“We are all chimeras, theorized and fabricated hybrids of machine and organism.” - Donna Haraway

ABOUT B*O/D&Y
This exhibition is concerned with the body and the glitch, and with the point at which one begins to fracture into the other.

B*O/D&Y explores the entanglement of body and glitch through contemporary art practices, focusing on moments when systems cease to operate in seamless continuity.

Within this framework, the body is understood as more than the human form. It extends into environmental and ecological systems, mechanical infrastructures, and social structures of power. The body is both material presence and constructed subject, shaped and regulated through processes of discipline, organisation, and control.

The glitch refers to interruptions within these systems. It appears as error, repetition, delay, or breakdown, moments when expected function is suspended or diverted. Rather than being understood as failure, these moments reveal thresholds within systems, exposing their limits, tensions, and points of collapse.

The exhibition turns toward what such disruptions make visible. Fragmentation, malfunction, looping, and stasis become sites of attention, where systems begin to behave differently and reveal alternative logics of structure and time.

These conditions are not resolved or corrected. Instead, they are sustained, repeated, and allowed to persist. Instability becomes rhythmic. Incompletion begins to form structure. Within this space, art is approached as a site where things are permitted not to fully resolve.

KEY DATES

Please note that we will be releasing two rounds of individual media features across SPIRA9’s official social media channels in the lead-up to the exhibition. Artists who wish to be considered for inclusion in these early features are advised to submit their work by the relevant deadlines below.

First Press Release Date: 19 June 2026
Submission Deadline for Inclusion: 16 June 2026, 23:59 (BST)
Second Release Date: 3 July 2026
Submission Deadline for Inclusion: 30 June 2026, 23:59 (BST)
Final Submission Deadline: 10 July 2026, 23:59 (BST)

Exhibition Dates: 17-20 July 2026
Address: 5 Church Street, Marylebone, United Kingdom, NW8 8EE

Please note: 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.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We welcome submissions across disciplines and expanded practices, including but not limited to painting, digital print, sculpture, installation, performance, sound, moving image, interactive media, and interdisciplinary practice.

We are particularly interested in works that engage with systems, embodiment, technological or social breakdown, error, repetition, malfunction, or alternative forms of perception and organisation.

We welcome proposals of all scales and production methods. What matters is not medium or resolution, but the conceptual proposition and its relation to the themes of the exhibition.

CURATORIAL APPROACH
B*O/D&Y is developed as a curatorial and research-led exhibition rather than a commercially driven presentation.

The exhibition is structured as an inquiry into how bodies and systems fail, loop, interrupt, and reorganise themselves. Works are not treated as isolated objects but as part of a wider field of relations, tensions, and conceptual resonances.

Curatorial decisions are guided by dialogue between material practice, theoretical reflection, and spatial composition. The aim is to construct an environment in which works can coexist, interfere, and generate new readings through proximity.

9-MEMBER JURY SELECTION PROCESS
All submissions will be reviewed by a 9-member interdisciplinary jury.

The panel includes practitioners and researchers from fields such as performance art, neuroscience, queer studies, sociology, creative technology, new media art, and contemporary art criticism.

This structure allows each proposal to be read through multiple perspectives, ensuring that selection is not based on medium or production value alone, but on conceptual clarity, critical depth, and contribution to the exhibition’s wider field of inquiry.

Each submission is reviewed individually. The process is curated rather than competitive in tone, with emphasis placed on how each work expands or complicates the conceptual territory of B*O/D&Y.

9 MAIN BENEFITS SELECTED ARTISTS WILL RECEIVE:

• Official Artist Listing
• Curated Exhibition Placement
  Your work will be carefully positioned within the exhibition by SPIRA9 curators to ensure optimal spatial and conceptual presentation.
• Professional Photography Documentation
  All works will be photographed and documented for portfolios, press, and permanent archival purposes.
• Dedicated Artist Feature, Promotion & Press Outreach
  Each artist will receive: A dedicated feature post on SPIRA9 social channels,  Inclusion on the official exhibition website with a permanent profile page. Inclusion in the official press release circulated to design and cultural media networks, alongside festival communications.
• Private View Event & Networking Opportunities
  Invitation to an exclusive preview event, offering direct engagement with collectors, curators, and industry professionals.
• Official Invitations and Letters of Recommendation
• Curatorial and Technical Exhibition Support
• Artwork Sales (30% Commission Fee), Collector Network Access & Market Guidance
• Permanent Online Presence & Media Promotion
  
  

ABOUT SPIRA9

SPIRA9 is an East London–based curatorial platform and contemporary art organisation dedicated to supporting established, emerging, and under-represented artists across disciplines. Through exhibitions, editorial projects, and artist development programmes, we build meaningful pathways for visibility, collaboration, and critical dialogue.

Our programme includes large-scale group exhibitions, intimate solo presentations, and experimental pop-up projects, alongside our quarterly publication Re: Art magazine and the ongoing Artist of the Month series. Across these formats, whether practice-led, research-driven, or experimental in nature, we aim to create spaces that foreground distinctive artistic voices at pivotal moments in their practice.

Working across multimedia, performance, installation, and digital practices, SPIRA9 supports approaches that challenge convention and expand the possibilities of contemporary artistic expression.

SPIRA9 has delivered more than 10 exhibitions internationally, supported over 2,000 artists, and engaged audiences across 14 countries through our exhibitions and editorial initiatives. Our official Instagram platform currently has a growing community of over 2.6K followers, and our website and mailing list collectively reach approximately 10K subscribers.

Guided by an artist-centred ethos, we prioritise intersectional perspectives, inclusive frameworks, and sustained engagement with the cultural and technological conditions shaping creative production today. Our mission is to cultivate a contemporary art landscape that is accessible, equitable, and forward-looking, supporting artists in imagining new ways of seeing, thinking, and being.

For further inquiries or additional details, please contact us through the Contact Curator tab.