Amanda Nevill – CEO, British Film Institute
“This is an innovative and intriguing project which has the potential to engage audiences with film, television and the moving image in new, exciting and entertaining ways. We wish the project every success and look forward to working with Garden of Ideas providing support and advice and partnership in the future.”

Andy Serkis and Jonathan Cavendish – The Imaginarium Studios
“Garden of Ideas is an innovative and groundbreaking project, bringing age-old concepts back into the modern world. In this era of computer screens and virtual ideas, this project sheds new light on what can be achieved through the convergence of technologies. We wholly support Simon and the team in bringing the Garden to fruition and encouraging the audiences into the immersive world they are creating.”

Dame Judi Dench – Actress
“Garden of Ideas is an innovative project and I wish it huge success.”

Emma Thompson – Actress
“This is an important ‘must have’ installation gallery for the future of London, and for our children, ensuring London remains at the centre of installation arts and engages broad audiences with high-end content in an exciting new way. I fully support the Garden of Ideas.”

David Harland –  Executive Director,
Eden Project
“Eden's ambition is to engage as many people as possible to demonstrate how they connect with each other and the living world. Garden of Ideas will bring many people together to explore how we sustainably interact both with each other and the living world.  The model will ensure repeat visits and new commissions of world class artists, engaging mass audiences to enjoy the very best in arts, theatre, technology, music, architecture and collaboration on a world class platform for future generations – ultimately those who will take forward and continue those connections. Eden shares the vision and values of Garden of Ideas and wholeheartedly supports Simon Elliott in his quest to create the vision. Alongside his world class team, we are partners in this exceptional project and look forward to creating somewhere very special - to play, enjoy, reflect, learn, eat, ride and wonder.” 

Gordon Innes – CEO, London & Partners
 “As the Mayor’s official promotional organisation for the capital, we are delighted to be supporting the Garden of Ideas project.
Combining art, entertainment, ingenuity, creativity and much more – the initiative is set to become a very special and unique addition to London’s cultural offering, and something that families and all types of visitors can enjoy for years to come. With record numbers of visitors flocking to London from all over the world, it’s more important than ever for us to keep the momentum going with an innovative and world-class cultural calendar – which we believe the Garden of Ideas can and will enhance.”

Neil Thomas – Director, Atelier One – Gardens by the Bay
“Garden of ideas is groundbreaking and Atelier One are very excited to be involved.
We are specialists in working with innovative ideas and new materials. We engineered Cloudgate (the bean) with Anish Kapoor, all ceremonies for the 2012 olympics and more recently Sochi winter olympics, tours for U2 and the Rolling Stones and most recently we were awarded World Building of The Year for Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.
Artists often look at things with a completely different perspective and has Simon recognised this and channelled this perspective to create a totally unique experience which will be attractive to all age groups, classes and cultures.”

Lois Keidan – Live Arts Development Agency
“Garden of Ideas is an intriguing new vision for the arts in London that has the potential to lead to the development and experience of new performance-based practices in new settings. Garden of Ideas is considering the creation of total immersion environments that promise to engage audiences with art in ways that they may not have had the opportunity to experience before. The Live Art Development Agency supports the work of Simon Elliott in developing this project which we have seen gain real momentum over the last few years. The Live Art Development Agency would like to encourage potential funders to support the project and contribute to the development of a new and potentially unique creative environment in London.”

Graham Sheffield CBE  – Director Arts, British Council
“Garden of Ideas is an extraordinary and inspiring idea – unique in its approach to the concept of a 21st Century pleasure garden, linked to the original manifested back in 17th and 18th century London.The proposal is that Garden of Ideas will combine high art, thrilling rides, film, food, sculpture, music and cutting-edge technology in a landscaped park and cavernous halls. It promises to be a brilliant indoor and outdoor addition to the cultural landscape (literally) of London, with appeal to the broadest of audience.”

The Right Honourable Patricia Hewitt – Chair of the UK India Business Council
“Garden of Ideas is an inspiring vision that combines sustainability, creativity, education and entertainment. Like its partner, the EDEN project, it demonstrates that good values can be the foundation of a great tourist attraction.”

Pipilotti Rist – Artist    
“The Garden of Ideas project is full of love. It’s like a dream coming true. I believe in the necessity to do a high level pleasure park for everybody. All generations, all classes, all cultural groups are symbolized in the Garden of Ideas as a utopian melting pot art park, where we dance, experience, think, learn and eat together.”

Felix Barrett – Artistic Director, Punchdrunk
“Garden of Ideas embodies the way the world is going, as we sit in front of computer screens using less and less of the human senses, we become more aware of how we need creative places to explore our human senses with more detailed intelligence and sensitivity. The Garden of Ideas is the way forward and Punchdrunk would like to support this project and we look forward to participating in its realisation.” 

Zoë Wanamaker – Actress
“This sounds like a very cool project, intriguing, exciting and takes us into the 21st century.”

John Waters – Artist, Film director, Author
“Finally, an amusement park whose focus is edge and humour rather than theme park dreariness and market-tested blandness. Garden of Ideas could be the Coney Island of my dreams; scary because it will be so close to the horrors of the real world but thrilling in its commercial appeal to everybody without “dumbing down” the social satire. Hopefully, the joyous rebel in every curious spectator will be excited just like I am by the whole idea. What can I say, I’m a true carney at heart.”

Alexa Perrin – The Experimental Food Society
“Garden of Ideas is a project that will lay a most fertile soil. Pioneering a fresh approach in architectural, environmental, artistic and social practice is truly worthwhile. This is what the future should look like.”

Sir David Bell – Director of Imagine Nations, Trustee of Common Purpose UK, Chair of UK’s Millennium Commission, Media Standards Trust, Council at Roehampton University, Crisis UK and Sadler’s Wells 
“Garden of Ideas is  something I have seen grow and develop with some of the world's most innovative and engaging thinkers. Simon has brought a world-class team to deliver the project and I can’t wait to see it up, open and running. This will become a popular destination developing work with some very talented artists and community groups to create the content. This is a groundbreaking, much needed project to give a voice to the unheard in a spectacular and intelligent way.”

Carolyn Kerr – Head Curator (British Art) Tate Britain
“Garden of Ideas is an extraordinary and exciting project that challenges our expectations; a unique opportunity for art to be experienced and enjoyed by anyone in an entirely new way.”

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