Ian Phillips-McLaren’s immersive art installations transform rooms into psychological spaces. Combining hand-crafted sculpture, multi-channel sound, and projected performance, these large-scale video sculptures explore identity, archetypes, and the fractured nature of the self.
His works have been exhibited internationally, including at the Venice Experimental Video and Performing Art Festival (2022), and invite viewers to navigate shifting landscapes of masks, shadows, and truths — part sculpture, part performance, part self-portrait.
You Are A Virus – Continuous Cycle / A meditative video installation exploring time, transmission, and suffering, You Are a Virus loops a live‑recorded Buddha back onto itself — a continuous cycle reflecting humanity’s role as both creator and carrier
Self Portrait/ There’s Someone in My Head… / Self Portrait / There’s Someone in My Head… is an investigation of the inner ‘self’ through a Jungian lens. First exhibited at the Venice Experimental Video and Performing Art Festival (2022), the
Various Animations / I crafted these dynamic, immersive animations in Adobe After Effects, bringing some ideas to life. https://vimeo.com/694355015https://vimeo.com/694446287https://vimeo.com/694450458https://vimeo.com/694364726https://vimeo.com/694360083
Alternative Processes
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