Tai Shani: The Spell or The Dream

12 Oct 2025-1 Sep 2026

Overview

Turner Prize-winning, Somerset House Studios artist Tai Shani presents: The Spell or The Dream, arriving at Jupiter this autumn. A new work for the landscape, The Spell or The Dream is a multi-faceted work inviting audiences to collectively dream of new horizons.

At its heart is The Spell, a magnificent new sculpture sited in Jupiter’s orchard of apple and plum trees. Resting atop a stepped plinth, where visitors can sit, gather or peer inside, the luminous blue figure gently breathes, caught in a suspended state, the spell. The dreamer sleeps through the warnings of present and imminent catastrophes, political and social disaster and environmental collapse – but it also dreams of resistance and renewal. The work features a newly commissioned soundscape by composer, producer and double bassist Maxwell Sterling.