Chariot was created for the Estrangement exhibition, presented at the Showroom gallery as part of Polska! Year, and relates to the history of London’s Edgware Road, an ancient trade and war route. This area boasts the largest population of migrants from the Middle East in London. During the opening, the artist interacted with the audience – she played with the children, led a horse-drawn parade, and invited passers-by to write on its sides, inscribed with: ‘chariot’, and ‘estrangement’. In Arabic, the two words differ by just a single dot. This is reminiscent of how the Arabic alphabet is treated: with hostility, due to anti-Arab propaganda, or as an exotic ornament due to its calligraphic nature.
The Chariot addresses the question of multiculturalism – because migrations create countries, environments and cities, they are an inseparable part of cultural, technological and social development.