A STELLAR new art installation is lighting up the Cathedral this Christmas.
Artist Bruce Munro’s latest work, Star of Bethlehem, is being projected onto the Cathedral’s famous living-water font, its light reflecting on the water surface and spilling over onto the ancient stone floor.
The installation, launched today, will run until February 4.
Star of Bethlehem is described as “a literal and visual abstraction” of Bible passage Matthew 2:1-12, the story of the wise men following a star to find baby Jesus.
The passage has been translated into Morse code and communicated through a series of dots and dashes, or short and longer pulses of light.
Mr Munro said he hoped the star would “capture something of the wonder that these few words inspired in me”.
Canon treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral Sarah Mullally said: “We hope that Bruce’s Star of Bethlehem will help those that see it contemplate the symbolism of Christmas from a different point of view.”
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