Commission
JW3
2020
To mark Chanukah, JW3 and Brent Cross Shopping Centre have commissioned artist and poet Sophie Herxheimer to create an installation of personal miracles, through stories shared with her over these past few weeks in lockdown.
The miracles range from the everyday to the seismic, and are a collaboration between the teller and the artist. Sophie has collected these stories through live conversations, listening to each person one by one and using ink and a paintbrush to create her versions of their stories in front of their very eyes.
Each picture flag contains a miracle recounted, shedding light into, what for many, has been a dark year.
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