Cathedral of Unknown Desires

Guert Van Dijk – The Common – 1992

Photo by Bill Grant

Material: Wood

Trail: Silurian Way

Theme: Building

Form: Representational – Cathedral

Maps Featured on: 1993 – 1997

Status: Removed, no remains

Quote from the Artist: “A homage to Kurt Schwitters; cathedral for unknown desires. About the intense desire of a small human being and the fear for eternity.”

Photograph from ‘Natural Order’ Book by Bill Grant

This sculpture must have been huge. This was just west of Grizedale Tarn. I’ve seen a photo of Guert at the top of it during construction and he looked small. Constructed out of branches lashed together to form a substantial tower. Last listed on the 1997 map it went soon after then.

Photo from archive

Page last updated Jan 2021