The Royal British Legion presents The Danger Tree by Scarlett Raven and Marc Marot.
THE STORY SO FAR…
On 1st July 2016, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the start of the Battle of the Somme, The Danger Tree augmented reality art exhibition opened in Greenwich. A 2,500 square foot unit a short walk from the Cutty Sark was transformed into the scene of a blown out building from the French/Belgium borders of 1916, thanks to award-winning film set designer, Kave Quinn. Stepping through a shattered shop front of broken walls, rubble and barbed wire, and with the sound of cannon fire in the distance, the audience was transported back 100 years to a war-ravaged Flanders village. Still standing and hanging from the walls were the initial 10 paintings from The Danger Tree collection, each beautifully lit, inviting the audience to enter beneath the canvas through Augmented Reality technology. Each of the 10 paintings were carefully positioned to take viewers on a
deliberate journey; starting at a replica of The Danger Tree and via a walkway of duckboards, to the penultimate destination painting ‘Black Poppy’ which, by the audience’s reactions, was proven to be one of the most disturbing moments in modern art, and finally to the ultimate painting ‘Rupert Brookes The Soldier’, which reflects upon patriotism, idealism and optimism in the face of war. The Danger Tree exhibition garnered plaudits from the media, perhaps best summarised by the following quote from The New European newspaper: “It’s this combination of grief both personal and national, contemporary and historical that lends substance to this moving, unforgettable exhibition.” Following the critical and commercial success of the Greenwich exhibition, which ran throughout July, the exhibition moved
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