See Me Appear —
Tatton Park
See Me Appear by Peut-Porter is commissioned and produced by Abandon Normal Devices and Cheshire East Council.
Supported by the Immersive Arts Expand Grant Funding & the Italian Cultural Institute.
An R&D phase of See Me Appear was funded and supported by Art Fund.
AND is supported with public funding from Arts Council England.For an audio described introduction to the exhibition, please follow this link: ︎
See Me Appear is an immersive artwork using advanced virtual production techniques including virtual performance capture, augmented reality, and ambient soundscapes to bring speculative narratives of Tatton Park’s historic residents to life.
An immersive journey into the lives of Tatton Park's overlooked women, visitors encounter the virtual characters of three women who lived at Tatton Park Estate between 1680 and 1799: Beatrix, Hester, and Elizabeth Egerton. Their imagined life stories and aspirations were developed in collaboration with actresses, creative technologists, and a professional writer, informed by conversations with Tatton Park’s historians and staff. The experience unfolds across Tatton Park Mansion’s staterooms, where immersive experiences and handcrafted physical artefacts act as portals for visitors to step into their imagined realities.
While initially inspired by the Samuel Egerton’s adventures in Venice, See Me Appear shifts the perspective to the overlooked voices of his mother, sister, and daughter. By foregrounding these women, the work reflects on how history is often shaped by narrow perspectives and offers an alternative approach to historical storytelling through critical fabulation and expanding reality.
Character Design & Performance Capture: Alexa Pollmann
Augmented Reality Design: Bine Roth; Oliver Wrobel
Sound Design & Physical Computing: Sitraka Rakotoniaina
Monologue Writer: Cat Harrison
Performer (Elizabeth Egerton): Clare Beresford
Performer (Beatrix Egerton): Josie Dunn
Performer (Hester Egerton): Lizzie Hopley
Virtual Dress & Hair: Leah Hoy
Augmented Reality Developer: Gabriel Stones
Exhibition Design: Oliver Wrobel & VVFA
Prop Design: Alexa Pollmann, Bine Roth & VVFA
Access Consultant: Kate Fox
Audio Description: Vicky Ackroyd
Immersive Arts Mentor: David Sabel
