Folly Focus
The Vigil folly was based around the notion
of waiting for a loved one to come home. The
architectural folly itself consists of walls from
two local churches, and the ground it stands in Cannon Hall Park - was requisitioned by the War
Office during World War II, and housed a camp
for British troops evacuated from Dunkirk. In
folklore and fairytales, there is the longstanding
tradition of "leaving a light burning in the window"
to make sure those who are lost would find their
way back. The "follification" was intended to
illustrate the idea of "holding vigil", and to engage
the public in understanding the concept of the
passing of time. The letter on the glass was an
actual war letter, written by a WW2 soldier to his
wife. It was printed in tiny glass particles onto
a medium called a "ceramic slide" - a specialist
backing paper which bu ɹ́