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The 25th time zone is
the internet's time zone, a new space-time of
ubiquity and instantaneity, of memory
and creation.
The
24 time zones that we know are the result of
a late XIXth century convention (resolution
of the Conference of Washington in 1884) and
which make it possible each geographical area
to live at the rhythm of the sun while adopting
a system of universal dating. Indeed if in each
country one day does only last 24 hours, the
absolute day lasts exactly 48 hours. There exists
thus right in the middle of the Pacific, where
start and finish the majority of the world maps,
a line that we can simply cross and go up or
go down the time of a whole day. This inter-temporal
zone was selected for its distance to the earth's
densest areas, geographically opposed to Greenwich.
The
experiment of the " Jet Lag " is a
well-known sensation for the travellers who
physically feel the astronomical reality of
their planet. Numerical technologies and particularly
Internet brought a new dimension in this relationship
to time by allowing the substitution of the
physical flow by the numerical flow of information.
The global aspect of the network's development
turns the Pacific meridian line's singularity
into an international reality. It's the 25th
time zone.
The
25th time zone does not correspond to a particular
geographical area decided according to geographical
or political conventions, it's a new space-time.
It's possible to explore this potential and
infinite virtual space and it's by exploring
it that we make it real because this space is
at the same time the expression of memory and
the memory of expression.
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The
space compression by the displacement time
from one point to the other. |
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The
Internet vortex |
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The
architecture of the French cultural centre
is also based on the principle of the 25th
time zone. |
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Its
space is sliced into 25 strips, structuring
its physical and numerical space. |
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