Mars

for 22 days, 8 hours
Chichester Cathedral
West Street Chichester, PO19 1PX, United Kingdom

Chichester Cathedral will host artist Luke Jerram’s immersive installation Mars from 19th October to 10th November 2024.

Measuring seven metres in diameter, the artwork features detailed NASA imagery of the Martian surface vaulted in the Nave of the Cathedral.

Each centimetre of the spherical sculpture represents ten kilometres of the surface of Mars with every valley, crater, volcano and mountain visible for visitors to explore.

The artwork will be on show at the Cathedral just after 150 years since the birth of celebrated Composer Gustav Holst, who is interred within the Cathedral’s North Transept. Holst is best known for The Planets, a seven-movement orchestral suite, with each movement named after a planet of the Solar System - including Mars.

Mars in the National History Museum, Courtesy of the Trustees of Natural History Museum, London.Photos courtesy of the Trustees of Natural History Museum, London

Mars will be accompanied by an exciting programme of events, including story-telling and special Evening Viewings where the artwork will be on show alongside a sound composition created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award winning composer Dan Jones.

Mars was co-commissioned by Kunsthal KAdE, Netherlands; UK Space Agency; Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK and UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres. With supporting partner University of Bristol.

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Mars

for 22 days, 8 hours
Chichester Cathedral
West Street Chichester, PO19 1PX, United Kingdom

Chichester Cathedral will host artist Luke Jerram’s immersive installation Mars from 19th October to 10th November 2024.

Measuring seven metres in diameter, the artwork features detailed NASA imagery of the Martian surface vaulted in the Nave of the Cathedral.

Each centimetre of the spherical sculpture represents ten kilometres of the surface of Mars with every valley, crater, volcano and mountain visible for visitors to explore.

The artwork will be on show at the Cathedral just after 150 years since the birth of celebrated Composer Gustav Holst, who is interred within the Cathedral’s North Transept. Holst is best known for The Planets, a seven-movement orchestral suite, with each movement named after a planet of the Solar System - including Mars.

Mars in the National History Museum, Courtesy of the Trustees of Natural History Museum, London.Photos courtesy of the Trustees of Natural History Museum, London

Mars will be accompanied by an exciting programme of events, including story-telling and special Evening Viewings where the artwork will be on show alongside a sound composition created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award winning composer Dan Jones.

Mars was co-commissioned by Kunsthal KAdE, Netherlands; UK Space Agency; Science and Technology Facilities Council, UK and UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres. With supporting partner University of Bristol.

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The Dean and Chapter are committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults visiting the Cathedral, the Cathedral Choristers, and those attending services as well as any Employees, Trainees and Volunteers.

There are seven people at the Cathedral (two clergy, four staff, and a volunteer team leader) who work closely with the Cathedral Safeguarding Officer and are specially trained and available to talk to anyone who has a safeguarding concern about a child, young person or any adult who may be at risk.

If you have immediate concerns about the safety of someone, please contact the police and your local authority’s children or adult social care services.

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