‘The making of WE’ follows the creation of a new public artwork in London by Jaume Plensa.

WE comprises two parts - one installed in The Shard’s piazza, one suspended above the escalator outside the building - facing each other as if in dialogue. The Shard’s owners commissioned the piece, curated by Futurecity, to be experienced by those visiting, living and working in Shard Quarter, connecting the two areas of the development’s public realm.

From its beginnings in the artist’s studio in Barcelona in 2019, to its new permanent home at the foot of The Shard, we filmed and photographed every aspect of the fabrication. Including the astonishing process of the sculpture being winched by hand and hung from a steel beam on the building!

The piece is designed to give members of the public a chance to frame their individual perspectives, as they walk through Shard Quarter, taking in one figure, followed by the other. By establishing a link between the two, they will be inspired to consider the notion of self, alongside the people around them.