Spectacular Events

Fantastic Follies was created in collaboration with The National Trust and took place at Wallington Hall in Northumberland. It recreated some of the original magic and frivolity associated with visits to Wallington over 200 years ago. Artists, dancers, musicians and designers worked together with local schools, community groups and visitors to create this event. The Fantastic Follies was about Art and Architecture in the landscape with artists building 5 of the follies in the grounds and Ryder architects constructing the sixth.

The following artists worked on the project:

Lisa de Larny: the statue of the Earl of Folly.
Philippa Hodkinson with John Codd: 'Bed of Flowers'
Andy Plant: 'Temple of Turbulence'
Malcolm Webster: 'Fountain of the Jilted Lover'
Tony Lewery: 'Chinoiserie'
and
Ryder/Amec 'Brief Encounter'

Workshops took place in schools and community groups throughout the summer and autumn to create three lantern processions and promenade performance nights. The Earl of Folly, accompanied by his entourage of musicians and other hangers-on, led the audience through the lantern-lit gardens and around the lakes and introduced them to the different Follies as they each in turn became animated in a son et lumiere event. This series of visual images and tableaux illustrated the theme of unrequited love.

This project received financial support from Northern Arts' Regional Arts Lottery Programme, Northern Rock, The Countryside Agency and Ryder/Amec.

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