TV ZERO ZONES - video project on the air of polish public television TVP2.

TV ZERO ZONES project consisted in nightly broadcasting of four video-animations (one a night) on the TV test-card of Polish National Television TVP 2. TV ZERO ZONES were shown between September and November 2004 the whole night from the end of the regular program schedule (about 1:30 a.m.) till its start on the following day (about 6:00 a.m.)

First prepared in a television studio (blue box) and then computer-processed clips with the moving figure on transparent background were put one after another as picture layers on the TV test-card that Polish Television has emited for nearly 40 years.

Thus, TV ZERO ZONES was a project which was created at that particular moment, i.e. the moment of emission, from two constituents: traditional, "classic" TV test-card and the author's interference into its structure.

Description of this work on the website of Polish Culture Insitute in NYC:

Among his best-known works is TV ZERO ZONES a work created in collaboration with Polish public TV channel TVP2 in which Kuba Bakowski mixed material prepared by himself with live broadcast. TV ZERO ZONES was aired thoughout October and November 2004 as part of TVP 2's end-of-day control screen. When the day's programming ended Kuba Bakowski would appear on the background of the test card: doing simple fitness exercises, riding about on a rolling deskchair, or performing meditation yoga. TV ZERO ZONES was the unique project to use television not just as a transmitter but as raw material for a work of art.