A Garden of Remembrance
Hampton Court Flower Show 2009
RHS Silver Gilt Medal for Conceptual Garden
For most people gardens are essentially physical entities that possess tangible qualities such as form and function. However, when we leave a garden what remains with us are our emotional memories. We are often able to recall the sights, sounds, and smells of a place that we may not have been to for many years.
This is a truly conceptual piece that seeks to promote these subliminal dimensions of the garden and asks the visitor to consider their memories as a keystone to appreciating their own gardens.
The installation consists of a cuboid structure that is analogous to someone’s memory. The outer walls are adorned with an assortment of picture frames displaying items that relate to one persons life time memories of a garden. The frames and the amorphous colouration of the objects allude to the fact that our memories are essentially a series of indistinct snap shots.
A short audio visual presentation is projected inside the memory box. The narrative leads the viewer through the inner subconscious mind of the person recalling their garden memories.
Many people take these memories for granted but for others their most cherised memories are lost.
One in three people over 65 will die with dementia. The Alzheimer`s Society champions the rights of people living with dementia and the millions of people who care for them and needs to raise money to help people live well with dementia and to fund research for a cure.
For information about dementia, please visit www.alzheimers.org.uk or call Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Helpline: 0845 300 0336.
This is a truly conceptual piece that seeks to promote these subliminal dimensions of the garden and asks the visitor to consider their memories as a keystone to appreciating their own gardens.
The installation consists of a cuboid structure that is analogous to someone’s memory. The outer walls are adorned with an assortment of picture frames displaying items that relate to one persons life time memories of a garden. The frames and the amorphous colouration of the objects allude to the fact that our memories are essentially a series of indistinct snap shots.
A short audio visual presentation is projected inside the memory box. The narrative leads the viewer through the inner subconscious mind of the person recalling their garden memories.
Many people take these memories for granted but for others their most cherised memories are lost.
One in three people over 65 will die with dementia. The Alzheimer`s Society champions the rights of people living with dementia and the millions of people who care for them and needs to raise money to help people live well with dementia and to fund research for a cure.
For information about dementia, please visit www.alzheimers.org.uk or call Alzheimer’s Society Dementia Helpline: 0845 300 0336.
An initial sketch of the Conceptual garden for Hampton 2009. This shows the exterior of the memory box, adorned with object, words and images relating to the memory of past gardens
Day 1: Stringlines are used to mark out the location of the structure.
Eight 3m posts are erected as the main structural support.
The exterior plywood walls are attached and painted with a textured white paint.
The roof is added and the interior walls painted black.
Mike and Adam start attaching the black picture frames to the side wall.
Impression of the rear wall displaying the segmented tree.
Two sides of the completed garden.
Watching the video through the viewing frames.
