What's in a Name?

What's in a Name? is an arts project commissioned by Public Art Matters on behalf of Taylor Wimpey.

The commission will be amongst the first in a series of new cultural commissions for the Former Wisley Airfield, a major new housing development in the parish of Ockham, Surrey, which will evolve over the next 13 years.

We invite applications from writers, wordsmiths, artists and poets with a demonstrable interest in heritage and place-based research to develop a clear naming methodology which will be applied to the new neighbourhoods and surrounding green spaces. Outputs will include suggested names for the first neighbourhood and a short place based poem. To assist with the selected artist's place-based research, the commission will include engagement with local stakeholders to reflect and incorporate local heritage to help anchor the new development within its local context.