Cronovisione Italiana

The concept of ITALIAN CRONOVISION is a space-time journey by the researcher, experimenter, and inventor, Carlo Domenico Valyum, through television media since its invention. A graduate in engineering and born in Turin at the end of the 19th century, Valyum’s work has left a lasting legacy.

Mirco Magnani and Valentina Bardazzi are the hosts and curators of this research on sound and video reworking, presenting a creation born from the reanalysis of extracts from famous Italian television broadcasts, compiled into a collection of nine audio/visual tracks.

This is the ITALIAN CRONOVISION of Carlo Domenico Valyum.

“After years of constant work on the development of his machines, in February 1937, Carlo Domenico Valyum managed to intercept anomalous audio/video electromagnetic waves. This significant discovery remains the only real testimony of his immense work as a researcher and inventor. No other documents or inventions that could provide evidence of Carlo Domenico’s achievements have emerged so far, including his highly sought-after secret diary and personal notes.

Since 1939, news about him has become increasingly mysterious. Some documents attest to his presence in various places at the same time, creating a sometimes confusing map with many question marks, yet confirming his ability in physical and temporal bilocation.

At the end of August 2014, in Berlin, the existence of a briefcase containing the material intercepted in 1937, recorded on VHS in the 1970s, was accidentally discovered. What became immediately clear was that Carlo Domenico Valyum, in February 1937, had intercepted and further recorded electromagnetic waves from future Italian television broadcasts, spanning a period between 1976 and December 9, 1989, the day before his presumed death.

To this day, all documents are archived alongside the analog copy under the title Dossier Carlo Domenico Valyum.”

Produced, edited and mixed by Mirco Magnani

Mastering by Ken Karter at Decode Studio, Berlin

Cover art and tipography at Undogmatisch, Berlin

Executive co-production by Carlota Villarreal and Javier Diaz

Publishing by Kizmaiaz