Still Point
Still Point
Still Point
Still Point
Still Point
Still Point

© Susanna Heron. All rights reserved, DACS 2024. Image credit: courtesy of Susanna Heron

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‘Still Point’ is a meditative, spatial work incorporated into the grounds of the Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. It has three associated parts: stone, poem and song. A granite plinth 18 metres in diameter is set to the right of the main entrance of the cathedral and mirrors the sanctuary. A poem written by Susanna Heron in 1979 is carved in slate nearby. The artist commissioned composer Max Richter to write a three-minute choral work for ‘Still Point’ using the words of her poem and responding to the resonance of the cathedral, which premiered at the sculpture’s inauguration. Susanna Heron has said of this work: ’I am interested in religion psychologically, emotionally, spiritually, socially, historically and politically. Religion has inspired some of the greatest art in all societies.

Title

Still Point

Date

2004–2007

Medium

granite & slate

Measurements

Plinth: H (?) x W 1800 x D 1800 cm

Accession number

L3_SH_S003

Acquisition method

commissioned by the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool; funded by The European Union European Regional Development Fund, Liverpool Culture Company, Northwest Regional Development Agency, Arts Council England and private donations

Work type

Sculpture

Owner

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool

Custodian

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool

Work status

extant

Unveiling date

27th April 2007

Access

time restrictions apply

Access note

Cathedral opening times

Inscription description

incised letters: Between / body and mind | mind / and spirit | memory and / ghost | past and future / eye and seeing | seeing / and understanding

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Located at

Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Mount Pleasant, Liverpool

L3 5TR

In the grounds of the cathedral, to the right of the main entrance.