Totem

Totem features as part of ArtHouse Jersey’s Skipton Big Ideas: Human Connections, an exhibition series, sponsored by Skipton International, this exciting multi-venue exhibition uses a range of different media to examine human connections; how we occupy spaces together, how we communicate physically and emotionally, and how we empathise with each other's lived experience.

Taking place in the Occupation Tapestry Gallery of the Jersey Maritime Museum, Totem is an interactive audiovisual installation that invites audiences to explore human connectivity through a techno-reinvention of an old spirit being, sacred object, and symbol of the tribe coming together - The Totem.

It was believed that totems helped to strengthen tribe bonds of unity and maintaining
consciousness and brotherhood. Their neo-shamanic experience only comes to life with
collective human presence, it’s an invitation to visitors to come together and participate in the creation of a reactive, visually hypnotic beacon that will travel from one person through to the other, encouraging group play and movement.

For more details on the rest of the Skipton Big Ideas: Human Connections exhibition and related events visit arthousejeresy.je