Technology and art are deeply connected, working together to enrich the human spirit. Technology enhances creativity, offering tools like digital media, 3D modeling, and virtual reality that enable artists to push beyond traditional boundaries. Art, in turn, brings humanity to technology, embedding it with emotion, storytelling, and cultural depth. This synergy produces immersive experiences—such as interactive installations and AI-driven music—that inspire, heal, and connect us. By blending innovation with expression, technology and art create new ways to nurture the imagination and elevate the soul.

Dream Sequence

Yuri Pattison’s dream sequence is an intricate installation exploring the interplay between water, technology, and the passage of time. Set in Dublin Port’s mid-century Pump House No. 2, the work integrates digital networks with obsolete mechanical systems, reflecting on environmental changes and industrial history. The central feature is a generative video on a monumental LED wall, depicting an imagined river journey rendered in a game engine and influenced by real-world data like weather and pollution, creating a dynamic, ever-changing visual and auditory experience.

The installation employs live environmental data to adapt its visuals, soundscapes, and structural components in real-time, highlighting the immediate impacts of climate change. Accompanying elements include a Disklavier piano generating unique scores, a physical model showing floodplain effects, and mudlarking artifacts tying past and present. Additional works, such as clock speed (the no more) and a live stream from Dublin Bay, delve into themes of time, labor, and historical shifts. Together, the exhibition offers a poetic commentary on human impact, technological evolution, and interconnected global systems. Two uRADMonitor MODEL A3 devices are integrated into the installation, collecting real-time environmental data to dynamically influence the visuals and audio. This ensures a distinctive and ever-changing experience with each viewing.

A journey to within

Horizons and sunsets are recurring themes in Pattison’s work, symbolizing a metaphorical conclusion to the passage of time. In dream sequence, the seascape marks the endpoint of the river’s journey, representing the moment where this localised system merges into a broader, interconnected global network.

Yuri’s universe is both overwhelming and disorienting, evoking a profound sense of vulnerability in the face of the relentless force of time. Time, depicted as a demon of transformation, spares nothing—not even memories—which are constantly reshaped and eroded. The present, in this world, is constructed from an ever-evolving stream of information, perpetually in flux and never fixed.

Life, with its crowning achievement—the human factor—seems to be on the brink of extinction in the world shaped by technology. This world is indifferent, relentless, and cold, yet operates with its own sense of fairness, given by the mathematical rigour. The audience becomes immersed in this environment, only to realize, through a subtle form of reverse psychology, the profound contrast between their inner humanity and the surrounding technological landscape. This awakening leads to a deeper appreciation of the very human essence that technology, in its impartiality, brings into sharper focus.

uRADMonitor exists within the realm of technology, generating streams of impersonal and objective data through the thousands of sensors spread across the planet, operating in silence. What they see does, however, profoundly influence our human existence, as we are part of this interconnected reality and are directly affected by it.

Who is Yuri Pattison?

Yuri Pattison’s work explores the intersection of digital technologies, physical environments, and societal systems. Utilising mediums like video, sculpture, installation, and online platforms, Pattison investigates how the digital economy and modern communication technologies reshape our perception of time, space, and infrastructure.

His notable projects often highlight the influence of technological advancements on daily life and cultural frameworks. Pattison has exhibited internationally, including at Chisenhale Gallery in London, Kunsthalle Sankt Gallen in Switzerland, and Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin. He was also the recipient of the prestigious Frieze Artist Award in 2016 for his innovative and thought-provoking work​.