New Artwork for Whitechapel

The council have been working with UP Projects and artist Aya Haidar, to create a new light-focused artwork for Whitechapel.

The artwork will be developed through engagement with the local community to explore their collective memories and impressions of Whitechapel as a place and as a home, and will be inspired by conversations taken place, complemented by Aya’s own research into the history and heritage of Whitechapel.

The final artwork is anticipated to be installed in a prominent location along Whitechapel High Street in 2024.

About Aya Haidar

Aya Haidar (b. 1985, lives and works in London) is a multimedia artist; her work focuses on the use of found and recycled objects exploring loss, migration, memory, labour, domesticity and womanhood. Aya graduated with a BA in Fine Art from the Slade School of Art, and has a MSc in NGOs and Development from the London School of Economics and Political Science, her work has been showcased in several exhibitions, and is internationally collected by private collections and institutions, most recently by the Guggenheim Museum.