BRISTOL Cathedral will be hosting artist Luke Jerram’s touring artwork, Gaia, for four weeks this autumn.
The programme will include late night live music experiences.
The installation was designed by Bristol-based Jerram to recreate the Overview Effect, a phenomenon first described by author Frank White in 1987, in which astronauts in space see Earth for the first time.
Gaia is 1.8 million times smaller than the Earth, with each centimetre of the internally-lit sculpture representing 18km of the Earth’s surface. As such, Gaia helps to make the scale of Earth and its beauty.
The artist said: “After the success of Museum of the Moon at Bristol Cathedral in 2021, which attracted over 65,000 people, I’m delighted to bring my Gaia earth artwork to my home city. I can’t wait for visitors to the cathedral to see the Earth as if from space; an incredibly beautiful and precious experience.”
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