THIS GLOBE
Ali Elly
Stitching And Mending

Theme - Reimagine the Future
Ali Elly’s design responds to the theme ’Reimagine the Future’, which gives us free rein to imagine RP the society we can create when we have a full understanding of our shared history; the place the UK can hold in the world when it acknowledges its past; and who we can be as people and a country when we give full dignity to all.

I WAS HERE
The Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans meant millions of lives were ended and lost to history. Here we honour ancestors by acknowledging a person we were able to identify by name - at a specific time and place.
We cannot know their story, but we know that they lived.

Name: George Kent
Age: 30
Place: Antigua
Time: 1783

The exhibition is no longer on display!

A series of 36 globes by The World Reimagined, placed in the courtyard of the National Maritime Museum. "The World Reimagined" is a body that aims to bring the transatlantic slave trade and its consequences to humanity to be brought to public attention, with the aim of bringing about equal rights in the inter-racial struggle. 103 such globes were scattered throughout the UK, the current series of 36 globes was displayed in the summer of 2023
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The World Reimagined - Click for a larger image

The goal of the project is also indicated on the globes:
The World Reimagined works 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.
This is not ’Black History’, this is all of our history.

Together, we can create a future in which all can say: I am seen.

theworldreimagined.org
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As well as the project name, QR code, and links to Twitter and Instagram.
DISCOVER THE WORLD REIMAGINED
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Each of the globes is illustrated by a different artist, and each one also features the personal story of a person who was sold into slavery.

The current ball was drawn by Ali Elly, an artist who works primarily in the field of textiles and fashion. The current work refers to sewing and embroidery using an African blanket, a product that was initially owned by men, but when slaves arrived in the United States, it was given to women. The blankets were embedded with symbols, stories, family trees, and more.

The globe was photographed on the same day Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

The personal story (I was here) Click for a larger image