The final stage of the trail, which has now received full planning approval, will see works from leading UK contemporary artists Jeremy Deller, Emma Smith, and Shezad Dawood collaborating with author Daisy Hildyard, revealed in locations across Scarborough between November 2024 and March 2025. These thought-provoking new works, all celebrating the region’s incredible biodiversity, will connect with existing permanent sculptural works in Scarborough and Whitby from Ryan Gander, Paul Morrison and Juneau Projects.
Due to launch in November 2024, the fourth commission in the Wild Eye trail is an Augmented Reality work from leading UK artist Shezad Dawood collaborating with award-winning writer Daisy Hildyard. Weaving together science, storytelling, myth and local knowledge, the work, accessed via QR codes along Scarborough’s seafront, will explore the future of UK marine and coastal environments. Developed in collaboration with scientists and conservationists as well as local community groups, Dawood and Hildyard’s work will aim to strengthen understanding of the effects of climate change while raising awareness of the importance of marine conservation efforts.
The Wild Eye trail will be completed in March 2025 by two final commissions: a floor artwork conceived by Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller and a series of sculptural resting spaces for humans and other species by artist Emma Smith.
Set to be installed as part of a new Wild Eye seawatching station on Scarborough’s Marine Drive, Jeremy Deller’s artwork, created in collaboration with Yorkshire-based mosaic artist Coralie Turpin, will be a fragmentary, Roman-style floor mosaic, inspired by both Scarborough’s sea life and its Roman past. As part of the project, an existing shelter will be renovated and repurposed with the addition of free seawatching telescopes and information panels, providing an insight into the amazing marine life viewable from the area, including dolphins and porpoises.