Fragments From Our Land is a new public art commission in the Marshgate Lane and Pudding Mill Lane area, adjacent to the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London. Commissioned by UP Projects in partnership with the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC), the project sits within a wider conversation about safety in public space, particularly for women, girls, and gender diverse people, and aligns with LLDC's Handbook: Creating Places that Work for Women and Girls.

The project doesn't set out to fix a systemic problem. It recognises that art alone cannot resolve issues of safety in the public realm, but that art can open up the conversation, hold space for it, and draw attention to questions that too often go unasked.

The project was developed through a process of co-creation with a group of eight female Community Collaborators, each selected via an open call and each with a direct relationship to the area. Over nine workshops, designed and led as part of the commission, the group came together to share lived experience, reflect on what safety means in this context, and consider how art might extend the conversation into the site itself.

The narratives, memories, and stories that emerged through these workshops directly shaped the artwork's form, materials, and placement. The result is a series of wayfinding artworks that carry the collaborators' perspectives into the public realm, continuing the dialogue on-site and inviting passers-by into a wider question about who public space is for.

Fragments From Our Land will be installed in Summer 2026.