60 sec. Cathedral

Performative sculpture, video mural. “60 Second Cathedral” is the registration of a group skydiving session by 32 Polish sky divers. This ephemeral sculpture in human material, i.e. the sky divers, was an attempt of recreating the vault of the Durham Cathedral. The medieval Scottish church was built in 1093-1133 as one of the first to feature a rib vault. Falling down from 6000 metres at the speed of 200 km per hour, in the span of had 60 seconds the jumpers joined their hands and feet to recreate the image of a Gothic Durham's rosette. The film registration of this feat and, at the same time, the record of a sky performance, was to be projected on the vault of the Durham Cathedral. Unfortunately, in the end this never happened. “60 Second Cathedral” was presented in other sites, however, engaging with entirely new contexts: in August 2011 in Toruń (Poland), in September in Tallin (Estonia), and in November in Durham, though, sadly, not in the cathedral.