Magna Carta Art Projects Leaflet

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Rights and Responsibilities
World’s Eye
Community Banner Project
Toozalii Batik Installation
Cathedral Nave until 6 September
Ten celebratory banners were created by David
Podger (NewRED Artist Studios), working with
local community groups from Bemerton Heath
Community Centre, Elizabeth House Social Centre,
Woodlands Primary School and Sarum Academy.
Made using mixed media, they are adorned with
words that articulate the importance of Magna
Carta alongside pictures of the creators’ families
and the local area to illustrate the freedoms
Magna Carta has allowed us to enjoy.
The dates relate to key dates in the evolution of
democracy from the sealing of Magna Carta.
1215
Sealing of Magna Carta.
1217
Second revision of Magna Carta
1225
Henry III issues revised version of Magna Carta
1297
Edward I confirms Magna Carta
1300
Last Magna Carta formally reissued with King’s seal
1689
British Bill of Rights passed by Parliament
1867
Reform Act
1928
Women to vote, Representation of the People Act
1949
UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
2015800th anniversary of sealing of Magna Carta
The crosses along the top replicate the shape
of our font in the Cathedral and each banner
echoes the shape of the medieval standard,
with the images and text as an immediate and
contemporary response to Magna Carta from all
those involved in the project.
Alternative Perspectives
Erlestoke Prison Project
Cloisters until 11 September
The Cathedral worked with the men of Erlestoke
Prison in Devizes to create tiles reflecting their
own notions of justice, power and freedom. For
several weeks Cathedral staff and volunteers held
weekly sessions with the men, drawing out their
ideas and helping them portray these in 3D form.
The montage of tiles combine terracotta with
black and white slip in a process inspired by the
original medieval tiles found in the Cathedral.
Alternative Perspectives explores rights and
justice from the point of view of offenders who
have had their freedom and rights restricted for a
period time. It has produced some thoughtful and
exciting work from a fresh perspective.
Alongside the tile montage, the offenders’
sketchbooks are exhibited, showing the
development of their ideas and response to
the Magna Carta workshops. Elizabeth Williams,
Learning and Skills Manager, HMP Erlestoke said:
“This isn’t just an art project, its implications are
far broader with the art sessions functioning
as a forum in which we managed to get the
prisoners to really think about issues such as
human rights and wrongs - and the justice system.
The feedback we have got has been powerful and
the men have engaged wholeheartedly. It has
been a learning experience for them and for us.”
Creative Lead and Curator: Jacquiline Creswell.
Cathedral Close 25 June to 6 July
In response to the tsunami and Fukushima
Nuclear Plant disaster, this project started as a
collaboration with community groups in Northern
Japan. The artists then broadened the project,
allowing local people in the UK to support the
Japanese people by colouring and printing the
banners drawn and created in Japan. After its stay
here the installation will travel to Japan.
Magna Carta Pageant Display
Cloisters until 6 September
A selection of barons and banners from the Magna
Carta Community Pageant on 15 June 2015.
Salisbury Cathedral’s pioneering Arts Policy
seeks to use the medium of visual art to inspire
and allow contemplation of the Cathedral from a
new perspective and enhance the experience of
both visitors and worshippers.
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Magna Carta
800th Anniversary
Art Projects
Installation Locations
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TRINITY CHAPEL
4
5
MORNING
CHAPEL
NORTH QUIRE AISLE
3
QUIRE
SOUTH QUIRE AISLE
ALTAR
SOUTH NAVE AISLE
NAVE
SHOP
WEST FRONT
CHAPTER HOUSE
and
MAGNA CARTA
CLOISTERS
NORTH PORCH
5
W
orld’s Eye
RESTAURANT
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4
The Power of Words
Enlightenment
VESTRY
SOUTH TRANSEPT
NORTH NAVE AISLE
NORTH TRANSEPT
Alternative Perspectives
Rights and Responsibilities
VISITOR ENTRANCE / EXIT
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Enlightenment
The Power of Words
Squidsoup Light and Sound Installation
North Porch until 30 September
Made from 6,000 suspended lights,
Enlightenment creates a virtual, interactive
world.
Squidsoup Light Installation
Morning Chapel until 30 September
This is an interactive experience
where you, the audience, can
transform this ancient space.
Move into this body of light and become an
active participant in an interplay between
real and virtual. The lights will respond
to your presence and envelope you in a
stimulating world of colour and sound.
This artwork is concerned with the idea of
the ripple effect of Magna Carta, how its
influence has changed and grown over time to
encompass much of the globe.
A beautiful organic form
created using text comprised
of all the articles of Magna Carta
is projected on to the walls. The
words, themed on society and
justice, react to movement.
Wave your hands and watch
the letters flow, fall, morph
and re-form to create
new words.
The installation contrasts and compliments
the gothic space, allowing the visitor to
reflect on something new and mysterious,
thought provoking and exciting. We immerse
ourselves in light and feel the magnitude of
the legacy of this important document.
The idea is to allow the visitor
to reflect on the consequences
of their actions and how their
actions in the world may have
an effect on it, perhaps not
always what was intended...
Squidsoup are an international group of
artists whose work combines sounds, physical
space and virtual worlds to produce immersive
and emotive environments where participants
take an active role in the experience.
This projection also explores
the concept that Magna Carta
is not just a document,
a historical artefact, it is
a contemporary symbol of
the power of words, of
justice, freedom and
accountability.
Both installations
are curated by Jacquiline Creswell,
Salisbury Cathedral’s Visual Arts Advisor.