05/09/2026
This flag, is for everyone, and for no one.
IMAGINED TERRITORIES is a new sculpture and public intervention by artist and designer Andy Welland reimagining the flag as a symbol of connection rather than division.
The work responds to a moment in which flags have become increasingly visible and contested across Britain, raised on buildings and roundabouts, often carrying complex and conflicting meanings of pride, fear, belonging and exclusion.
IMAGINED TERRITORIES asks what pride, identity and belonging mean today. Installed above the entrance of The Art House – a proud Studio and Gallery of Sanctuary, a creative hub and civic space committed to welcome, inclusion and safety for all – the work invites us all to consider who and what we stand for.
Alongside the exhibition, you can now purchase a miniature replica of the IMAGINED TERRITORIES flag, in the form of a hard enamel pin badge. The badges transform the exhibition’s bold, graphic flag into a wearable object, more than a keepsake, each badge acts as a small emblem that invites reflection on identity, place, and the meanings we attach to shared symbols.
🛍️ The hard enamel pin badges are now available to purchase online and in store at The Art House.
[Image Description: Image one: A photograph of the front of The Art House building, with the IMAGINED TERRITORIES flag flying from a large pole placed centrally to the roof. The flag is very colourful, featuring graphic motifs of stars, zig zags, stripes and a button. Image two: Damon, wears the pin badge on a black shirt, over his shoulder you can make out a blurred billboard of the IMAGINED TERRITORIES flag. Image three: A photograph of the front of The Art House building, with the IMAGINED TERRITORIES flag flying from a large pole placed centrally to the roof, with a hand reaching out holding a small enamel badge replica of the flag by its side.]
