James Paddock 'Pylon' 2019

‘Pylon’ 22nd October - 31st October 2019 James Paddock is a Southampton based artist working in installation and film. Pylon is a mixed media installation that deals with the topic of psychosis or precisely schizophrenia. The installation takes the viewer on a journey with the psychotic young woman Lily (performed by actress and performance artist, Amber Weyman) who travels on foot as psychotic experience unravels. The artwork uses moving image and special audio techniques to convey the psychotic experience to audiences through an immersive installation. Placing the viewer in another reality, another land, or different plane of existence where wind, sea, creatures, and even cars are telepathically connected to the main protagonist.