Liverpool Cathedral will host an exciting new piece of artwork - a giant Earth, that will be suspended above visitors in the Grade I listed building.
The 23ft installation, called Gaia, is by renowned British artist Luke Jerram and will feature detailed NASA imagery of the earth.
One of Luke Jerram’s previous works, The Museum of the Moon, was on display in Liverpool last year and was visited by 60,000 people in just two weeks.
Gaia will be complemented with a sound composition created by BAFTA and Ivor Novello award-winning composer Dan Jones.
The artwork will be open to the public from Saturday, May 25 for four weeks, as part of the River Festival.
A programme of events and talks will take place under the earth during its run – these will be announced in the forthcoming weeks.
Artist and Gaia creator Luke Jerram, said: “I was delighted when the Museum of the Moon was presented at the Cathedral, and overwhelmed that 60,000 people experienced my work.
“Now I’ve made an artwork of the Earth, I’m interested in how people will react to this different experience and what their interpretation will be.
“For our entire human existence we have been gazing up at the moon and projecting all our hopes concerns, dreams and wishes up there.
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“Whereas for the earth it was only in 1968 that humanity was able to see our planet floating like a blue marble in space.
“I hope visitors to the Earth in Liverpool get to see our planet as if from space, as a floating fragile ball of life, an incredibly beautiful and precious ecosystem. A place we urgently need to look after - our only home.”
