Inspired by the Olympic Truce, whose roots date back to Ancient Greece, renowned director Deborah Warner was commissioned to create a coastal installation encircling the UK in collaboration with actor Fiona Shaw.
Eight murmuring, glowing encampments appeared simultaneously at some of our most beautiful and remote coastal locations, from County Antrim to the tip of Cornwall, from the Isle of Lewis to the Sussex cliffs. Designed to be visited between dusk and dawn, Peace Camp was a poignant exploration of love poetry and a celebration of the extraordinary variety and beauty of our coastline.
Alongside the live installations, the project also paints an audible portrait of the nation online. The people of the UK have nominated and recorded their favourite love poems and submited their own messages, creating an online anthology that celebrates our languages, dialects and accents as well as our rich poetic tradition. Make your contribution today and be part of this extraordinary project.
SOUNDSCAPE
The soundscape, or 'poemscape', to the installation was a work of art in itself, composed by Mel Mercier.
INTENTS
Artichoke has been working with over 400 children and young people, from the Isle of Skye to the tip of Cornwall, as part of the InTents education project linked to Peace Camp. Facilitated by some of the UK’s most outstanding artist-educators, groups of students at each participating school have chosen a love-related theme around which they have written poems and made immersive art installations.
CREDITS
Created by Deborah Warner in collaboration with Fiona Shaw
Soundscape by Mel Mercier
Sound design by John Del' Nero
Peace Camp was co-commissioned by London 2012 Festival and Derry-Londonderry City of Culture.
Companies
Artichoke
- Charity