DISTANCE FREQUENCIES: At Home Experience
CLICK HERE FOR THE CHEMICAL EXILE AT HOME EXPERIENCE
This page contains videos for those who choose to experience Distance Frequencies at home, live outside the DC area, or simply want to be reminded of the experience they had.
Also included below are links to digital versions of each instruction sheet,
a text version of chapter 2’s voice mail (which some have found hard to hear)
and a link to the first letter in chapter 3 (which have been missing in some boxes).
Chapter 1: ROCK CREEK CEMETERY
If you choose not to leave home right now, or you live far away, we recommend preparing your environment in some of the following ways: Find a quiet place where you might go to reflect. Twilight is an excellent time for this. Find an artifact in your home that reminds you of someone you miss. Keep it nearby. Bring along a device you can access the internet with. Seek the sounds of the natural world if you are able. Break the seal inside the box. Breath in the scent it contains. Feel your breath and then watch the video below. Follow along with the map enclosed in the box. When the video arrives at the first named location, pause and explore the rest of the box contents. Follow along with the video and the letter’s narrator as your experience unfolds.
Click here for a digital copy of the CHAPTER 1 instruction sheet
Chapter 2: TITANIC MEMORIAL at the SW WATERFRONT
If you choose not to leave home right now, or you live far away, we recommend preparing your environment in some of the following ways: Find a quiet place where you might go to reflect. If you can be near water, we recommend it. If not a glass of water with some clinking ice cubes will help set the mood too. Bring along a device you can access the internet with and have a phone you can use nearby. Break the seal inside the box. Breath in the fruity scent it contains. Then watch the video below.
Explore the items in the box in any order.
Pop in the stick of gum and call the phone number on the cocktail napkin.
Click here for a digital copy of the CHAPTER 2 instruction sheet
Click here for a text version of chapter 2’s voice mail
Chapter 3: BLAGDEN ALLEY
If you choose not to leave home right now, or you live far away, we recommend preparing your environment in some of the following ways: Find a quiet place where you might go to reflect. Do you have holiday lights or a fire nearby? That would be great. Do you have a favorite piece of visual art in your home? That’s a great place to begin too. Bring along a device with which you can access the internet. Break the seal inside the box. Breath its scent. Then watch the video below.
Follow along with the map on the instructions sheet
and pause when you reach the locations tagged with dates.
Read the corresponding letters when you get to those locations.
Click here for a digital copy of the CHAPTER 3 instruction sheet
Click here for a digital version of the November 8 letter and Sonnet
Chapter 4: Georgetown
If you choose not to leave home right now, or you live far away, we recommend preparing your environment in some of the following ways: Find a quiet place where you might go to reflect. Look around your home for a piece of glass–perhaps it’s a piece of art, or window looking out on the world or maybe a particular beautiful pitcher or vase. Take a long look at it and imagine what might be on the other size of the glass. What can’t you see? Bring along a device with which you can access the internet. Break the seal inside the box. Then watch the video below.
Follow along with the description of the walk in the instructions sheet
and pause when you reach the locations tagged with dates.
Read the corresponding letters (and short story) when you get to those locations.
Click here for a digital copy of the CHAPTER 4 instruction sheet
Chapter 5: U Street
If you choose not to leave home right now, or you live far away, we recommend preparing your environment in some of the following ways: Find a place where you can hear the sounds of the world in action outside, the higher up the better. Traffic and car horns are great. The low thump of a go-go soundtrack just around the corner would be ideal. Bring along a device with which you can access the internet. You might want to use headphones to ensure you don’t miss a thing. Break the seal inside the box and CLICK ON THE IMAGE BELOW to link to the video.
Explore the items in the order described in the “WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARRIVE” on the info sheet. No need to follow the link to the audio mentioned on the info sheet. The video will provide the audio and video of the experience.
Click here for a digital copy of the CHAPTER 5 instruction sheet
Chapter 6: Kingman Island
If you choose not to leave home right now, or you live far away, we recommend preparing your environment in some of the following ways: Find a place the makes you feel close to nature. Can you see or hear water? Even better. Bring along a device with which you can access the internet. You might want to use headphones to ensure you don’t miss a thing. Break the seal inside the box. Then watch the video below.
Explore the items in the order described in the “WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARRIVE” on the info page.
When you get to stop #4, stop your video and play the video here: https://rorschachtheatre.com/transom/ (You would have played this video in real time on your phone on the island). When you are done watching that video, return to this one and finish out the experience.
Click here for a digital copy of the CHAPTER 6 instruction sheet
Chapter 7: The Shoreham Hotel
If you choose not to leave home right now, or you live far away, we recommend finding an outdoor space where you can take in the best spring has to offer. Can you see some flowers? Hear some birds? You’re doing it right! Bring along a device with which you can access the internet. Break the seal inside the box. Then watch the video below.
Explore the items in the order described in the “WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU ARRIVE” on the previous page. No need to look for any particular spots to pause the video. Just enjoy the visit and peruse the postcards as you please.
Click here for a digital copy of the CHAPTER 7 instruction sheet
