Beyond the View – Canaletto \\ See Me Appear

See Me Appear is an immersive artwork by Studio Peut-Porter that uses advanced virtual production techniques including virtual performance capture, augmented reality, and ambient soundscapes to bring speculative narratives of Tatton Park’s historic residents to life.

Visitors encounter the virtual characters of three women who lived at Tatton Park Estate between 1680 and 1799: Beatrix, Hester, and Elizabeth Egerton. Their imagined life stories and aspirations were developed in collaboration with actresses, creative technologists, and a professional writer, informed by conversations with Tatton Park’s historians and staff. The experience unfolds across Tatton Park Mansion’s principal rooms, where immersive experiences and handcrafted physical artefacts act as portals for visitors to step into their imagined realities.

See Me Appear will open at Tatton Park in March 2026 as part of the exhibition Beyond the View – Canaletto at Tatton Park, which explores the estate’s connections to Italy through the travels of former Tatton Master Samuel Egerton and his fascinating links with the Venetian artist Canaletto. While initially inspired by Samuel’s adventures in Venice, See Me Appear shifts the perspective to the overlooked voices of his mother, sister, and daughter. By foregrounding these women, the work reflects on how history is often shaped by narrow perspectives and offers an alternative approach to historical storytelling through critical fabulation and expanding reality.

Collaborator Acknowledgements
Creative Direction: Studio Peut-Porter
Executive Production: Abandon Normal Devices
Character Design & Motion Capture: Alexa Pollmann; dress and hair by Leah Hoy
Augmented Reality Design & Development: Bine Roth; Gabriel Stones, Oliver Wrobel
Sound Design & Physical Computing: Sitraka Rakotoniaina
Monologue Writer: Cat Harrison
Performer (Elizabeth Egerton): Clare Beresford
Performer (Beatrix Egerton): Josie Dunn
Performer (Hester Egerton): Lizzie Hopley
Exhibition Design: Oliver Wrobel & VVFA
Prop Design: Alexa Pollmann, Bine Roth & VVFA
Access Consultant: Kate Fox
Audio Description: Vicky Ackroyd
Immersive Arts Mentor: David Sabel

For ticket details please visit the Tatton Park website. 

See Me Appear was initialy developed as part of Impossible Perspectives – an Abandon Normal Devices XR development and commissioning programme with its first iteration in collaboration with Cheshire East Council and Tatton Park. Peut-Porter was invited to develop a new commission in response to Tatton Park’s rich landscape, collection, and connection to the Italian painter Canaletto whose paintings are part of the National Trust’s collection in Tatton’s Mansion. Find out more about Impossible Perspectives.

See Me Appear by Peut Porter is commissioned and produced by Abandon Normal Devices and Cheshire East Council. Supported by Immersive Arts Funding, Italian Cultural Institute. An R&D phase of See Me Appear was funded and supported by Art Fund. AND is supported with public funding from Arts Council England.