About this Event
You are invited to 'Marking: An Alternative World Cup Footbal Sticker Exhibition'.
Thursday 11th June, 4-8pm.
To mark and commemorate the 6500 workers who died in construction and servicing during the decade-long construction period for the Qatar World Cup, we have designed a 6500 run limited edition commemorative football sticker. These will be displayed over the 5 walls of The Grey Gallery at the start of World Cup '26. Visitors will be encouraged to take stickers home and put them in places of their own choosing.
Details:
- Thursday 11th June, 4-8pm
- Friday 12th June, 4-8pm
- Saturday, 13th June, 2-6pm
- Sunday, 14th June, 2-6pm
Venue:
The Grey Gallery, 4 Helmsley Pl, London E8 3SB
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Visitor information:
The exhibition is free and you can stay as long or short at a time as you like, we recommend anywhere between 2 minutes and half an hour. RSVP by email text or on eventbrite. It is useful for us if you RSVP so we can have an idea of numbers, but it is first-come, first entry on the day.
Artist Statement:
It is a common tactic in football, to try to mark the best players on the pitch out of the game. It can be a frustrating tactic but it also a compliment to the players who have been seen and identified as key to the success of their team.
In Mexico, where FIFA 2026 is co-hosted, An ofrenda is the offering placed in a home altar during the annual and traditionally Mexican Día de los Muertos celebration. An ofrenda, which may be quite large and elaborate, is usually created by the family members of a person who has died and is intended to welcome the deceased to the altar setting.
A libation is a ritual pouring of a liquid in memory of the dead. Often a spirit or drink favoured by the departed such as whisky or beer.
It is said that an estimated six thousand five hundred people died building and servicing the 2022 Qatar World Cup stadia, infrastructure and associated construction projects during the decade long construction period. We don’t know if that number is correct. Or the names of the people who died. Or why or where they died.
'Marking' is an improvised ritual, a bit like an ofrenda, a bit like a wake, to commemorate and celebrate those workers.
Join us for a ceremony of remembrance. There will be music and drink. BYO is encouraged.
Visitor information:
You can stay as long or short at a time as you like, we recommend anywhere between 2 minutes and half an hour. It is useful for us if you book a ticket so we can have an idea of numbers, but it is first-come, first entry on the day.
Key dates:
Thursday 11th June: 4-8pm
Friday 12th June: 4-8pm
Saturday 13th June: 2-6pm
Sunday 14th June - 2-6pm
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Grey Gallery, The, 4 Helmsley Place, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
