Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Contemporary Art in Sacred Spaces

 Antony Gormley, Sound II, Winchester Cathedral

Hans Dragosits - Sanctus in der Herzenswunde Jesu, Herz Jesu Kirche, 1992

Igor Mitaraj - John the Baptist in basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Rome, 2006

Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey, Dilston Grove, London

Susan Stockwell - Flood, York St. Mary's, York, 2010

Florence Chevalier, Singuliers voyages 2003 - installation in the chapel of Chamarande castle

Angela Wright, 189 Miles, wool installation, 2009 - All Hallows on the Wall, London

Angela Wright, 189 Miles, wool installation, Bradford Cathedral, 2010

Richard Gilbert, Envisage, 2010 - All Hallows on the Wall, London

Mark Alexander Mannheim Altarpiece, St Paul's Cathedral, London, 2008

Damien Hirst, New Religion, 2007 -  All Hallows on the Wall, London

Antony Gormley, Flare II in the staircase of St Paul's Cathedral, London. 2010

 Henry Moore, Madonna and Child, St Matthew's, North Hampton

Alexandre Farto, Wall, Italy

Sankt Peter Kunst Station, Köln, Germany




Florence Trust at St Saviour's Church, Highbury, London


 Robert Currie - 8 hours, 18 minutes, and 33 seconds

 Owen Johnson, Drum solo No1 
sand, speaker, amplifier, microphone, plastic foot drum 2008


 Owen Johnson, Drum solo No1 
sand, speaker, amplifier, microphone, plastic foot drum 2008


Derek Boshier, 99 cent War Installation, 2005

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Sunday, September 5, 2010

Multifaith Prayer Rooms

The University of Manchester is conducting a research project on Multifaith Spaces in airports, universities, hospitals, prisons and shopping malls. One of their research questions is:
What is the architectural language of shared spirituality?

Prayer and Meditation Pavilion in Soba, Sudan by Studio Tamassociati


UNESCO Meditation Space in Paris by Tadao Ando

Interfaith Prayer Room, Albany Airport, New York

Eternity Chapel, Osaka, Japan

Leaf Chapel in Kobuchizawa, Japan


Chapel in St Loup, Switzerland

Multifaith Center at Wellesley College, Massachusetts

USC Mulifaith Center, Los Angeles
 Rothko Chapel, Houston, Texas
St Henry's Ecumenical Chapel, Turku, Finland
Interfaith Peace Chapel in Dallas, Texas by Philip Johnson with Gary Cunnginham and Associates

Ice Chapel in Jukkasjärvi
 


La Mirage Cotacachim, Ecaudor
Temple of All Religions, Russia

Thomas Heatherwick's Seed Cathedral in Shanghai