About

GUIDEline was a project exploring the nature of the first National Park’s boundary, creating a greater historical and contemporary understanding of the boundaries formation. We focussed upon the north west border and through a series of collaborative public artworks, responded to the complexities of what a boundary is.

2019 was a landmark year for the Peak District National Park Authority marking 70 years since the government passed an Act of Parliament in 1949 to establish National Parks to preserve and enhance their natural beauty and provide recreational opportunities for the public.

We interrogated the definition and response of how a boundary exists in this locale, asking questions with no pre-determined answers such as: what does it mean for the communities along its North West border to be in or out of a mark made on a map 70 years ago, and how has the boundary affected behaviour of those who visit or live alongside it. 

Artists and volunteer researchers provided new ways of engaging with the boundary and its communities, that both challenges and expands into new areas of collaboration and mutual sense-making. 

GUIDEline is now complete, our final artwork will be an artist publication, currently in production and will be publicised on this website and our social media platforms soon.