of the acorn worm on sea bottom

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reefs under water

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reefs under water

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island with two sand beaches

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island with two sand beaches

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UFO above the factory

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UFO above the factory

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UFO above the road

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UFO above the road

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two UFOs above the roof

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two UFOs above the roof

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one UFO above the roof

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one UFO above the roof

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UFO and two mountains

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UFO and two mountains

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UFO and airplane

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UFO and airplane

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cloud and UFO

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cloud and UFO

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ANNEX

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*René Daumal “Le Mont Analogue”

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“Le territoire cherché doit pouvoir exister en une région quelconque de la surface de la planète; il faut donc étudier sous quelles conditions il se trouve être inac- cessible, non seulement aux navires, avions ou autres véhicules, mais même au regard. Je veux dire qu’il pourrait très bien, théoriquement, exister au milieu de cette table, sans que nous en ayons la moindre notion.”

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“Comme l’île cherchée a sûrement une superficie plus grande que ce quadrilatère, l’approximation est suffisante. Le Mont Analogue se trouve donc aux antipodes de cette région, ce qui le situe, attendez que je calcule un peu..., là, au sud-est de la Tasmanie et au sud-ouest de la Nouvelle -Zélande, a l’est de l’île Aukland.”

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“-J’ai pris de l’huile, parce que ce liquide, très visqueux, sera plus démonstratif que;

l’eau, par exemple. Cette surface huileuse est la surface de notre planète. Ce bout de papier, un continent. Ce morceau plus petit, un bateau. Avec la pointe de cette fine aiguille, je pousse délicatement le bateau vers le continent ; vous voyez que je n’arrive pas à le faire aborder. Parvenu à quelques millimètres du rivage, il semble être repoussé par un cercle d’huile qui entoure le continent. Bien entendu, en poussant un peu plus fort, j’arrive à aborder. Mais si la tension superficielle du liquide était assez grande, vous verriez mon bateau contourner le continent sans jamais

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le toucher. Supposez maintenant que cette invisible structure de l’huile autour du continent repousse non seulement les corps dits « matériels », mais aussi les rayons lumineux. Le navigateur qui se trouve sur le bateau va contourner le continent non seulement sans le toucher, mais même sans le voir.”

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“Voici, schématiquement, comment nous pouvons nous représenter cet espace; les lignes que je trace représentent ce que seraient les trajets de rayons lumineux, par exemple ; vous voyez que ces lignes directrices s’épanouissent en quelque sorte dans le ciel, où elles se rejoignent à l’espace général de notre cosmos.

Cet épanouissement doit se produire à une hauteur telle — bien supérieure à l’épaisseur de l’atmosphère — qu’il ne faut pas songer à pénétrer dans la « coque » par en haut, en avion ou en ballon.”

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“Elle doit être unique et elle doit exister géographiquement. La porte de l’invisible doit être visible.”

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CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 ANNEX

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project:

What’s on the Other side / Antipode production:

Association DUM, Ljubljana www.dum-club.si

supported by: Ministry of Culture RS, MO Ljubljana Special thanks to:

Lionel Carter (NIWA, New Zealand) Miran Mohar

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Edition limited to 250 numbered copies.

10 copies (+ 2 AP) deluxe limited edition of this book, accompanied by a signed and numbered multiple by the artist is available from onestar press.

Layout and drawings: Vadim Fishkin

Printed and bound in France

16, rue Trolley de Prévaux 75013 Paris France info@onestarpress.com www.onestarpress.com

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