One element if the exhibition will be a map of Lincoln. On this map, location of reported hauntings will be marked. The map will then be projected onto a wall for the attendees to see. I will research the recorded hauntings present on the map, and will be able to discuss them with the audiences, adding another interactive element to the exhibition.
All of the locations on the map will be true reported ghost sightings, expected for the location where the event is taking place, which will also be featured on the map. Although not really haunted, talking to the audience about sightings and paranormal activity in the location will add to creating the haunted atmosphere, as they will believe they are in a haunted location. This setting will also connect the events that occur over the course of the exhibition to being because the location is actually haunted.
The markers on the map will be pinpoints, in order to directly and clearly point to each location. These will be black and white, to invoke a horror aesthetic. The main body will be black, to stand out on a light coloured map. They will then feature ghost faces, in order to show that they represent haunting locations, and not just places on a map.
The map itself will be the Google Maps map of Lincoln. To find these haunted locations, information will be gathered from online resources, such as the paranormal database used when writing the ghost stories for the exhibition. Details of each haunting, as well as there location, are required, in order for me to tell the guests about each of Lincoln’s hauntings. Locations with multiple hauntings will only be marked by one point, and expanded upon in the explanation, in order to not clutter the map with incoherent markers.
From research, it is clear why the ghost walk takes place in the city’s Cathedral quarter, as this is where most of the hauntings are recorded; possibly due to this being the oldest part of the city. Instead of focusing on this area, I expanded the map to feature a large part of the city, to show how far Lincoln’s hauntings starched out throughout the city, as well as allowing me to show the location where the event is taking place.
