Live Stream: Yuri Pattison, 'Dublin Mean Time (UTC−00:25:21)', 2024

Yuri Pattison
Dublin Mean Time (UTC−00:25:21), 2024
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Dublin Mean Time (UTC−00:25:21) coincides with Yuri Pattison's off-site solo exhibition dream sequence at Dublin Port. The work was installed in the Temple Bar Gallery + Studios street-facing window during July and August. The twenty-four hour live stream will continue on the TBG+S website for the remaining duration of the exhibition.

The live stream video shows a view of Dublin Bay, with Dublin Port in the foreground and the Irish Sea visible on the horizon. Superimposed on this seascape is a time-accurate digital clock displaying the current time taking into account Dublin Mean Time (UTC−00:25:21).

Dublin Mean Time was the official time in Ireland between 1880 and 1916. After the Easter Rising, and with the backdrop of World War I, the time difference between Ireland and Britain was found inconvenient for telegraphic communication, commerce and governance.

After 36 years of having its own time zone, British legislators passed the ‘Time (Ireland) Act 1916’ to align Irish time to Greenwich Mean Time. When Ireland began to observe GMT, it effectively lost 25 minutes, 21 seconds from its future history.

The first implementation of Summer Time (daylight savings time) in May 1916, was a catalyst for this change, and the time displayed here is 1 hour, 25 minutes, 21 seconds behind GMT/UTC during Daylight Saving time, to account for the transition. When Summer Time ends in October, the time displayed will revert to 25 minutes, 21 seconds behind GMT/UTC.