A performance at SWANSEA MINSTER, inspired by LUKE JERRAM’S GAIA and directed by CATHERINE BENNETT

THURSDAY 22 OCTOBER 2026 6:30PM

NO BOOKING NECESSARY!

As part of a programme of special performances, Volcano presents a new piece featuring local community performers and schoolchildren from St Joseph’s Cathedral Primary School. Featuring CJ ASHEN and MALI RHYS THOMAS. School choir directed by CERIAN APPLEBY. 

The performance is about our relationship with the planet and each other – it responds to and is inspired by Luke Jerram’s GAIA, which is currently exhibited at the Minster.

Gaia is a touring artwork by UK artist Luke Jerram. Measuring seven metres in diameter and created from 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface, the artwork provides the opportunity to see our planet, floating in three dimensions. 

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 astronauts are a feeling of awe for the planet, a profound understanding of the interconnection of all life, and a renewed sense of responsibility for taking care of the environment.

Gaia also acts as a venue, with hosts creating their own programme of events to take place beneath the artwork.  So far venues have held orchestral and choral performances; space science lectures by astronauts; environmental discussions with scientists and activists; yoga; poetry readings; dance and theatre performances; silent discos; sound baths; religious ceremonies; Extinction Rebellion protests.

Come and see Volcano’s unique contribution to this programme of work. 

ENTRY IS FREE. BOOKING IS NOT NECESSARY.