Andrew Norman Wilson's Lavender Town Syndrome at Ordet, Milan

Galleria Ordet in Milan presents Andrew Norman Wilson's solo exhibition 'Lavender Town Syndrome,' transforming the space into a futuristic laboratory. The show features a new video work commissioned by Ordet, 'Z = |Z/Z•Z-1 mod 2|-1,' exploring technological development and the fusion of analog and digital. The exhibition offers two interpretive threads: Wilson's research on filmic practices and digital media to construct reality, and the merging of body and technology. A multichannel video installation combines analog techniques with digital imaging like ray tracing and fractal animations. The work 'I Don't Feel the Way I Am Supposed to Feel' reprises a scene from Charlie Brown Christmas Special, displayed on a 2002 iMac G4, evoking unease. Central to the show is Pikachu, appearing in an analog zoom film and a papier-mâché copy, referencing a Japanese conspiracy theory about a Pokémon game soundtrack allegedly linked to 200 child suicides. Wilson uses cartoon and video game characters to highlight alienation and hidden implications of common technological constructs. The exhibition extends online with a podcast series titled 'Johannes.'