Zak Ové: Exodus

Mixed-media installation Exodus explores migration through the present lens, highlighting the history and challenges of major population movements through time.

The installation echoes a gridlocked cityscape, where colourful toy cars, trucks and human figurines mingle with elephants, giraffes and other wildlife towering over a scene of traffic. It rests on two green, white and red Castrol oil drums that nod to multinational business and finance in the modern world. The work suggests a reflection on today’s discourse around migration.

Exodus is accompanied by a wall of historic maps that present a visual sense of data on international migration, agricultural trade and tourism between 1500 and 2005.

Exodus can be found in The Reflections Room – a free-to-visit, rotating gallery space for contemporary artists to amplify the voices, hopes, fears and dreams of London’s diverse communities.

You'll find it on the Second Floor at London Museum Docklands.