Testbed. A research event at Hestercombe House and Gardens.

Olczak, Susie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9615-5514 and Martin, Tim (2024) Testbed. A research event at Hestercombe House and Gardens. [Show/Exhibition]

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Abstract

This event was a collaborative project between Hestercombe House and Gardens, the University of Gloucestershire’s School of Creative Arts and the Countryside and Community Research Institute. TEST BED considered ideas of systems within gardens and nature-based solutions for water capture and replanting for a more resilient future. The audience was invited to experience a series of experimental artworks that can be experienced in a rhizomatic way around the gardens. The event was theatrical and experimental and was structured around ideas of how Georgian gardens were animated in the past by incorporating moonlight and sound. The afternoon first involved a walk and talk to experience the artwork of Zillah Bowes, Susie Olczak, Harriet P Carter, research from Alice Goodenough and Philip Reeder, sound works by Ben Hamid, Tim Land and Matthew Lovett in collaboration with Tina Hitchens and Yvonna Magda, and music from Harvey Cullis and Graham Binns. Later there was discussions with the artists, plus Andrew Bick, Dan Keech, James Weldon, Chris Short and Hestercombe’s Head Gardener Claire Greenslade. Organised and curated by Susie Olczak and Tim Martin.

Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Related URLs:	https://www.susieolczak.co.uk/about
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) M Music and Books on Music > M Music N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR
Divisions:	Schools and Research Institutes > School of Arts, Culture and Environment
Depositing User:	Susie Olczak
Date Deposited:	26 Mar 2026 16:28
Last Modified:	06 May 2026 09:37
URI:	https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15965

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