'In a year when so many have been unable to travel, this exhibition takes viewers on a virtual journey around the world from Russia to the United States. In a year when so many have died, each Station of this exhibition responds to a monument or memorial bearing witness to this traumatic season through the work of artists who find in Christ’s Passion a frame through which to fashion a present response.
Stations of the Cross is a public art project that for six years has sought to use the story of the Passion to prompt reflection in response to challenges of social justice. In previous years, a team of curators in each city that hosted the project designed a bespoke route with 14 stops, creating a contemporary pilgrimage marked by works of art, old and new. Drawing on the traditional Christian practice of walking and praying the 14 Stations, the journey undertaken to see artworks was a key element of an experience designed to engage people of all faiths and none in experiencing, as one of the exhibition’s co-curators Dr Aaron Rosen writes, “the incidental insights and revelations that come from navigating urban spaces in search of sacred experiences”.
None of that was possible in 2021, necessitating a significant reimagining of the project on the part of Rosen and the Revd Dr Catriona Laing to sustain the concept in its sixth year.'
Hear the curators and some of the artists speak about the project and exhibition today in a HeartEdge workshop at 4.00 pm. In this workshop Revd Dr Catriona Laing, Dr Aaron Rosen and guest artists featured in the exhibition will reflect on the relevance of the Stations of the Cross, the way in which they speak into issues of injustice and the virtues of the physical experience of the first four years versus this year’s online experience. Register for a Zoom invite at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/stations-of-the-cross-tickets-147886712137.
Other of my pieces for Church Times can be found here.
Other of my pieces for Church Times can be found here.
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Jungle - Pray.
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