The Barbican has announced the first UK public commission by Delcy Morelos (b. 1967). Situated within the striking setting of the Barbican’s outdoor Sculpture Court, the site-specific temporary installation will explore our relationship to earth and celebrate the power and vibrancy of soil, the material which sustains all life.

Morelos creates multisensory immersive environments that invite us to convene with the earth and reorient our relationship to land. For the Barbican, Morelos has designed her most ambitious outdoor work to date, an ovular pavilion made of clay, soil, fragrant spices and plant materials, spanning a circumference of roughly 24 metres. Visitors will be invited to enter and circulate the artwork, become part of its ecosystem, experience its shifting light and fragrant smells and rest within its inner courtyard.