We Are All Connected
2023, Wells Cathedral, UK
We Are All Connected (Wells Cathedral), 2023, (c) Nicola Anthony, Photos courtesy of Luke Phillips and Julia Lametta
We Are All Connected
Medium: painted stainless steel, metal
300 D x 200 W x 120 H
The site specific installation sculpture We are all connected has been selected for the Wells Art Contemporary exhibition, and has been transformed into a new configuration for the cloisters of Wells Cathedral.
Wells Art Contemporary has an international reputation, with artist’s being selected by the prestigious judging panel of Adelaide Demoah, Jacquiline Creswell and Rebecca Newnham. Antony Gormley has recently chosen to exhibit a work in niche 338 on the Cathedral’s West front.
ABOUT THE ARTWORK
The artwork We are all connected is about the pilgrimages we all make at some stage in our life, and weaves together stories from a range of people - from those who were forced to flea their homeland, to those who chose to migrate, and tries to draw out the universally felt longings for home, the need to find safety, the lifelong depth of family roots, and the complex state of displacement. The artwork aims to take the stigma off of being a refugee: to encourage viewers to look at migration as part of the natural journey of human beings, and displacement (the forced movement of persons) as a disaster that we can all find compassion for.
Nicola says: “Coming from a migrant family I have always been interested in stories of displacement. The artwork asks us why we see expats, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers through such different lenses, and hopes that viewers realise that for any of us, if we needed to flee to save our loved ones or our lives, we would all take the boat. ”
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