Gaia – a large glowing earth will float inside Southwark Cathedral

A 7-metre wide planet earth will float inside Southwark Cathedral, as Luke Jerram’s Gaia arrives on its UK-wide tour. Measuring seven metres in diameter and created from detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface the artwork provides the opportunity to see our planet, floating in three dimensions.
(c) Southwark Cathedral
The installation aims to create a sense of the Overview Effect, which was first described by author Frank White in 1987. Common features of the experience for astr