Amazed by the quality of the works we received this year.
A dream from a Paris Hotel 2025 6' 2'' Directed by Jay Johnson
Inspired by an out-of-body experience in a Parisian hotel, this experimental short film reconstructs a fractured consciousness. Blending personal archival footage with surreal distortions, it blurs the lines between memory and fabrication.
As nostalgia becomes both weapon and refuge,
The film explores the unsettling fluidity of recollection and the quiet alienation of being untethered from the now.
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Jay Johnson is a multidisciplinary artist from the North West of England, currently based in London. Working across sculpture, photography, and time-based media, he explores his connection to human existence, navigating the abstraction and subjectivity of life. Rooted in personal experiences of disconnection and an evolving interest in panpsychism, his work gently unravels the boundaries between perception and truth, ultimately questioning the validity of reality.
