The Last Supper

An evening of earthy fragrance and murmuring tones.

 

Last night, Construct were invited to the launch of 'The Last Supper', an event held

to celebrate an ambitious new sculptural work by the reputed London design studio Based Upon. 

 

A springtime gathering, at Caroline Garden’s Chapel. Peckham,

permeated with the aroma of incense, infused with dampened stone.

 

We drank Georgian wine from hand thrown terracotta goblets 

and joined a humble feast of flat breads broken and shared amongst

those gathered around wooden tables in revered silence.

 

The work comprises a figurative bronze sculpture, intended to reimagine the Last Supper as it was 2000 years ago.

Based on three-dimensional scans of selected devotees, assembled from around the world.

Arranged in a staged approximation of the iconic biblical scene.

 

The event was inaugurated by sounds courtesy of Stephan Micus and an assortment of world instruments,

including a ‘Shakuhachi’, ‘Sho’ and a ‘Zither’, alongside extended chanted sections in ‘made up’ languages.

All carefully illuminated using lighting designed by Matt Clark of UVA.

 

We left soothed. Having shared a uniquely calm moment of sanctity, within the surrounding urban sprawl.