The Treasury installed in the Urbis centre in Manchester.
All manner of collecting bottles and jars, cupboards, maps and gathered treasure.
This is the 'Elastic Band Planetarium', where visitors make model planets from found elastic bands.
Ticket machine built by UHC, providing tasks engouraging participants to engage with the city
Sketch of artwork in development
Tiny Travelling Treasury
A mysterious set of instructions, dispensed by a lucky Chinese cat, awakens the participants' urge to navigate through the city streets, make discoveries, collect treasures and contribute the gathered fortunes to the museum.
The Tiny Traveling Treasury is a unique interactive object developed for Urbis in Manchester. The piece, over eight feet tall and handmade from 100% recycled materials, was specially commissioned for the 2007 'Play' exhibition.
During its residency at Urbis, the Treasury grew and responded as people added to it, creating a living document of the city. It quickly became the most popular exhibit in the show, used by 1000's of intrigued visitors.
The Treasury is a good example of taking an initial brief to make a print based exhibition guide and working with the client, turn it into something much grander and expressive (without using up all that paper!).