Communicating Culture, Identity and Emotion
Moving in Space, Place and Threshold.
Soft Ground: Show One brings together contemporary artists whose practices probe the unstable conditions of culture, identity, and emotion within an increasingly hybrid physical–digital landscape. Their works examine how language structures perception, how technological interfaces recalibrate intimacy, and how spatial experience unfolds across both material and virtual terrains. In foregrounding thresholds, between bodies, screens, and environments, the exhibition echoes Bachelard’s claim that “space that has been seized upon by the imagination cannot remain indifferent space.” Each work becomes an active site of inquiry, mapping fluid modes of belonging and proposing new conceptual frameworks for navigating the porous realities of contemporary life.
13th - 15th December 2025
The Annex - 1 Tiverton Street, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6NT
Exhibiting artists:
ChenQi, Chi Ching Yum, David Alexander, Emma Denby, Evgeniia Kochevanova (ZUPINK), Finka Jue, Flâneuse du Mal, Lili Shen, Mengyao Li, Mia Ribić, Ornela Aliaj, Pei, Shaw Liu, Shuang Xia, Yu Yu (Spencer), Yuning Huang
Soft Ground Show 2
Reflecting Memory and Time
Grounding in Nature and Environment
Soft Ground: Show Two brings together contemporary artists whose practices probe the interwoven terrains of landscapes and nature, along with memory and time. Their works examine how environments, cities, and imagined terrains, illuminate ecological rhythms and the entanglements of human and nonhuman life. While also exploring the sedimentation of experience, revealing how memory, duration, and material traces shape perception and presence. In tracing these layers, the exhibition echoes James Elkins’ insight that “Art does not merely depict; it suspends time and allows the viewer to inhabit multiple durations simultaneously.” Each work becomes an active site of inquiry, mapping fluid modes of ecological and temporal engagement and inviting reflection on how we inhabit and imagine the worlds around and within us.
16th - 18th December 2025
The Annex - 1 Tiverton Street, Elephant & Castle, London SE1 6NT
Exhibiting artists:
Allison Gretchko, Diego Cebrian, Ellie Lawrence, El Witt, Grace Fielder, Harsh Pratap Singh Bist, Jack Sanders, Luna Chang, Louis O'Shea, Mark G Lonsdale, Scarlett Hope-Gates, Tianyu Ren, Victoria Gumienna, Willem Keys, Xinyang Chen, Zhenghan Huang, Zhiyi Jin