This project documents and celebrates the history of global participation in the Summer Olympics from Paris 1924 to the present day, in the lead up to the event returning to Paris in
2024.

Visualising each nation’s participation in the event highlights the unique history and relationship each one has with the games, while inviting viewers to put together smaller narratives and spot patterns across the 206 blooms used to denote each nation that is currently active. Variations point to smaller categorisations within the larger group and have been selected in order to allow a viewer to compare and question the similarities or differences.

Despite being a politicised event throughout the last century and many of the conclusions shown in this project being indicative of tensions, the event itself honours dedication to a wide range of sporting disciplines and sportsmanship and brings together people who otherwise may have never crossed paths, building friendships independently of overarching global relations.