Seclusion Room is a thought provoking look at the treatment of mental health and sectioning. Through immersive 360° and VR video, journey through one man’s experience of seclusion and being sectioned, transforming in to the evolution of his magical vision of the perfect seclusion room.

Have you ever wondered what it is like to be sectioned? In this Virtual Reality 360° short story, artist David Parkin takes us on a journey exploring mental health struggles, inspired by his exhibition “Delusions of Grandeur”. David spend 4 months on a psychiatric ward, after being sectioned during a manic bipolar episode.

In this piece, David recounts his experience of solitary confinement in a padded white room. From frustration, to desperately pleading to leave, and finally his poetic imagining of his perfect secluded space.

As David discusses the implications and experience of being sectioned, MBD's virtual reality world takes over the blank white padded room, as the walls melt away to reveal a natural, magical space, with blue sky and trees. You can move your device around this space in 360°.