https://vimeo.com/222335889 The film documents Ken Wilder's installation within the London Foundling mortuary, Bloomsbury. Skylights was commissioned by Coram to celebrate a new phase of Coram's campus redevelopment, and the construction stage of The Queen Elizabeth II Centre. One poignant factor of the old mortuary is that boys and girls were separated even in death. Timed to mark the summer solstice, Wilder’s light and water installation flooded the boys’ and girls’ rooms, inserting two new skylights: one oriented towards the midday sun, and one to the evening sun. Children were invited to splash in the puddle rooms, while adults were invited to reflect upon the deeper significance of the

Photographs of a selection of facades taken on a recent visit. Click on image for the gallery.