We Are All Connected (detail) 2019, Nicola Anthony

The site specific installation sculpture We are all connected has been selected for the Wells Art Contemporary exhibition, and has been transformed into a new configuration for the cloisters of Wells Cathedral.

Wells Art Contemporary has an international reputation, with artist’s being selected by the prestigious judging panel of Adelaide Demoah, Jacquiline Creswell and Rebecca Newnham. Antony Gormley has recently chosen to exhibit a work in niche 338 on the Cathedral’s West front.

Free exhibition

The cathedral recommends a donation for entrance to the Cathedral, but it is only recommended not compulsory so just give what you can, it goes towards maintaining this priceless piece of history and the ancient grounds it sits on.

About the ARTWork

The artwork We are all connected is about the pilgrimages we all make at some stage in our life, and weaves together stories from a range of people - from those who were forced to flea their homeland, to those who chose to migrate, and tries to draw out the universally felt longings for home, the need to find safety, the lifelong depth of family roots, and the complex state of displacement. The artwork aims to take the stigma off of being a refugee: to encourage viewers to look at migration as part of the natural journey of human beings, and displacement (the forced movement of persons) as a disaster that we can all find compassion for.

Nicola says: “Coming from a migrant family I have always been interested in stories of displacement. The artwork asks us why we see expats, migrants, refugees and asylum seekers through such different lenses, and hopes that viewers realise that for any of us, if we needed to flee to save our loved ones or our lives, we would all take the boat. ”

(c) Nicola Anthony, at Wells Cathedral. (Photograph courtesy of Luke Phillips Photography)