Lee Thomas - News, Events, PR

Lichfield Cathedral, Lichfield, Staffordshire, UK. 16th August 2018. Hundreds of invited guests watch as Lichfield Cathedral is spectacularly lit up to commemorate the centenary of the Armistice. “The Great Exhibition: Imagine Peace” is a profound and reflective light and sound installation from the Cathedral’s Artist-in-residence Peter Walker, alongside the award winning team Luxmuralis, which is displayed both inside and outside the Staffordshire Cathedral, taking visitors through a series of immersive artworks. Included is the 'Peace Woodland' that creates a labyrinth of exploration as visitors enter The Great Exhibition, walking through 1,918 recently installed trees which envelop the Cathedral grounds throughout the exhibition. The “Peace Woodland”, a living artwork (again created by Peter Walker in partnership with Lichfield Cathedral and Lichfield District Council), references the end of WWI, the regrowth of the woodlands of the Somme and the Western Front, and the fact that out of conflict, hope returned. Once through the “Peace Woodland” the journey for spectators continues inside the Cathedral as the interior is transformed through a vivid series of light and sound installations, as nature is seen to grow over the architecture, a projection of 16 million falling leaves - one for every life lost in WW1, the Sistine Chapel recreated on the Cathedral ceiling as it opens to reveal the sky and psychedelic patterns. Mr Walker, who is in his third year of a five year residency with Lichfield Cathedral, is quoted as saying: “Imagine Peace offers the visitor the opportunity to say goodbye and honour all those who played their part in the Great War, those who lost their lives, and those supporting them on the home front.
Both artistically and emotionally this exhibition is about putting ourselves into the story and taking a moment to think what that means. I want us to walk in the footsteps of the soldiers, I want us to think about peace, I want us