EXPLORE THE WORLD REIMAGINED’S  GROUNDBREAKING SCULPTURES AT LONDON’S QUEEN ELIZABETH OLYMPIC PARK, EAST LONDON 

Discover a new London art trail with over 40 Globe sculptures on display at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park inviting you to explore and join the quest for racial justice with The World Reimagined.

Date: 2 – 17 November, 2022

Where: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, East London

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The World Reimagined is bringing together over 40 globes from its successful London art trails to Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park from 2nd to 17th November. Bring your family and friends to discover, explore and enjoy these ground-breaking globes across Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

The World Reimagined is a ground-breaking, vibrant art education project to transform how we understand the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its impact on all of us so that we can make racial justice a reality, together.

The globes explores black history with  themes ranging from Mother Africa to Still We Rise and Expanding Soul with an enormous range of interpretations and creative styles by globally renowned artists including Vashti Harrison, Phoebe Boswell and The World Reimagined’s Founding Artist Yinka Shonibare CBE. 

For the next two and half weeks only, the globes will be on display across Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park so you can discover this unique body of work for the first time in one place. Since mid-August, visitors have been able to explore these 43 Globes in trails hosted by Camden & Westminster; the City of London; Hackney & Newham; and Lambeth & Southwark.

The sculptures are an invitation for everyone from families, friends and local communities to talk together about how they understand their history; how the past—particularly the UK’s relationship with the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans—shapes the future; and how to act for social change to make racial justice a reality.

As people visit the globes, they will also be able to dive into an online collection of short, accessible stories that bring The World Reimagined’s Journey of Discovery themes - which explore the past, present and future - to life.

Lyn Garner, Chief Executive of the London Legacy Development Corporation, said:

“We are delighted to be hosting The World Reimagined globes on Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Ten years ago, the world came together in celebration of sport and culture on the Park. This thought-provoking art trail will once again inspire people to think about our past and look to the future.”

Ashley Shaw Scott Adjaye, Artistic Director of The World Reimagined, said: 

“It has been so exciting to see how people have responded to the globe trails. Now, we want to make it as easy as possible for people to feel the collective power of these incredible, thought-provoking and inspiring works of art. They invite us to understand it is not ‘Black history’—it’s all of our history. And all of us have a role to play in the work of making racial justice a reality. So we hope you will visit the Globes when they are all together at London’s Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.” 

Supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, this unique collection features contributions from historians, museums and heritage organisations, including Professor Kehinde Andrews, the British Library and Know Your Caribbean. Parents can also download free activity packs to do with their children, which draw on The World Reimagined’s work with 200+ schools across the country.

With Sky as its Official Presenting Partner and support from organisations including Arts Council England; the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation; and Greater London City Partner J.P. Morgan, The World Reimagined is one of the largest art education projects for racial justice the UK has ever seen. Bringing together art, education, activism and community, it captures a unique moment in time to examine a shared history, helping audiences to better understand what it means to be British.