ABOUT

From historical events to birthday parties, from the Queen to the Gardener,
Hall Place Gardens were mapped with the different memories left by the
people who visited and enjoyed them. Our exhibition echoed those voices
and unfolded their stories using visual and sound elements: Audience would
go back to a boarding school in 19th century England with a child’s letter to
their parents, to a soldier breaking the German’s Enigma code during World
War II. Finally, the recordings take you to a more personal experience with the
other visitors, and become a way for people to remember and share some of
their best memories of these gardens while creating new ones.
We moved the tree around the gardens in order to collect as many stories
as possible. All these recordings were then edited and playedback in the
exhibition inside the tree. When buying your ticket, you would also receive a
bag of poppy seeds for you to plant and then share on social media in order
to create a buzz around the gardens and our installation.