Hainault Youth Collaborate with Artist Djofray Makambu at SPACE Studios

As part of the Child Friendly Redbridge Action Plan Launch Day, young CFR Ambassadors took Redbridge Council staff and dignitaries on a tour of Ilford Town Centre.

The first stop was a new billboard outside SPACE Studios. The image is called “Out of this world” and was designed by the British Congolese artist Djofray Makumbu with young people from Hainault Youth Centre.

The artwork was created during a series of workshops held at Hainault Youth Centre, where young people created and illustrated the characters and provided the art direction for the work.

The young people imagined a fun, playful alternate version of their borough, with creative ideas including a character flying on a unicorn.

During their co-design process, young people from Hainault offered fresh perspectives that influenced the eventual final design. Young people drew pictures for Makumbu to use as a reference as part of the collaborative creative process. Makumbu valued hearing the young people’s opinions on what the piece should look like.

They told the council staff and councillors that, as part of the fun interactive nature of this artwork, the artist has actually included a picture of himself in the artwork.

Can you find him?

You can find out more about the exhibition on the SPACE Studios website.

Space Studios also has an exhibition inside at the moment called Mammoth Loop by artist Cecilia Charlton. This is a child-friendly exhibition and includes workshops for children and families to learn skills with textiles. You can also read more about this on the SPACE Studios website.