Delusions of Grandeur by David Parkin

Delusions of Grandeur steps inside the mind of David Parkins, narrating his first hand account of being sectioned following a truly devastating bi polar breakdown.

His story walks you through his sojourn at Bradgate Mental Health Unit, from solitary confinement, underpants, hats, falling in love and wait, did someone say escaping to a champagne bar?!

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Initially, a winning kickstarter campaign

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Multidisciplinary artist David Parkin presents a funny, fearless installation that tells you everything you didn't want to know about being sectioned.

In 2015 David Parkin suffered his first bi-polar manic episode and was sectioned for four months. ‘David Parkin’s Delusions of Grandeur’ is a multidisciplinary installation that investigates his stay at the NHS’s pleasure from a cacophony of mediums. Premiering in 2019 at The Attenborough Centre (Leicester) to an overwhelming public response, it quickly became the art centre’s most well attended artwork … ever. Now it is coming to London!

Step inside David’s unbalanced mind and listen to songs he wrote and recorded while in the Bradgate Mental Health Unit, read about moments in the ward (escaping to a Champagne Bar, falling madly and obsessively in love and being punched by a fellow inmate) and check out David's alternative vision of seclusion.