
Moon Landing: Weaving Memory and Music at Canterbury Cathedral
This summer, a breathtaking contemporary installation will bring the story of the 1969 moon landing to life through woven thread and musical score, all within the historic setting of Canterbury Cathedral. Opening 9 June 2025, Moon Landing is a collaborative artwork by British textile artist Margo Selby and award-winning composer Helen Caddick, celebrating the unsung women whose weaving skills helped make the moon landing possible.
Moon Landing woven installation and musical score. Helen-Caddick and Margo-Selby.
Suspended near the Cathedral’s Trinity Chapel, Selby’s striking 16-metre hand-woven textile is paired with Caddick’s original musical composition, scored for strings. Together, they form an immersive dialogue of colour, rhythm, and sound that honours the women who crafted the integrated circuits and memory cores that powered the Apollo spacecraft...
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Image Credits:
LEAD: Moon Landing at Canterbury Cathedral. Image courtesy of Margot Selby.
All images as credited in photo captions.