Projects
See Me Appear
See Me Appear
See Me Appear is a new site-specific immersive artwork by Peut-Porter which utilises XR (Extended Reality) technologies to create new forms of heritage storytelling and imagine the untold stories of the Egerton women who lived at Tatton Park, Cheshire from 1680 to 1799.
It forms part of a site-wide exhibition at Tatton Park taking place in 2026, a celebration of Tatton’s rich landscape, collections, and connection to the Italian painter Canaletto.
Due to the domination of male historians and the meticulous record of the male experience, the diverse lives of women living in 18th century Europe remain under-represented and one-dimensional. In response, Peut-Porter constructs a missing female gaze in the context of the Tatton Park Mansion and the Egerton Family who resided there during the 18th century. In three chapters the artists explore speculative narratives revolving around the dreams and aspirations of Samuel Egerton’s mother Elizabeth, sister Hester, and daughter Beatrix.
The three women played an important role in the household while Samuel was sent to Venice as a teenager to study. His mother and sister remained at the estate, shaping its history behind the scenes. With this Triptych of stories Peut-Porter crafts fictional histories around these characters to honour their overlooked contributions and reflect on how much of women’s history remains untold or forgotten.
The final artwork will build on the existing stagecraft and theatrical setting of Tatton’s Mansion and use digital formats such as AR Portals into the women's dreams, virtual characters and worldbuilding to create a multimodal, haptic and embodied experience for audiences. The work encourages visitors to imagine how the women of Tatton Park envisioned the future, and how they may have dreamt about travels, technology, and social freedoms.
‘See Me Appear’ has been developed through Impossible Perspectives, a new UK XR commissioning programme produced by Abandon Normal Devices, commissioned by Abandon Normal Devices and Cheshire East Council.
Expand
£50,000
Aims of the Project
The Expand Fund from Immersive Arts will support the transition of See Me Appear from prototype to full production and installation as part of a six-month exhibition at Tatton Park in 2026.
It will further allow Peut-Porter to expand their knowledge in using digital tools to produce engaging and immersive artworks that translate theatrical techniques such as body and facial expressions more successfully into virtual formats, crafting an immersive experience that breaks the 4th wall and uses digital to be fully inclusive and participatory.
The funding will help support enhanced engagement with audiences through workshops that demystify the technology used and encourage creative exploration of the artwork.
Peut-Porter hope to achieve enhanced accessibility of the work through consultations with access specialists to ensure an inclusive experience for all visitors, adapting interactive elements for varying needs and integrating accessibility into our development and production plans.
The fund also supports ambitions for capacity building. Through a devised training program for Tatton Park staff and volunteers that will equip them with skills for supporting digital and immersive artworks, whilst also sharing this knowledge with other museums across Cheshire East and the North West of England.
The fund also supports ambitions for capacity building. Through a devised training program for Tatton Park staff and volunteers that will equip them with skills for supporting digital and immersive artworks, whilst also sharing this knowledge with other museums across Cheshire East and the North West of England.
Meet the artists
Peut-Porter
Commissioned Artists
Peut-Porter are a London-based Design Collective who develop participatory live-experiences. Headed by Alexa Pollmann and Bine Roth, the studio works with fashion, textile and silversmithing techniques and crafts wearable artefacts that expand the realms of wearable technology, meandering the fine line between gadget and garment, costume and avatar, and the interdependence between self and other.
Peut-Porter’s work is exhibited and performed internationally and has shown at the Venice Biennale, Design Museum London, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, Museum of London, Jerusalem Design Week, BFI London, Deutsches Technikmuseum, De Doelen Theatre Rotterdam – amongst others.
Peut-Porter is made up of Alexa Pollmann and Bine Roth.
Yinka Danmole
Creative Director
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Yinka is Creative Director of AND.
Abandon Normal Devices (AND) is a commissioning agency and a catalyst for new approaches to art-making and digital invention.
AND brings together an eclectic mix of academics, filmmakers, scientists and anarchists to actively push the boundaries of audience experience and arts production. Proposing a significant shift in the way art is experienced, the AND portfolio consists of site-specific film happenings, exhibitions, performances, online projects, residencies, public realm interventions and a roaming biennial festival.
