{"id":101,"date":"2017-04-16T16:41:26","date_gmt":"2017-04-16T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artschap.com\/projects\/?p=101"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:32:39","slug":"stations-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artschap.com\/projects\/stations-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Stations of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"

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‘Leaving the Easter motorway madness behind, entering the warm darkness of St Stephen Walbrook at dusk. None of the usual small talk of a private view. Feeling responsible for the friends I have invited, anxious but curious of what is to come\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

I focus on the central altar\u2014a Flintsone meteor landed in the City\u2014an oracle about to host the event. Speedy brain & impatient body let go, give in\u2014are stilled. I am caught by the gravitational pull.<\/em><\/p>\n

The crying stone begins to speak\u2014Julie Andrews imperceptibly breathes, wonder melting to anxiety and back. The Bates Motel sign flickers, a warning of the dark road ahead. The journey begins.<\/em><\/p>\n

An unhurried procession of chapters, silent pauses in the darkness, familiar & half-remembered clips reminding me of all-night screenings at the Electric Cinema as a child\u2014Fellini, Freud & the Marx Brothers drifting in & out of my dreams & mis-memories.<\/em><\/p>\n

A sense of tumbling down a rabbit hole, transported to a world of stories with no beginning or end, just an infinite loop of magical middles. A feeling of being invited to a very special intimate & shared event. A generosity on the part of all the contributors, multiple references, poignancy & humour rarely embraced in an art gallery event.<\/em><\/p>\n

I walk home through the early awakening of London; the readings, the music, the images swirl around my brain. No hard sell. No self-congratulatory pomp. No applause to break the spell. I am left with the silence\u2014not of something arrived but of something just left.’<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2014Oona Grimes<\/p>\n

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Stations of the Cross was an all night vigil at St Stephen Walbrook Church on Easter Eve 2017 (followed by Stations of the Resurrection<\/a> at St Paul’s Cathedral). Fourteen videos by Mark Dean<\/a> corresponding to the traditional Stations were projected onto the Henry Moore altar, using three projectors in the round, interspersed with readings and silence. The event culminated in a dawn Eucharist, and the serving of chaplaincy pancakes. A catalogue<\/a> accompanied the event.<\/p>\n

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