Logistics
A trip would be made to Afghanistan to install the camera and arrange for continuous internet access for the duration of the live version of the artwork. Prior to the trip contacts would be established to insure the availability of internet access and secure local assistance for the installation. Logical contacts include television news agencies (CNN), the US State Department, local ISPs, and most importantly, local arts organizations in Afghanistan.
Here are some interesting facts about the internet infrastructure in Afghanistan.
The Afghan state airline, Ariana, has twice weekly flights from Kabul to Frankfurt and daily flights to Dubai. Round trip fare from Dubai is $433. Virgin from New York to Dubai round trip is $1295.
The Area Around Kabul, Afghanistan from Google Earth looking to the North |
Implement compositing, hosting, and archiving software | 4 weeks |
Afghanistan trip advance work | |
obtain equipment | 8 weeks |
install NJ webcam | 1 week |
install Afghanistan webcam | 1 week |
test and tune | 1 week |
Minimum time from funding to live piece | 15 weeks |
Budget
Afghaniston Webcam Install | |
1 week travel to Kabul | |
airfare | $1800 |
meal and accomodations | $500 |
Olympus C-8080 used | $400 |
Dell Latitude laptop - used | $200 |
Outdoor camera enclosure | $200 |
Camera mount | $200 |
2 months ISP connectivity | $200 |
Afghani caretaker fee | $300 |
New jersey Webcam Install | |
Olympus C-8080 used | $400 |
Dell Latitude laptop - used | $200 |
Outdoor camera enclosure | $200 |
Camera mount | $200 |
2 months ISP connectivity | $200 |
Total | $5000 |
The artist will supply any addtional funds needed to complete the work. The artist will not recieve a fee from the funding.
The artist will host the work on a dedicated server he maintains to host his arwork site.
For the gallery exhibition an attempt would be made to obtain a loan of a digital cinema projector. If this is not successful a standard HD projector would suffice. It is assume the cost of an installation would be borne by the exhibiting entity.