This week we foucsed on the background and stories of Margate in the past.
After World War II, the originally prosperous and noisy margate pier was damaged, and people always commemorate this time. I will bring the memories and dream imagination of Margate people into daily life, capture the absurd reality that people occasionally feel in daily life, imagine and suspect the future dock scene, and create a surreal thinking and space to commemorate pier.
Also, I imagine the feeling and emotions when people enjoy their memories. This abstract feeling change to a reality space: indulge, confuse, unstable, temporary.
Past part
Around 1900, the most prominent Victorian addition to town was the building of Margate jetty was building.
Hotel near the pier:
Trinity church:
Amusement park：
As well as the new pier, a number of new attractions were added like boats, hotels. Also the trinity church and amusement park was a place that people gather together.
Also, I found the historical videos recording the Margate and short films about the story.
Present part
Swimming pool:
Cafe:
At present, the contemporary turner is the new gathering place. swimming pool and cafe.
After research, We will make a surrealistic spatial device though virtual reality that record the history and human memories in margate pier.
Yetta 