open call: everything then is now ii – platform 0
Submission Link: https://forms.gle/98eAMgMZ3Hq2RirFA
Everything Then is Now II – PLATFORM 0, presented by CAM – Casoria Contemporary Art Museum and SPIRA9 ART as part of London Design Festival 2026 and Othering London 2026, is a site-responsive exhibition exploring how memory inhabits space and how acts of return reshape our understanding of belonging. Bringing together artists, architects, designers, performers, and interdisciplinary practitioners, the exhibition takes place within the Old Waiting Room at Peckham Rye Station, a space suspended between preservation and transformation, where traces of the past intersect with contemporary practices of making, perception, and encounter.
EXHIBITION DETAILS
Everything Then is Now II: PLATFORM 0
Presented by CAM – Casoria Contemporary Art Museum & SPIRA9 ARTIn Partnership with: London Design Festival 2026 & Othering London 2026Supported by: Southwark Council, The Architectural Heritage Fund
Media Partners: Juliet Art Magazine, Dezeen Magazine**,** New Exhibitions, Re:art Magazine
Exhibition Dates: 12–14 September 2026
Location: The Old Waiting Room, Peckham Rye Station, London
OPEN CALL TIMELINE
Please note that prior to the exhibition, SPIRA9 will present a series of press release and editorial features, including artist profiles, artwork spotlights, and selected critical reviews by invited writers and curators. These features will be published through our official website and social media channels. To be considered for inclusion, we encourage artists to submit their applications by the deadlines listed below.
1st Press Release Date: 28 July 2026
1st Round Submission Deadline for Inclusion: 18 July 2026, 23:59 (BST)
Artist will receive a response within 5 working days after each submission deadline. All submissions will be carefully reviewed by our curatorial team, and only selected works will be included in the exhibition. We encourage early submissions, as space is limited and proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis.
ABOUT CAM – Casoria Contemporary Art Museum
CAM is a contemporary art institution founded in 2005 by artist and curator Antonio Manfredi in Italy. Operating as a public cultural platform rather than a commercial gallery, CAM is dedicated to fostering critical dialogue between art, society, and contemporary urban life.
With a permanent collection of approximately 2,000 works by artists from 92 countries, CAM holds one of the most extensive independent collections of contemporary multimedia and international art in Southern Europe. Its holdings span painting, sculpture, photography, video, installation, performance, and new media, forming a transnational archive of contemporary artistic production.
Over the past two decades, CAM has developed a strong international network of artists, curators, and cultural institutions across Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas, and the Middle East. Its curatorial approach is grounded in themes of migration, identity, memory, and socio-political transformation, positioning the museum as a platform for experimental practice and cross-cultural exchange.
For Everything Then is Now II - PLATFORM 0, CAM brings its long-standing commitment to independent curatorial practice and socially engaged contemporary art into dialogue with site-responsive methodologies and urban spatial research within the context of London Design Festival 2026.
ABOUT LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL & OTHERING LONDON
London Design Festival 2026 is an internationally recognised platform that positions London as a global centre for design excellence, bringing together leading designers, institutions, and cultural partners through city-wide exhibitions and interventions.
Othering London is a roaming curatorial platform exploring collective memory, identities, space, and belonging through site-responsive exhibitions that treat the city as an evolving exhibition structure rather than a fixed venue. Othering is discovering, curating and working with spaces in transition, activating and reimagining nomadic and site-specific projects across London and beyond.