An illuminated choral sculpture named ‘Come Home Again’, has been created by leading artist Es Devlin highlighting the 243 species on London’s priority list – moths, birds, beetles, wildflowers, fish and fungi – will be installed outside the Tate Modern opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral.
The large-scale public artwork, commissioned by Cartier, proposes that a first step towards protecting the biosphere is to pay detailed attention to its inhabitants: to observe and draw them, to learn their names and remember their stories.
The Sculpture has been Commissioned by Cartier
The natural world is a source of inspiration and a beauty to protect for the Maison. Cartier supports its conservation through responsible sourcing and production, in tandem with programmes that support biodiversity, healthy ecosystems and a number of communities around the globe who play an important role in protecting the planet.
London’s 243 priority species have been identified by the London Biodiversity Action Plan as declining in numbers within the city and as priorities for active conservation and protection. Audiences will be invited to engage with London Wildlife Trust in order to contribute and learn more.
“A dome originally meant a home. The work invites us to see, hear and feel our home, our city as an interconnected web of species and cultures, to learn and remember the names and sing those under threat into continued existence.” – Es Devlin
Choral Evensong Each Evening at Sunset
The work provides a space for London-based choral groups of the diaspora to perform each evening at sunset within a sliced open scale model of the dome of St Paul’s, teeming with Es Devlin’s pencil drawings of each of the 243 species.
Each evening at sunset, 7pm from the 22nd of September to the 1st of October – with the exception of Monday 26th September – an interpretation of Choral Evensong will be sung within the illuminated sculpture by London-based choral groups: rare and unique London voices, combined with the voices of the birds, bats and insects, that also consider London their home. Registration is not required to attend.
Open to the public from Wednesday, 21st September to Saturday, 1st October 2022 between 10am and 10pm.
Tate Modern Garden, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
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