‘Waymarkers’, a new exhibition by artist and anthropologist Liz Hingley, produced by King's Culture, is on display in The Curiosity Cabinet until September 2025. The works inside, created from thousands of personal images printed onto SIM-scale glass as part of the multi-year SIM Project, include an illuminated collective mosaic, a slideshow projection and an elaborate jewellery piece, shown for the first time as part of this display. The SIM Project highlights the smartphone SIM card as a universal symbol of connection and a vital tool for building local and international relationships. Founded by Liz Hingley in 2017, it has evolved over the past eight years, with initiatives that include the King’s College London research project The SIM Project: Illuminating networked belonging in migration, a collaboration between Dr Zeena Feldman (Senior Lecturer in Digital Culture) and Liz Hingley. The project probed the relationship between smartphones, belonging, visual culture and migration. The SIM Project continues to evolve in collaboration with those who have experienced displacement and brings people together across social and political borders.

‘I keep my SIM card in my wallet as a reminder of a place and a past life that I am not able to reach.' Omer, Sudan and Greece, 2022

Lost & Found: Stories of sanctuary and belonging

Waymarkers is part of Lost & Found: Stories of sanctuary and belonging, a free public programme of arts and ideas, presented by King’s Culture. This Spring, Waymarkers and Imaging Peace, two outdoor exhibitions, will bookend London’s Strand, as part of Lost & Found.Both exhibitions explore the role of and photography, making and participation to surface and share personal perspectives on peace, hope, resilience and understanding.

Waymarkers Project Credits

The Curiosity Cabinet is a space created by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, produced by King’s Culture. It tells the story of some extraordinary research being done by King's staff and students using the physical and digital objects that have inspired or emerged from it.

The SIM Project Team includes the skills and care of architect Dr Egemen Kiziclan, photographer Frank Menger, and jeweller Dr Sofie Boons. It is sponsored by 4JET Glass and partnered with Counterpoints Arts. The Project was exhibited at V&A, London, for the 2024 London Design Festival.

The Curiosity Cabinet is brought to you by the Faculty of Arts & Humanities supported by King’s Culture. Design by Alphabetical.