Projects
Good Enough: Multisensory Queer Storytelling in Scotland.
Good Enough: Multisensory Queer Storytelling in Scotland.
A tech-light, tabletop storybox experience blending a handcrafted object with smartphone audio and Augmented Reality.
Good Enough is an immersive, portable storybox designed for two people at a time. Inside a handmade box are hidden compartments, handwritten messages and miniature dioramas; alongside them, a smartphone becomes narrator, theatre screen and viewfinder for AR characters. Together, these layers create a 15-minute journey that can travel easily into rural spaces bringing LGBTQ+ stories to audiences through both touch and technology.
Experiment
£20,000
Co-created with older gay, bi and queer men, it explores shame, resilience and ageing through intimate, tactile discovery and story-led movement.
Aims of the project
Made by NOCTURN, the project builds on a proven prototype originally funded by Arts Council England. This next phase focuses on co-creation: working with community participants to shape the content and movement language of the piece, and testing how participant movement can be transformed into characters and integrated into the storybox experience.
Across workshops and R&D sessions, Good Enough explores how technology can sit quietly — almost invisibly — supporting connection rather than spectacle. The aim is a richly human encounter: a small-scale, story-led experience where lived voices and crafted objects hold the weight of the narrative, and digital layers deepen what’s already present.
Meet the artists
John Darvell
Lead Artist
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Christopher Hunt
Creative Technologist
Christopher Hunt is a creative technologist specialising in accessible, audience-first interaction, leading Good Enough’s technical R&D across the storybox, smartphone journey and AR layers.
John Chambers
Composer
John Chambers is a composer creating atmospheric sound worlds, composing Good Enough’s phone-led soundscore and collaborating with online participants to weave their voices and sounds into the work.
Lou Cope
Dramaturg
Lou Cope is a dramaturg and critical friend to Good Enough, offering targeted input that sharpens the piece’s artistic interpretation, structure and audience journey.
Sean Hall
Filmmaker (Vivid Affect Productions)
Sean Hall is a filmmaker with Vivid Affect Productions, documenting Good Enough’s process and development through film assets for communication and legacy.
Helen Moon
Project Manager & Curatorial Steer
Helen Moon is Good Enough’s project manager and curatorial steer, overseeing planning, coordination and delivery while guiding how the work is framed and presented.
Bob Hughes
Safeguarding Partner (Switchboard)
Bob Hughes is a safeguarding partner from Switchboard, advising Good Enough on ethical, trauma-aware processes and participant care when working with sensitive lived experience.
