Augmented reality (AR) is an experience where we enhance parts of the users’ physical world with computer-generated input—ranging from drawing, image, sound to video, and graphics to create changes in the user’s environment. It’s a medium that allows for seeing things differently - to re-imagine, to recreate, to reinterpret imaginatively.

The exhibition showcases artworks that respond to historical realities like Labour's support for new social housing during the leadership of Jeremy Corbin to current crises and issues, ranging from the war in Ukraine and the displacement of many citizens to mental health and lack of professional support for those who struggle - sometimes raising awareness about urgent issues and arguing for change, sometimes trying to generate a reaction and convey a slight explicit message to their public.

Some works in the exhibition take inspiration from the Internet as a utopian place of longing with the visual landscape contemplating the yearning for connection, others from the concept of home with familiar objects and furniture escaping the private sphere. Whether through computer-generated painting or drawing, the artworks tackle the themes of race, gender and sexuality.

Wandering between dreams and reality, Reimagine Newham takes us on a journey and invites us to contemplate the above themes striving to push the conversation further.