Mars in Peel – February events

UK artist Luke Jerram’s touring artwork ‘Mars’ is in St German’s Cathedral in Peel from 7 February to 1 March.

A full and varied programme will be taking place under Luke Jerram’s astronomical artwork, including informative talks, delicious dining, special music, social events, and family activities.  These will all happen at various times over the 3 weeks and the full programme is downloadable here.
The Cathedral will be open most days for everyone to come and see Mars.

When it’s open for general viewing, you can get lovely refreshments at the MARS BAR!
More information here on opening times.

Information on events
(Downloadable documents with links for bookings):
DAYTIME Events
EVENING Events 

The display is supported by grant funding from Business Isle of Man’s Domestic Event Fund, and Isle of Man Arts Council.  (Scroll to the foot of the page for Luke Jerram’s description of his Mars artwork.) 

Here’s how Luke Jerram describes this work.

Measuring seven metres in diameter, the artwork features 120dpi detailed NASA imagery of the Martian surface. At around one million times smaller than the actual planet, each centimetre of the internally lit spherical sculpture represents 10 kilometres of the surface of Mars.

The artwork allows us to view Mars from the air, as though we are a satellite mapping and studying the surface in perfect detail. Every valley, crater, volcano and mountain is laid bare for us to inspect.  The artwork transports us to this desert wasteland, to imagine what it’s like to step foot on this incredible planet.

Mars follows on from my other touring astronomical artworks Museum of the Moon and Gaia, and allows a close encounter with the martian planet. I hope that visitors will feel transported to its inhospitable desert wasteland and in comparison, really value our life on Earth. 

Luke Jerram