Crossings: Community and refuge
CLIENT: ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL/BRITISH MUSEUM
ABOUT
Made by Francesco Tuccio, Lampedusa’s carpenter, the cross is made of wood from the boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of Lampedusa on 11 October 2013 with a loss of 311 lives. There was no official rescue service at the time, but the island’s inhabitants risked their lives to save 155 people and then cared for them from their own small resources.
Today, Kent and Sussex are once again at one of the forefronts of the migration and refugee crises.
PROJECT
Following British Museum guidelines, we were commissioned to create a series of panels which tell the story of migration and the growing crises which are symptomatic of the pressures of global inequality. Following the banners revealed the historic background and the role of Rochester Cathedral as a safe haven.
