Generation DD

  • Abbie Hunter

As a way of bringing the past of Dundee into the present, Generation DD creates an interactive and immersive nostalgic experience, in which people can re-live their past and visitors can see how this blooming city has changed throughout the years. The use of various booths representing different generations, that have grown up in Dundee between the 1940’s until now, helps show the contrasts of how times have changed and also the history that the city has. The exhibition is situated in the large gallery space in Dundee’s Victoria and Albert Museum. This encourages visitors to Dundee’s newest attraction to find out more about the vast history of the city. People visiting the newly opened V&A only tend to come to Dundee to see this beautiful building, yet there is an even more beautiful and deep history that they end up missing. Dundonians have the best knowledge about the City of Dundee, therefore who best to tell stories about what it is really like to live in the UNESCO City of Design, using interviews visitors can hear first-hand about the history of this city.