Freedom Festival 2014

Secret Shed / installation

A sculptural explosion of migration from birds to people, goods to flight paths. The shed represents a physical manifestation of a 3-dimensional map rooted within Hull’s rich and diverse background as a sea port. As a sculptural palimpsest the intervention maps human transitory behaviour against ornithological migratory paths and North Sea connections to Antwerp (West), to St. Petersburg (East) Le Havre (South) and Trondheim (North). 

The exterior of the shed will be hand painted with OS-like geographical information.

The interior provides a stimulating web of information that the viewer can both read and see, touch and consider. QR codes will link to live information & web pages for flight departures and population numbers, migratory routes and train timetables.

Contemporary statistics such as ‘3300 new long-term migrants arrived in Hull in 2011’ will rest alongside historical information such as ‘from 1836 - 1914 Hull developed a pivotal role in the movement of transmigrants via the UK. During this period over 2.2 million migrants passed through Hull en route to a new life in the US, Canada, South Africa and Australia.’

‘EN-ROUTE’ is designed to take the viewer on a physical and emotional journey by exploring a ‘constellation’ of space, time and history.