BRITAIN RETOLD- A PORTRAIT OF LONDON

Britain Retold is a body of work which reveals individual perspectives on British identity and how it is perceived within the country’s most international, rapidly changing city, London.

A range of viewpoints are presented, from diverse cultural backgrounds and are brought together in an aim to create a singular voice.This acts as a combined reflection of the diversity and freedom of speech that unites them as citizens co-existing within London today.

The work was debuted at City Hall in 2011 and has since been developed in to a prototype book. The book consists of intimate portraits that incorporate the symbolism of the union jack-which as an object presents it’s own positive and negative connotations- juxtaposed with statements, forming a strategy by which we can explore and challenge the viewer’s past and current interpretations of what it is to be British.

Britain Retold seeks to open a platform that allows the multi communities in London to begin redefining what it means to be British, moving toward being wholly inclusive and allowing new associations to exist alongside tradition.

SARA SHAMSAVARI