Immortalised, Historic England
- Interpretation planning
- Collections research
- Soundscape research
With Barker Langham and curator Colin Sterling.
Immortalised was a temporary exhibition that explored the state of memorial culture in England, enriching a national conversation on issues from the under-reprersentation of women in public space, to the contested memorialisation of colonial figures like Edward Colston.
I supported collections research for the exhibition, focusing on the more minor ways in which memory infiltrates daily life—from road names and street signs, to banknotes, park bench dedications, and other small scale personal acts of remembrance.
My research also informed the exhibition soundscape: a rich blend of archival materials that ranged from recorded memorial silence, to parliamentary debates about contested memorials, the tolling of bells, and the playing of the Last Post.