Soul to Sole
Step into the basement of Croome Court and discover character's from Croome's long history encapsulated within a pair of shoes.
Made by
Clare Harris
Clare is a freelance producer and film maker. Whilst in the Studio, Clare worked with the National Trust at Croome Court commissioning interactive installations for the Croome Redefined project.Step into the basement of Croome Court and discover character's from Croome's long history encapsulated within a pair of shoes.
With its centuries of history, Croome resonates with the souls of all those who have trodden, its well-worn floors. With Soul to Sole you encounter them via a series of intricate installations that represent a number of Croome's lesser-known characters from 1970s to the 1980s, alongside the properties favourites.
Creative practitioners from various disciplines have created a multi-disciplinary, multi-sensory installation, telling Croome's fascinating story through the transformation and reinterpretation of a pair of shoes, and the shoe rack in which they are presented.
Soul to Sole was conceived as a way to draw together the stories of multiple protagonists in one place, through a deceptively simple item with which we are all familiar: a pair of shoes. Making use of the shoe rack that was made in 1950 when Croome was a boy's school, this installation hints at the sheer breadth of experience from a multitude of souls who lived in, worked at, or visited this exceptional building.