Culminating in a sculpture trail across the UK on 13 August, The World Reimagined initiative uses art to illuminate the history of the transatlantic slave trade, inviting us ‘to face our shared ...
trail across the UK on 13 August, The World Reimagined initiative uses art to illuminate the history of the transatlantic slave trade, inviting us ‘to face our shared history with honesty, empathy and grace’
The aim is to create a baseline of knowledge about the transatlantic slave trade in the UK. Although this historical event intersects with the family histories of many Black Britons, and is part of the national school curriculum, there are no specific guidelines about what is taught, meaning this can vary massively from one school to another. The result is that there is no national consensus on what happened, and no unified understanding of Britain’s role.
Encompassing art, education, community action and outreach, The World Reimagined is bringing facts, accounts, ideas and feelings around the enslavement and trafficking of people from Africa to the Caribbean by British slave traders. Ambassadors from across the spectrum are speaking about the transatlantic slave trade, the diaspora it created and where we are headed now.
‘Some people have taken it quite literally, like Yinka, who really looked at it as a globe and has painted the map and worked within that,’ explains Shaw Scott Adjaye. ‘Others, who have a more abstract practice, have just taken it as a canvas. It has been really exciting; we have tried to bring as much diversity into this as possible, so we have graphic designers, painters, sculptors, theatre designers, illustrators and collage artists.
Shonibare has created a map of the routes of people and of ideas. ‘Obviously, there are many perspectives in the world, and the globe has historically always been a political tool from the British Empire to various colonies,’ he explains.
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