Red Riding Hood
Trail : 2006
In 2005 I began a residency at the Scottish Sculpture
Workshop in Lumsden, Aberdeenshire on a Partners
Artist-in-Residence Project. The outcome of the residency
was The Red Riding Hood Trail an installation/event taking
place in a Pine woods on the edge of the village. It was a
magical, enticing experience where the individual became a
participant in the piece.
This piece involved and grew
from my residency being based at the local Lumsden Primary
School. The 'Trail' involved some children in wolf mask
stalking the Trail visitors in the woods, installation of a
miniature paper mache village, red hoods for the visitors
to wear, projection of video of Grannies werewolf morphing
into wolves and a Grandma's house incorporating a mini tv
showing showing a wolf puppet reciting words from the Red
Riding Hood story. The whole school, puipils, teachers,
classroom assistants and parents were involved in the
project, it being developed over a six month period.