Exhibition
Paradox Amusements
13 Mar 2020 – 15 Mar 2020
Regular hours
- Friday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Saturday
- 10:00 – 18:00
- Sunday
- 10:00 – 18:00
Address
- 140 Lewisham Way
- Lewisham
- London
- SE14 6PD
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Bus: 36,436,171,172,321
- New Cross/New Cross Gate
- New Cross/New Cross Gate
Event map
In Paradox Amusements Birtles and Metcalfe deal with a day dream. This day dream encompasses extremities of escapism and obsessions with absurd fixations relating to holiday and play.
About
Through performance, painting, photography and sculpture the artists challenge and darken escapist desires. Reoccurring motifs appear like holiday hallucinations. An inflated unicorn appears as an unsettling fluorescent monster, whilst an inflated dress is transformed into a drawing and brought to life by operatic singers. Metcalfe and Birtles unpack the surreal dream through interpretations from their ongoing research into the longing for escapism and performance catharsis.
