instructions for the assembly of this work of art & design

Essentially, every cathedral is the position in which an authority is seated.

In this cathedral (built as a purposeful installation of expeditionary art & design) a stylised heart representing humanity will sit at the centre of a network of geometric shapes representing the internet.

The intention is for this work of art & design to be displayed in an outside space.  And it's been agreed in principle that this installation's first placement will be in a position facing the street, outside the Friends' Meeting House in Brighton.

Integral to the installation would be a presentation of its website's address (URL)

which should lead people easily to a page that would explain the purpose of this art & design, to present its central proposition that humanity needs to be seated at the heart of the internet.

This first placement is expected to remain outside the Meeting House from December 2026 until January 2027 - which would hopefully coincide with the annual children’s Burning of the Clocks parade that would make its way along Ship Street on that evening of the winter solstice.

In Brighton, at the Friends' Meeting House (FMH) on 21 May 2026, this plan for my AI Concern, Art & Design Installation was presented to the committee which has an oversight role regarding its first placement 

I repeated that I do not intend to ask Meeting to contribute towards the financial cost of this project which I'm currently describing, as follows.

1)   The first illustration (below) is a rough mock-up of how my installation might appear.

A temporary clasp around each gate post would hold (left) a 2D spherical network of LED illuminated triangles representing the internet with a red heart at its centre representing humanity.  And, across that gatepost, highlighted in something like an illuminated oblong would be the address of this concern’s website - where an explanation of the installation’s purpose is given.

That oblong is repeated on the other gatepost (right) to which there would be attached a digital display ‘A board’ showing animated graphics of that stylised heart at the centre of a geodesic sphere.

For up to six weeks, from December to January, I would dismantle most of that installation every night - for safe storage in FMH - and reassemble it each morning.

From what I've understood from city council guidelines, temporary art installations do not need the permission which a commercial property would require before installing something like a neon shop sign.

2)   Illustrated above are sketches for a geodesic sphere (and its transformation) that would reveal the heart at its centre.

3)   The www.theheartoftheinternet.com website address (URL) has already been purchased.

4)   Described on that website is the concern (which Meeting has been supporting since 2017) to which this art & design is intended to draw attention.

While that installation is in place, I’m hoping FMH could host events in collaboration with, amongst others, the letstalkai.org.uk initiative.

Next steps

Sometime in the next few weeks, I’ll begin gathering quotes to gauge the likely cost of each element needed to build this art & design installation.

I’m hoping there are people who will be happy to offer useful advice before I begin approaching the experts I’ll need to be paying for stuff like 3D printing and short pieces of simple CGI animation.

Someone has suggested I should consider approaching final year students (who might be exhibiting their work during end-of-term shows at the University of Brighton’s art college in Grand Parade) since they might be interested in earning a few quid before they start “looking for a proper job”.

[And maybe, when I’m talking to those people, I should endeavour to remain focused and not feel compelled to add that - although I’m totally rubbish at maths, and whilst I was sketching each outline of those elements in my design - I was finding all that stuff about geometry quite fascinating.]

Oversight committee members might forward further questions or helpful suggestions to me (via email) before the next scheduled meeting of that committee in June.

Other things to be considered

The lefthand part of the installation would be relatively light, and most of its lattice work should allow any strong breeze to easily pass through without bringing the whole thing crashing down.

The 'A board' to the right would need to be held securely enough in place to withstand gusts of wind.

If not battery powered, electricity supply cables (one for each set, left and right) would run to an existing plug socket in the wall on the outside of the FMH.

And if, at some point during December and January, the FMH were to host a few publicly accessible exhibitions & events related to this project's concern for the future of humanity, they might include some collaboration with the IFCG and a Woodbrooke workshop, as well as with the digitalgood.net & letstalkai.org.uk initiatives.

This next set of images (below) are not a part of the current plan but I'm still using them to visualise the potential of certain aspects.

In a variety of contexts, that simple and universally recognised symbol [in the stylised shape of a heart] is being presented to me - quite literally on at least one occasion - with increasing regularity.  But I could guess a psychiatrist might say this perception looks like I'm growing increasingly susceptible to a very specific idea of reference.

And, back in the 1990s, I’d found the original image of that geodesic sphere amongst a collection of various usable shapes (in one of Microsoft's Windows 95 utilities) whilst searching for some combination of shapes that we could use to make a logo that would symbolise our new network of constructive inter-faith dialogue.