Event Details
- Location: Liverpool Cathedral
- Address: St James Mount, Liverpool, L1 7PZ
- Start date: 04th April 2025
- End date: 09th May 2025
- Times: 10.00am
- Entry fee: £0 (Donations welcome)
Experience the sun like never before. Luke Jerram’s Helio’s at Liverpool Cathedral.
This is a new collaboration for the cathedral which has worked alongside the artist to create something new. Helios can be seen in the cathedral over the Easter period, from Friday 4th April to Friday 9th May 2025.
Measuring seven meters in diameter, Helios offers an extraordinary view of the Sun, providing visitors a safe and detailed look at its surface. With imagery at a scale of 1:200 million, every centimetre of the artwork represents 2000km of the Sun’s surface.
The internally lit sculpture highlights sunspots, spicules, filaments, and even the origins of solar flares that recently brought the Northern Lights to the UK and there’s a specially commissioned surround sound composition by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson too.
The soundscape features fire sounds, NASA solar mission recordings, summer beaches, and uplifting ambient music, connecting audiences with the Sun’s role in life, health, and culture.
Please check the cathedral website for further details.
Image Credit: Luke Jerram and Gareth Jones