Fingerprint Labyrinth, Art and the Right to Peaceful Protest

Fingerprint Labyrinth, Art and the Right to Peaceful Protest

A lively evening of newly written music, discussion and poetry about the right to protest peacefully.

By Southwark Cathedral

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Southwark Cathedral

Southwark Cathedral London SE1 9DA United Kingdom

About this event

  • Event lasts 2 hours

Peaceful protest is a powerful and public way to make our voices heard. An Amnesty International report shows that protest is increasingly restricted. This labyrinth, through its fingerprint shape, makes a link between protest and the risk of arrest. It invites us to reflect on the right to peaceful assembly.

Join us for a lively evening of newly written music, discussion and poetry. Meet the artists, walk the labyrinth and add your own fingerprint.

The labyrinth will be installed in the South Transept of the Cathedral 9–14 August and is available to all visitors to the Cathedral.

It is a project of the Iona Community.

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Southwark Cathedral has been a place of Christian worship for over 1000 years. Established as a small convent, it grew over the centuries into a priory, which became a parish church and then, in 1905, the Cathedral for the newly created Diocese of Southwark which serves the whole of London south of the river.

The Cathedral’s patchwork architecture bears testament to its past as do the many monuments and memorials inside and outside the church. These are reminders of the rich history of this part of London and our association with such major figures in our creative history, including Chaucer, Shakespeare and Dickens.

Southwark Cathedral is a place of worship, welcome and friendship, to rejoice in or find rest when you’re weary. We are London’s community Cathedral striving to live the example of Jesus, seeking to be a spiritual home for all and set at the heart of Bankside, buzzing with people and activity, a vibrant cultural and commercial destination.

Free
Aug 14 · 6:00 PM GMT+1