?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Inside+the+Metaphor+Series&rft.creator=Padfield%2C+Deborah&rft.description=The+film+takes+a+series+of+connected+microscopes+as+its+blue-print%2C+examining+pain+from+multiple+perspectives+including+interviews+with+international+experts+from+history%2C+linguistics%2C+pain%2C+medicine%2C+neurobiology+and+psychology+(respectively+Prof+Joanna+Bourke%2C+Prof+Elena+Semino%2C+Prof+Joanna+Zakrzewska%2C+Prof+Maria+Fitzgerald+and+Dr+Amanda+Williams)+interspersed+with+patient+testimonies+(Chandrakant+Khoda)+and+a+musical+and+visual+score+(Lucie+Treacher).+The+visual+imagery+derives+largely+from+metaphors+co-created+with+pain+patients%2C+in+particular%2C+that+of+a+shadow+sandwich%2C+where+the+material+of+the+metaphor%2C+for+example+mouldy+bread+from+the+sandwich%2C+is+placed+under+the+microscope+and+subsequently+re-integrated+with+more+recognisable+imagery+to+create+a+multi-layered+and+surreal+backdrop+to+the+unfolding+exploration+of+pain.+Scientific+and+neuronal+images+weave+their+way+throughout+the+more+abstract+imagery+asking+%E2%80%98what+is+this+thing+called+pain%3F%E2%80%99+The+film+provides+no+answers+but+invites+viewers+to+assemble+their+own+out+of+the+immediacy+of+patient+testimonies+and+the+cutting+edge+science+and+research+presented.%0D%0A%0D%0AThe+film+grew+out+of+the+pain%3A+speaking+the+threshold+interdisciplinary+project+at+University+College+London%2C+click+here.%0D%0A%0D%0AA+pilot+film+was+tested+on+audiences+at+the+Exhibition+Centre%2C+Hong+Kong+in+2016%2C+at+the+Encountering+Pain+Conference+UCL%2C+London+and+other+public+events+and+conferences+in+London+in+2016.%0D%0AThe+premiere+of+the+final+cut+was+screened+at+the+Association+for+Medical+Humanities+conference+in+Sofia+Bulgaria+with+a+newly+commissioned+score+by+Lucie+Treacher+in+2018.+It+has+since+been+shown+across+London+including+at+the+Royal+Society+of+Medicine%2C+at+conferences+and+to+medical+students.&rft.subject=Photography%2C+Pain%2C+Visual+Arts%2C+Metaphor%2C+Meaning%2C+Magnification&rft.date=2025-04-03&rft.type=Exhibition&rft.language=eng&rft.source=+++Barcelona%2C+Spain.++03+-+13+April+2025.++++(In+press).++&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10202568%2F1%2FInside%2520metaphor%25203%2520copy.jpeg&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10202568%2F2%2FInside%2520the%2520metaphor%252019%2520copy.jpeg&rft.format=text&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10202568%2F3%2FInside%2520the%2520metaphor%252016%2520copy.jpeg&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fdiscovery.ucl.ac.uk%2Fid%2Feprint%2F10202568%2F&rft.rights=open