The Shopkeeper
Old Christchurch Rd Residency
An immersive fiction and installation project by Lisa Moro
The Shopkeeper is an evolving speculative fiction residency based on Old Christchurch Road in Bournemouth — a street known for its layers of commerce, decline, and reinvention.
Working from a studio space directly on the road, I’ve embedded myself in the rhythms of the street: observing patterns, overhearing stories, and imagining new ones. This project reimagines Old Christchurch Road as a site where reality and fiction have begun to blur — where strange new shops appear not on business directories, but in memories, ephemera, and speculative interventions.
At the core of The Shopkeeper is a growing network of fictional establishments. These shops are expressed through installation, augmented reality, and audio storytelling.
One part of the project is a fictional podcast series titled Beneath the Counter — an investigative audio archive narrated by Trinity Pine, documenting the strange and secret transactions taking place across the road.
This project is funded by Arts Council England.
Go to the residency website
