The Matter of The Heart is a collection of local hearts: 100 people and their real-time heart beats. Wherever they are now, together or apart, far away or near the artwork, their hearts will remain in one space, flashing together, in perfect time with their real life heartbeat.
The curation of a community, expressed purely through the live heart-beat data of local people. It is an expression of a place's societal networks, and a demonstration of the collective power of community. As an audience member you're invited to walk among the flashing hearts, like a graveyard of the living, to allow the interconnectivity of life to light your path.
Initially commissioned by the Light Up Lancaster, Quays Culture, Oldham and Barnsley Bright Nights,
Created by artists and designers, idontloveyouanymore, The Matter of The Heart is a celebration of the human spirit, and a reminder of the power of community.
AN INSTALLATION
OF 100 HUMAN
HEARTBEATS
Anna West: 80bpm
Exhibitions
Brindleyplace (B'ham) (2026-02-12)
(2026-02-12)
Stoke-On-Trent (2026-01-21)
(2026-01-21)
Leeds (2025-10-22)
(2025-10-22)
Selby (2025-03-06)
(2025-03-06)
Oldham (2025-02-22)
(2025-02-22)
Aberdeen (2025-02-05)
(2025-02-05)
Salford (2024-12-05)
(2024-12-05)
Barnsley (2024-11-22)
(2024-11-22)
Lancaster (2024-11-07)
(2024-11-07)
Hearts
Sam, Ingrid , Lesley , Nat , Mildalives, Laurens, Hayley Bryan, Kaiden, Alivia, Anna West, Ginty, Sanni Aujla, Orla Cosgrove, Lila Holden , Dillon Lister, Lisa Ashcroft, Antonia, Hannah Moore, Matthew Akpan , Vanessa, Theo, Brooke, Thomas Simm, Suzy Johnson, Kim (we love stoke), Madalina Popa, Ann T, Esmee, Mala Vika Shetty, Lord Mayor Couciller Zafar Iqbal, Shishir Shetty, Sonny, Leito , Ruth, Naila Rawaha, Jess Simm, Theo Mayne, Regan, Arlo, Andrea Boardman, Amelia, Gill Stanway, Steven (we love Stoke), Sarah Csukas, Lucy Canham, Ebenezer Enninful, Adam Davis, John , Jason Ronaldson, Phil Boardman, Nelly, Matt , Jen Mortiboy, Vicky Gallagher , Alex Becket, Jon Mason, Debbie, Em, Luisa Huggins , Taz Parvaz, Jess McCallister, Victoria Kowalczyk, Jo, Gergana, Lauren Dent, Roger Taylor, Kaz Kyle, Amelia, Elspeth Dale, Rose M, Sue Parish, Rebecca Melusine, Jocelyn, Teresa Wilson, Hayley, Rory, Danielle Harrison, Shane Johnstone, Ewa, Rebecca Heanan, Robin Zahler, Scott Montgomery, Xinmei Sun, Ginny Koppenhol, Roy , Jo Leeman, Emma Nixon, Tim, Lucy Reynolds, Sandra Thornberry, Jenny Reeves, Emma Rucastle, Lewis Penney, Irina Cordall, Sara Dobson, Steph Edwards, Primrose Montgomery-Duirwyn, Kriss Foster, Clive, Stephen, Tom Fyson, Zara Penney, steve fairclough, Natalie, Norma F, Victoria Wellesley-Smith, Tara Stapleton, Rachel Marshall, Julie Brown, Kimchiable, Georgie B, Alice, Stacey P, Ruth SC, Aurther Nadeem, Kiya KB, Anne TB, Peter Hook, Davi Callanan, Kieran James, Samuel, Jo, Kay Crewdson, Lina Pengelly, Anna West, Jamie Owen, Indi, Emanuel, Anne, Joanna, Iain, Lucy Brouwer, Lynne Pringle-Adley, Jim Smith, Jacqueline Mcaulay, Amy, Stephanos Vogitzis, Caroline, Coco, Pheobe Archer, Stuart Powers, Sam, Rob, Sivananda, Amber, Niamh Callanan, Fiona Walkington, Nigel T, Helen B, Nikki, Al O, Carole Harding, Jennie Hawes, Emmajane Kingaby, Joseph Reid, John McCann, Paul Luff, Tony Walker, Fraser Stuart, Paul Dennett, Cara McFarlane , Rachel W, Lynn Hedger, Claire, Stuart