About this Event
WHAT?
See-Me-Appear is an immersive artwork created by Alexa Pollmann and Bine Roth of Studio Peut-Porter using advanced virtual production techniques ranging from virtual performance capture to augmented reality dreamscapes and ambient soundscapes.
The work invites visitors of Tatton Park, a Cheshire East Council National Trust Site, to engage with the virtual characters of women who lived at Tatton Estate during the 18th century. Their semi-fictional life stories and aspirations for future freedoms were developed in collaboration with a professional writer, a series of actresses and through conversations with Tatton’s historians and staff. These narratives unfold in the main rooms of Tatton Park’s Mansion: alongside handcrafted physical props and artefacts that serve as clues, visitors step into these other realities.
WHY?
See-Me-Appear invites visitors to rethink history. It encourages reflection on how the past is often recorded through narrow perspectives, overlooking women and other marginalised voices considered less important at their time. By imagining the little-known stories of Elizabeth, Beatrix, and Hester Egerton, the experience expands our sense of reality and offers an alternative to conventional historical storytelling.
WHO?
Peut-Porter is a London-based design collective creating participatory live experiences that blend physical and digital artefacts. Their work invites audiences into ritual-like moments of dressing and becoming, exploring play, agency, and interaction through immersive theatrical worlds.
Peut-Porter’s work has been shown internationally, including at the Venice Biennale, Design Museum London, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Museum of London, Jerusalem Design Week, BFI London, Deutsches Technikmuseum, and De Doelen Theatre Rotterdam.
Creative Direction: Studio Peut-Porter
Executive Production: Abandon Normal Devices - Yinka Danmole & Jamie Allan
Assistant Producer: Sophie Hayter
Character Design & Motion Capture: Alexa Pollmann; dress and hair by Leah Hoy
Augmented Reality Design & Development: Bine Roth; Gabriel Stones, Oliver Wrobel
Sound Design & Physical Computing: Sitraka Rakotoniaina
Monologue Writer: Cat Harrison
Performer (Elizabeth Egerton): Clare Beresford
Performer (Beatrix Egerton): Josie Dunn
Performer (Hester Egerton): Lizzie Hopley
Exhibition Design: Oliver Wrobel & VVFA
Prop Design: Alexa Pollmann, Bine Roth & VVFA
Access Consultant: Kate Fox
Immersive Arts Mentor: David Sabel
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Peut-Porter Studio, 5 Borthwick Street, London, United Kingdom
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