NOTHING IS MADE ONCE... brings together artists working across analogue, digital and hybrid practices to explore how things are made, remade and transformed. Open to all mediums and disciplines, the exhibition considers how materials, ideas and technologies intersect, inform and reshape one another.

On making, repetition and reinvention

Nothing we make begins entirely anew. Every act of making carries traces of what came before: a gesture, technique, image or process reimagined.

Reflecting on a world of constant technological change and circulating images, it asks what we inherit, what we transform and what new possibilities emerge when we begin again.

We welcome submissions across all disciplines and forms of creative practice, including but not limited to:

• Object and product design
• Sculpture and three-dimensional practices
• Painting and drawing
• Installation and site-specific work
• Moving image, film and video
• Sound art and sound design
• Textiles, fashion and wearable art
• Ceramics and glass
• Photography and lens-based practices
• Printmaking and graphic arts
• Fine art and mixed-media practices
• Performance and live art
• Digital art and interactive media
• Animation and experimental media
• Furniture and lighting design
• Architecture and spatial practices
• Writing, poetry and text-based work

Who Can Apply:

This open call is open to all students, recent graduates and emerging artists.

We are particularly interested in hearing from artists with limited or no experience exhibiting in professional gallery spaces. We are here to support you!

Submission Deadline:

29th November 23:59pm

Late submissions will not be considered.

Selected artists will be notified by end of day 30th November

Exhibition Dates:

Artwork drop off: 14th December (Time tbc)

PV: 16th December - 6pm - 8pm 

Open: 16th – 20th December  

De-install: 20th December 5pm

Venue:

KOPPEL Collective

157 Regent’s Park RD London NW1 8BB

What’s Included:

Technical installation / deinstallation in the gallery

10 minute online 1-1 session with the curators 

Social event and networking

Digital Letter of invitation to exhibit

Digital Letter of participation at the end of the exhibition

Documentation of work in the gallery space

Promotional material to share with your networks

Social media coverage via Instagram: we have 1390 followers and counting.

We have a very limited supply of AV equipment - TBC during 1-1 session.

Fees (Only If Selected):

£95

This covers all the above benefits - The fee applies to each work submitted and chosen to be exhibited.  

Fees will be payable by 4th December.

Submission is free! Payment is only required if your work is selected.

About us:

We are Elephant Vision lab, a London-based artist duo collaboration, working across installation, sound, moving image, sculpture, and spatial design.

Bringing together backgrounds in sculpture, stage design, audiovisual practice, and narrative environments, their work explores how material, sound, and atmosphere shape bodily perception and spatial experience.

We have actively work in the exhibition sector between art universities providing curatorial and exhibition support for student exhibitions in London along with museums and galleries across the UK and Europe.

This is our 10th open call, building upon the success of Soft ground in December 2025, Loose ends in January, Known terrain as part of the London Design Festival in September and many more. 

Additional Information:

• Artists are responsible for transport and insurance of their work
• Artworks will not be for sale by default, however artists can provide a QR code to a platform of choice where they can individually sell work if they wish.
• Installation and deinstallation schedules will be communicated upon selection
• By submitting, artists grant permission to use images of their work for promotional purposes
• Artist’s are responsible for delivering and collecting their works - Works may be delivered and collected by arrangement.

We look forward to seeing your work!

Alex & XinYue - Elephant Vision Lab