Chiswick House

ParadiseIN THE SUN

Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers

Part hypnosis, part therapy, {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers celebrates the joy of community and the sensory pleasures of being in nature. A new immersive audio experience, in the award-winning Chiswick House Kitchen Garden, encourages you to slow down and reconnect with the natural environment. {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers invites visitors to participate in a multi-sensory walking route using an audio guide. Spoken instructions ask you to reflect, to lie on the grass, to look up at the sky, to soak up the smells, to listen to the hidden sounds of the garden, to walk mindfully and to fully engage with your surroundings using all of your senses. This Chiswick House & Gardens commission, by Klasien van de Zandschulp and Dr. Natalie Dixon of Netherlands-based creative studio, affect lab, was created in specific response to the Kitchen Garden environment. The work was also inspired by conversations with members of the Heston West Big Local community group, based in Hounslow, during affect lab’s artistic residency at Chiswick House & Gardens. {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers is the first part of GrowFM, a summer programme of activities and experiences based on the theme of ‘community as health’. Included in the programme is a pop-up roaming radio station, powered by the community for the community, and a Chiswick House & Gardens Late on 14 July. Admission to {Paradise in the Sun} Or a garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers is included in Chiswick House & Kitchen Garden tickets. Free for Chiswick House & Gardens members.

Book at chiswickhouseandgardens.org.uk

Supported by the London Borough of Hounslow, Arts Council England and The Linbury Trust.