People Wood
Permanent sculpture
London, UK

Manor House, London is going through massive change as the old blocks built from 1949 to 1970 are being replaced with new developments. On top of this, and like much of London, the community is in constant flux seeing people of different backgrounds and incomes moving in. The sculpture gives a snap shot of this community through a mass customised sculpture - a world first crowd sourced data sculpture in the form of four hundred 3D printed trees. Using an online platform residents of Manor House were invited to answer a series of questions. Questions included: ‘Community starts with a conversation. How often do you talk to any of your neighbours in the area?’ or ‘Each tree starts as a seedling. Where were you born?’. The data obtained decides the form of each individual sculpture unique to the person. Each question is linked to different section of the tree sculpture for instance if you have lived in the area for a long time you get a taller tree.