Gall, Nadine, Osian Evans, Elie Toon, Naomi Gourley, Liam Hopkins, Tony Walsh, Sally Gilford, Laura Denholm , Jane Davidson , Keena Cope, Maggi Brinkley, Rachel PW, Lettie, Elspeth Lowthian, Lucy P, Phil McGough, Carol Maddison, Wendy McManus, Christina, Lauren Hampson , Morven Mackenzie , Harvey Weedon , Anna Heinrich, Laura Kate Morley, Roy P, Alice Horlock, Kevin Smith , Jemma, Angelina Murphy, Erik, Christina Cameron, Dan Crowther, Maggie Zutti, Willow , Gaby Schofield Emma Farrell, Tommy W, Joyce Branagh, Mandy Blackwell, Zahid Chauhan, Adele Burns, Kate, Lilly Mora, Tee, Emma Harrison, Chole, Hayley, Martin Glover, Tash Barnes, Rick Bithell , Lianne Lees, Leah Wilson, Kyia KB, Charlie Starkey, Imogen Richards, Catharine , Kellie Lowthian, Rachel Wood, Lily Starkey, Ollie Whitehouse , Caitlin Gordon, Lyndsey Cowe, Shannon Yarwood, Theo Swanwick, Sophie Ellicott, Rhys Kendall, Emma Ford, Kush, Jackie Munro, James Davenport, Sam Butterworth, Linda Forsyth, Gary Henderson , Maggie Perc, Lisa Sweeting, Arooj Shah, Craig Coll, Christian Bradley , Archie Grove, Jean Drinkwater, Brenda M, James Ralph, Purvi, Olivia More, Jenny , Steph Forrest, Euan Reilly, Kate Doyle, Barbara Jones, Dan Burns, Sam Dixon, Jill, Nicola Thompson , Noah Perkins-Brown, Matt Hickey, S Mackie , Luca Mora, Bree Smith, Nazma Noor, Matthew Lee, Hannah Beaumont, Tayrn Cranswick, Will, Emma Dinnell, Heidi, Sally Wyatt , Gillian Jackson, Madeleine Vietmeier, Hannah Robinson Smith, Jamie Gordon , Nicola Sanderson , Sian Thompson, Jennie Lowthian , Paul, Sarah Heard, Roger Johnson, Katherine Harley, Joanne Cordingley, Myles Edwards, Catherine Reed, Parker Travis, Hannah Murray , Hayley Mora, Davi Callanan, Orla, Erin, Becky, Claire Mc, Jacob Waters, Pauline Cordiner, Tabitha Cole, Sophie Molly, Nicole Third, Mally Harley, Liane Booth, Gaz, Tasha Enston, Jack Fairhurst , Priti, Phil, Aoife, Richard Broome, Tracy Capewell, Mike Winn, Natasha Howes, Miss Lei-Lei, Isla, Sally Hilton, Lyla Burns, Josephine Glass, Mark Anderson , Kat Will, Alastair Caie, Victoria, Nick Duke, Lisa Baird, Mike Channon, Victoria , Lesley Meldrum, Freya, Rhys Thomas, Sophie , Susie Brown, Quinn, Daisy Donnelly, Jen Lawler, Laura Sanderson, Mark Swanwick, Angie Lee, Aileen, Craig's Daily Adventure, Hannah Currin, Alexs Capewell, Laura Cobb, Tash Caroli, Matt Bally, Sky, Lesley Cheung, Sarah Knaggs, Wren, Noah , Steph Braithwaite, Indigo Lister, John Roach , Low Kee Hong, Kenzie Hedger, Keith Millar, Athena, Lin , Andy, Kirsty Green, Francesca R, Caroline Lister, Connie, Mike Sweeney, Sunsan M Wood, Mick Knaggs, Karina Christie, Charlotte Berry, Julie, Alison A, Thalia Portokalidi, Tom , Debbie, Christine Millar , Hayley Long, Frank Rothwell, Jacqueline , Julie Pose , Ash Fernando , Bethany Carys Butler, Felix Lister, Rachel Illsley, Lauren S, Mimi , Priya S, Paul ARC, Emma Gallagher, Paul Wheatley , Aishia Ullah, Anna West, Joe Ferguson , Lizzie Neill, Rafe Smith , Mo McHugh, Niel , Atticus Lister , Oscar Lister, Mirren Stanley , Elizabeth W, Liz Lowry, Laurence Josephson, Sasha Ali, James Aaron Cureton, Don Barrett, Priscilla, CJ Knaggs, Dan Greavey , Tracey Johnston, Hazel , Abby Cook, Martin Hinkins, Michelle White, Morgan, Linda Wachaga, Pete Watt, Louise Yates , , Jordan Reece and more...Davi Callanan: 68bpm