Walking with Ghosts was developed in 2022 in partnership with artists, community members and schools. It is part of the IWM 14-18 NOW Legacy Fund, a national programme of artist commissions inspired by the heritage of conflict. It premiered as an 84-hour immersive multimedia artwork at Folkestone Harbour Arm Station. It returns in 2023 and can be seen from 3.30-11pm over Remembrance Weekend (11 & 12 November).
See the full list of visual sources used in the artwork
View films & interviews and photos from the 2022 Walking with Ghosts premier
The artwork is inspired by, and uses, original film footage from the First World War, as well as photographs, artworks, poetry, letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, and testimony on war and its impact from 1914 to the present. These come together to create the immersive experience including an original soundscape inspired by the site and a recreation of the 'ghostly army' who marched through Folkestone from 1914. Everything you see and hear in the artwork is taken directly from original sources. The original score, which plays throughout and accompanies the images and voices, was inspired by these historic sources and by the sounds and sights of Folkestone Harbour and its historic station.
