Woolyard is of its place and time. A little piece of Bermondsey reinvented - new and old together - both belonging

A section from the light installation ‘Memory of Time’ a historical record of the 200 year site in 25 words by Morag Myerscough

When I visited the site I felt a very strong feeling of history, of many layers of occupation, different periods of buildings knitted together in a single place. What had been here before? I immediately went and researched the site and surrounding area and discovered that the site has had many different incarnations over time.

This fascinated me and made me want to do a piece of work to express the site’s ‘memory of time’.

A typographic neon text installation using words relating to the historical sequence of the site’s occupancy, or simply expressing the site’s ‘memory’.