Upcoming: What If… Exhibition
Exhibition Name: What If … Exhibition
Exhibition Date: 6-9 Nov 2026, 4 days, From Friday to Monday
Exhibition Venue: Photobook Cafe, 4 Leonard Circus, London, EC2A from4DQ
Exhibition Intro:
How do images manifest the unseen topographies of our imagination? For artists, a solitary frame can become a threshold into an open-ended narrative, a site where the immediate world dissolves into the critical question of "What If...". Photography allows us to examine what it means to anchor a decisive moment as an enduring trace, to construct a flawless scenario, or to articulate identity through the singular mechanics of the lens. When an image commands a presence, what ripples does it leave in its wake?
Through a curation of lens-based and photographic works, this exhibition interrogates these precise vectors of possibility. Within the mundane routines of everyday life, our minds harbour infinite unmapped alternative realities. Photography acts as a vital mechanism capable of capturing both temporal shifts and interior landscapes, transmuting them into visual matter. Moving beyond a conventional display of representations, this space establishes a forum for shared contemplation. It asks us to consider whether we truly inhabit the absolute present, or if we are constantly reaching towards the speculative spaces of the "What If...".
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Artist List:
Anne-Marie Cove
Charlie Smith
Charlie Sunda
Chochana Rosso
Chris Avis
David Miller
Duan Gao
Ece Batur
Elmira Selivanova
Emma Gibbon
Ethan
Haina Wang
Iga Koncka
Johannes Christopher Gerard
Jordan Leung
Krede Photography
Kuo Wu
Mengzhu Li
Muchuan
Nicholas Walster
Parth Malik
Peishen Liang
Rui Santos
Ruiqi Zhang
Ruiyue Sun
Sayan Biswas
SICA
Sofia Best
Sophia Fotakidis
Tonya Corkey
Wei Dong
Zuza Gra
Curator: Jenny Ping Lam Lin
Assistant Curator: Stephanie Siu Yau Leung
Guest Curator: Hongqian Zhang (Artlow Studio)
