Intro

• How do personal memories map public space? Some memories are loud, others are quiet. As a neurodiverse artist, who has grown up in Waltham Forest, and as a teaching assistant who works with young adults with learning disabilities, I have come to appreciate the quiet memories that other neurodiverse people make about public spaces. But how would these memories look if they were to be transferred onto a map?

• The Quiet Map Project aims to collect the memories of a place enjoyed by people who identify as neurodiverse by asking them to draw a personal map of such a space. While the map itself might not be about quiet places, the project fosters a meditation on quietness as reflection, a type of communication, and a form of self- representation.

• The submissions will be collected together by artist Richard Lockett who will create a wall hanging to be exhibited in a Local Library and also a virtual walking trail accessed with smartphones via QR codes. Residents will learn about the local personal stories of neurodiverse people in Waltham Forest.

• Participants can post their map to a Post Office Box address