Open Call 2024 Winners Announced

We are delighted to announce our selection for the 2024 open call for exhibitions! As a space committed to research-led, educational and collaborative exchanges, we look forward to supporting more artists to experiment with new ideas this year. We received a large quantity of applications this year, of which many were of an exceptionally high standard. Thank you to all those who took the time to apply. A big congratulations to....

Ruoru Muo

London based Italian-Chinese artist Ruoru Mou’s recent enquiry concerns the complex relationship between labour and international trade marked by her own experiences with migration. Drawing on her continued interest in material culture in relation to transnational movement, place-making and industrial modernity.

The sculpture and installations are made through a close observation at the social structures under which Chinese workers have toiled in restaurant businesses and leather factories in Florence, Italy.

Tawfik Naas

Libyan artist Tawfik Naas explores what historical trauma looks like through a post-'ecocosmic' review. With this perspective, Naas identifies changes within these reviewed histories and examines the differences to uncover potential organic solutions. He also identifies the perpetually sustained trauma found in the common linearity we use to remember the past. To address this, he seeks alternatives, often through the lens of ecological technologies and cosmic perspectives.

Sam Ashby

Sam Ashby's research-led practice is primarily concerned with uncovering forgotten or erased queer narratives. Since 2010, he has been publishing Little Joe, a journal for the discussion of film around subjects of sexuality and gender within a queer historical context. His first film, The Colour of His Hair (2017) premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam and won the Best Documentary prize at London Short Film Festival.

Rufus RockNovember 4, 2023