Intro

Future Garden lets individuals explore Sneinton Market in Nottingham to discover the effects of city planning, alternative futures, lost histories and individual dreams. A handheld computer presents participants with a structured self-guided tour. At nine different physical locations, the screen shows images of the existing market overlaid with new architectural designs. These drawings, collages and animations - inspired by the dreams of current market users - are interspersed with archive photographs, documentary film footage and a short dance film, inviting people to reflect on the urban space that they inhabit and the ways in which it might be transformed.











bottom row of images: copyright Julian Hughes
Future Garden
Context





The project Future was directed by Willi Dorner and commissioned by Dance4 for nottdance06. As part of Future, Future Garden was developed in collaboration with the Mixed Reality Lab and The Architectural History and Theory  Group, both at the University of Nottingham.