The Ghost in the Space explores the invisible residues that linger in physical and digital spaces long after we have gone. It questions what remains of a person when their voice is reconstructed by an algorithm, their data outlives their body, or their memory is embedded in architecture. Is what lingers a presence, or merely an echo of one?

What haunts a space after we leave it?

Celeste Gallery invites artists, designers, and researchers to submit proposals for The Ghost in the Space — an online collective exhibition exploring the residues, traces, and presences that linger in both physical and digital environments.

We live in a world saturated with invisible hauntings. Data we left behind on defunct platforms. Voices of the dead reconstructed by algorithms.

The memory embedded in architecture. The echo of a body in an empty room.

The Ghost in the Space is not about fear — it is about presence.

About what remains when we are gone, and what it means to occupy a space that something else has already claimed.

We welcome artworks that engage — critically, poetically, or speculatively — with themes including but not limited to:

• Digital traces, data ghosts, and online identity after death
• AI-reconstructed voices, images, and memories of the deceased
• The memory of physical and virtual spaces
• Absence, loss, and what remains
• Haunting as metaphor for technology, colonialism, trauma, or grief
• The boundary between presence and disappearance
• Surveillance, invisibility, and being watched without knowing

We welcome all media and all approaches, including but not limited to: photography, video, performance, sound art, generative art, AI-assisted work, installation, textile, painting, drawing, code-based practice, and mixed media.

Successful applicants will be notified within two weeks of the deadline.

A participation fee of £35 applies to selected artists, contributing to exhibition production and media costs. No artist will be excluded solely on financial grounds.

This is an open call. All career stages and nationalities welcome.

Exhibitor Benefits:

Participation in our KUNSTMATRIX online 3D exhibition.

We will provide three ways to access our 3D exhibition:

• Through our Instagram account/ad/xiaohongshu page
• Through our gallery official website page
• Through an independent domain accessed by media press
• The number of views can usually reach more than 2,000.

Exhibition media promotion

We plan to publish the exhibition information across various media platforms, i.e. ArtRabbit, Artjobs, Londonjournal, Manchestertime, Eventbrite etc.

Participation in our Instagram promotion

Our Instagram has nearly 1,500 followers, including artists, curators and art lovers.

Outstanding participants will have the opportunity to sign with the gallery, participate in art sales revenue sharing, and develop related cultural and creative products

We will select 5-10 artists and proceed with a 50/50 profit-sharing arrangement.

Some exhibitors will have the opportunity to be interviewed by us.

We will select 1 to 2 artists for interviews.

About Us

Curated by Celeste Gallery (London), all rights reserved. Celeste Gallery was founded in South East London in 2020.

Its founder has participated in and organised exhibitions worldwide, including in London, China, Poland, South Korea, and the United States.

Fees

£35 for selected work, covering gallery operating costs and media promotion expenses.

You can submit up to 5 pieces of work.

Pieces from the same series can be treated as a single entry, depending on the work itself.