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RunningRiver

#finalyear #narrativenvironments

How can a narrative environment approach to mental health issues promote wellbeing in the city? In‘Running River’, to promote good mental health, which running does, participants run along the original course of five of London’s hidden, subterranean rivers. They discover, through a series of interactive installations, how the city was shaped by its rivers

Work in progress show

It was a good opportunity to show the major project and get feedback from audiences

RunningRiver 1st prototype of running event

Participants run along the original course of the hidden river' Tyburn', there is the start point Shepherds well, original source of the river.

RunningRiver 1st prototype of running event

Local residences participated in the running event, and talked about the hidden river's story

RunningRiver 2nd prototype of running event

Participants kept discovering the original course of the hidden river' Tyburn', here is the Charlbert bridge, which carries the river Tyburn inside of it and above the regents canal

RunningRiver 2nd prototype of running event

Local residences participated in the running event, and explored the hidden river's story, the water in the boating lake was originally form the riverTyburn

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