Donated shirts art project turned into exhibition

'Dancing Together' by Kaarina Kaikkonen at Charing Cross in St Helier

Artwork featuring hundreds of donated shirts hung up in part of Jersey will be reimagined in a new exhibition later this month.

Finnish artist Kaarina Kaikkonen’s public sculpture over Charing Cross, in St Helier, has been redesigned to fit indoors at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House.

Entitled Dancing Together: A Ballad, the artwork intends to bring together the different stories of people and their shirts, reflecting islanders' lives.

The artwork will be unveiled at a launch celebration on 31 October, with the free exhibition running until 1 December.

ArtHouse Jersey is hoping to give islanders the chance to connect with the human stories of people's clothing in the more intimate setting of an exhibition.

Ms Kaikkonen said: "I want to use materials that have had a previous life. Then I change it and give it a new life, a new form of art."

Anyone wishing to view the artwork can visit every day except Mondays between 10:30 GMT - 18:00 GMT.

Artist Kaarina Kaikkonen working at ArtHouse Jersey at Capital House

Storyteller Paul Journeaux and Portuguese musicians Rui Figueredo and Abel Salgado will also present interactive storytelling performances surrounded by the artwork.

These will take place on 9 November at 16:00 GMT, 17 November at 15:00 GMT and 23 November at 16:00 GMT.