Our Empty shops in Chester project aims to provide high impact temporary installations sited in currently empty shops. The project will:

• draw positive attention to retail outlets which may have become less noticed through non usage and through this attract potential business letting's
• provoke possible business ideas based on the shops history
• give people a sense of pride in the history of Chester and a feeling that they can support its present and future development by visiting and being part of the commerce and culture of the city
• reassure people that the current economic downturn is one small cycle in history and will be resolved
• help to develop Chester as a must see destination with a vibrant cultural package
• provoke interest in the interpretation and content of history in the city

We will do this by providing:

• research into the history of a chosen shop/location
• filming/performance day on the streets outside the chosen shop
• technology set up day inside the chosen shop
• showing of the finished video work projected inside the shop and visible from the street
• potential for Further exhibiting of the costumes and artifacts created for the project