Durham Cathedral

Gaia is a globe installation by Luke Jerram, allowing the opportunity to see our home planet on this scale and reflect on the importance of caring for nature. It features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface and a specially made surround sound composition by BAFTA award-winning Composer, Dan Jones, is played alongside the sculpture. Over the 9 weeks on display, 140,000 people visited the cathedral to see the work. Over 1,400 people booked one of the unique events. Visitor figures in August saw an increase of 72% over the same time period in 2022.

All text is owned by Durham Cathedral and all photography is credited to Durham Cathedral, Becky Mackenzie, Dan May.

Programmer, Freelance (23)

Curation, Production, Participant Liaison, Research, Pitching, Content Bookings, Budget Management, Evaluation, Commissioning, Brief Writing

Collaborating with the Durham Cathedral Visitor Experience team to programme a series of complementary events and projects in alignment with the values of Gaia.

Led on the visual concept and production for Dinner Under The Earth; a low-waste dining experience in collaboration with REfUSE community cafe.

Selection panel for ‘Save Our Species.’ A school outreach project in which we commissioned Becky Mackenzie to take 200 pupils’ drawings of critically endangered species, transferring them onto ceramics inspired by the columns of the Cloisters. It was displayed throughout the duration.

Sourced and booked all facilitators for yoga, learning activities which incl. cyanotype, poetry and paper crafts and participants for Gaia Lates incl. street food, musicians and craft workshops (incl. kombucha making, floral arrangement).