Hidden Voices, Hidden Gems

Southwark Council
Peckham, London
Ongoing

Funded by Southwark’s High Street Challenge Fund, this action research project uses storytelling as a method for starting conversations about the past, present and future of Rye Lane in Peckham. Initially starting as a conceptual proposal to install 5 points that display stories through photography, text and audio, the project evolved into soundwalks along the high street with mobile devices used as the tool for accessing the audio and for providing visitors’ stories as responses to the audio walks.

The project’s legacy extends beyond experience of the soundwalks, as it has the potential to become a local discovery platform that acts as a business and attraction directory drawing new visitors to the area, whilst promoting businesses with less prominent locations off the high street to existing visitors. 

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