YURI PATTISON, Sunset Provision
installation view at Mother Tankstation Limited, Dublin

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(infinite corridor, infinite) Sunset Provision, 2016
Video (MIThenge 11/11/16 shot by Misha Sra for the artist, MIThenge 12/11/16 shot by Nick Gomez for the artist), Drift TV sunset filter, dust sheet

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YURI PATTISON, Sunset Provision
installation view at Mother Tankstation Limited, Dublin

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memory foam memory, 2016
Amazon basics memory foam mattress, light therapy mask, travel adapters, USB charger, LED panel & 15 minute dawn/dusk simulation dimmer, white noise sound conditioner, melatonin liquid & vaporiser, Unistrut
53.5(h) x 97(w) x 189(L) cm, LED panel from floor 245(h)cm

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memory foam memory, 2016
Amazon basics memory foam mattress, light therapy mask, travel adapters, USB charger, LED panel & 15 minute dawn/dusk simulation dimmer, white noise sound conditioner, melatonin liquid & vaporiser, Unistrut
53.5(h) x 97(w) x 189(L) cm, LED panel from floor 245(h)cm

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YURI PATTISON, Sunset Provision
installation view at Mother Tankstation Limited, Dublin

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dust, scraper, fan 2.7 (winter)
dust, scraper, fan 2.8 (productivity)
dust, scraper, fan 2.9 (stack)
Custom made perspex 1U format server case, server PSUs, 40mm server case fans, practice locks, modafinil, 5-HTP, piracetam, anti-static bags, tape, inkjet print, cable ties, protective film, sebum, dust, 66 x 43 x 5cm each, 2016

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dust, scraper, fan 2.7 (winter)
dust, scraper, fan 2.8 (productivity)
dust, scraper, fan 2.9 (stack)
Custom made perspex 1U format server case, server PSUs, 40mm server case fans, practice locks, modafinil, 5-HTP, piracetam, anti-static bags, tape, inkjet print, cable ties, protective film, sebum, dust, 66 x 43 x 5cm each, 2016

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dust, scraper, fan 2.7 (winter)
dust, scraper, fan 2.8 (productivity)
dust, scraper, fan 2.9 (stack)
Custom made perspex 1U format server case, server PSUs, 40mm server case fans, practice locks, modafinil, 5-HTP, piracetam, anti-static bags, tape, inkjet print, cable ties, protective film, sebum, dust, 66 x 43 x 5cm each, 2016

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memory foam remembers, 2016
Amazon basics memory foam & foam mattresses, light therapy mask, travel adapters, USB charger, silicon ear plugs, Philips Hue controller (evening sunset), LED panel, Prison android tablet with MIThenge simulation & f.lux software, Unistrut, 42(h) x 128(w) x 210(L) cm, LED panel from floor 245(h)cm

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memory foam remembers, 2016
Amazon basics memory foam & foam mattresses, light therapy mask, travel adapters, USB charger, silicon ear plugs, Philips Hue controller (evening sunset), LED panel, Prison android tablet with MIThenge simulation & f.lux software, Unistrut, 42(h) x 128(w) x 210(L) cm, LED panel from floor 245(h)cm

all images courtesy of the artist and Mother’s Tankstation limited, Dublin

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A few days ago I was reading about JOSH HARRIS, an internet entrepreneur often described as a visionary or pioneer. HARRIS became known for his experiments which tested the effects of media and technology on the development of personal identity. One of his projects is called “Quiet: We Live in Public,” a sort of big brother fantasy developed in the late ’90s and which placed more than 100 artists in a basement in New York City. During six months,   an army of webcams followed and captured every move the artists made.

Almost 20 years later, the performance that led HARRIS to mental collapse appears prophetic. We all live virtually on the Internet recording and sharing everyday a huge amount of  personal informations through devices. This technological lifestyle has some psychological and physiological effects on vital notions such as sleep. London-based artist YURI PATTISON has developed for the art venue Mother Tankstation Limited in Dublin, a body of work that focuses on this essential aspect.

According to the press release, PATTISON ‘isolated a particularly curious strain of interest in conquering the loneliest hours of day, creating proxy companions to help consumers through the few hours when no one can reach you; probing the developed market in recent years of monitoring applications and interfaces, sound emitters, and contouring foam, promising to both optimise and accompany your (literal) darkest time’. In other words, even in your deepest sleep, you are not alone. A multitude of products are conceived to record, help or analyse your most vulnerable moment of the day.

Sunset Provision by YURI PATTISON is on view at Mother Tankstation Limited in Dublin until January 21, 2017.