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NOVEMBER 2014: TIMEOUT at WEST WING SOMERSET HOUSE

Lyon’s latest mass behaviour work, TIMEOUT is now on exhibition at 101 in the West Wing of Somerset House, the pop up can be accessed from the West Wing’s Reception. For a private tour with the artist please email lyon@marcuslyon.com. The exhibition is a collaboration between John Jones, 101 London, TM Lighting and Somerset House that endeavours to blur the boundaries between private and public space in London’s most significant creative hub. Lyon has also been working with Candlestar to finish the judging on the 2nd cycle of the Syngenta Photography Awards – the finalist have now been chosen and will be announced in due course.

TIMEOUT VI – CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE, HOUSTON, TEXAS, USA (2014)

After centuries of open-air markets the shopping mall became a development paradigm as corporations and planners created fully enclosed, environmentally controlled, consumption spaces for the masses. Today the most popular mall in the US has an annual footfall of 40 million visitors and is a social space where you can eat, shop, watch a film or even get married. However the 50-year hegemony of the mall is now threatened by the rise of online, which in turn has driven a new level of innovation to the sector as retail pitches battle with the web to win the hearts and souls of the consumer.

TIMEOUT examines a world where the search for safety and shelter has taken a secondary role. As the billion planet dwellers that no longer need to satisfy their basic needs search for meaning they turn to exploration. As the drive for escape intensifies, an unstoppable quest is unleashed for release through consumption. Whether it is budget air tourism, giant shopping malls or luxury super-yachts, a systemically significant part of the human race defines itself by endeavouring to conquer the natural rhythms of the earth through recreation.