Elephant Vision Lab

In Excess @ Studio 1, Lockside studios. 13th - 17th May 📸 by Gigi Zhang

Wanderer by XinYue Ma, presented by Elephant Vision Lab 9th / 10th May 2026 at Studio 1, Lockside Studios. Wanderer was a presentation of new works in a solo show format. Wanderer considers water as a spatial and temporal condition rather than a representational motif. Shaped by the rhythms of tidal movement, the exhibition departs from fixed or linear understandings of time, instead drawing attention to cycles of emergence, withdrawal, and suspension. Shorelines repeatedly appear and disappear; intervals open temporarily before receding again. These fluctuating states inform both the material logic of the works and the exhibition’s dispersed structure. Working across latex, indigo-dyed textile, metal, ceramic, moving image, and sound, the exhibition foregrounds processes of permeation, casting, sedimentation, and accumulation. Materials absorb, retain, and register contact: indigo settles into cloth, latex gathers organic debris, and molten metal is cast through cuttlebone. Fluidity is translated into residue and form. Many works occupy a threshold between immersion and desiccation, where water is encountered indirectly through trace, pressure, and absence. What remains are porous, fragile structures that evoke bodily and geological memory. Refusing a singular centre or resolution, Wanderer unfolds as an open constellation of relations shaped by drift, distance, and continual transformation. #exhibition #installation #elephantvisionlab #seaart #soloshow

In Excess. Show open to the public: Thursday 14th May, 11am - 5pm  Friday 15th May, 11am - 5pm  Saturday 16th May, 11am - 5pm  Sunday 17th May, 11am - 4pm  Location: Studio 1 LOCKSIDE STUDIOS, BREAM STREET, E3 2NT In Excess explores repetition, accumulation, and abundance through works shaped by sustained labor, serial processes, and obsessive gestures. Across painting, sculpture, photography, video, print, and text-based practices, the exhibition considers excess as both method and condition. Dense compositions, repeated forms, and amassed materials reflect the rhythms of consumption, habit, desire, and productivity embedded in everyday life. The works oscillate between order and chaos, devotion and exhaustion, asking what emerges through continual return and prolonged acts of making. Collectively, In Excess examines how repetition can become a way of measuring time, testing limits, and persisting beyond necessity.

In Excess PV:  13th May, 5pm - 8pm Show open to the public: Thursday 14th May, 11am - 5pm  Friday 15th May, 11am - 5pm  Saturday 16th May, 11am - 5pm  Sunday 17th May, 11am - 4pm  Location: Studio 1 LOCKSIDE STUDIOS, BREAM STREET, E3 2NT Produced by: Elephant Vision Lab

Wanderer - Solo works by XinYue Ma, presented by Elephant Vision Lab. Gallery open: 4pm - 7pm 9th May 12pm - 5pm 10th May. Location: Studio 1 LOCKSIDE STUDIOS, BREAM STREET, E3 2NT

Into the Atom walkthrough - We worked on the design, interpretation, build and curation of the first permanent exhibition dedicated to the RAF Nuclear Cloud Sampling in the 1950s. Now part of the @wingsaviationmuseum collection.

OPEN CALL: IN EXCESS Two days left !!! Deadline: 1 May, 23:59 In Excess invites proposals exploring surplus, repetition, and overproduction in contemporary life. We’re interested in practices built through accumulation - of objects, gestures, data, images, or time. Excess might appear as method (iteration, seriality, automation), material (density, saturation, volume), or concept (attention, consumption, labour). What does it mean to produce beyond necessity? When does repetition become meaning-or noise? Submissions welcome across painting, sculpture, photography, video, textile, print, and text-based work. We’re drawn to work that doesn’t resolve, but continues to accumulate. Link in bio to apply. Open to students and recent graduates.

Today we opened Into the Atom, a new permanent exhibition at the @wingsaviationmuseum . This is the first permanent exhibition in the UK to explore the story of RAF nuclear cloud flyers in the 1950s. We’re incredibly proud to have had the opportunity to design, develop, build, and curate it together.

OPEN CALL: IN EXCESS Deadline: 1 May, 23:59 In Excess invites proposals exploring surplus, repetition, and overproduction in contemporary life. We’re interested in practices built through accumulation - of objects, gestures, data, images, or time. Excess might appear as method (iteration, seriality, automation), material (density, saturation, volume), or concept (attention, consumption, labour). What does it mean to produce beyond necessity? When does repetition become meaning—or noise? Submissions welcome across painting, sculpture, photography, video, textile, print, and text-based work. We’re drawn to work that doesn’t resolve, but continues to accumulate. Link in bio to apply. Open to students and recent graduates. #OpenCall #CallForArtists #ArtistOpportunities #ArtSubmission #EmergingArtists

We’ve been busy designing, building, and curating our first exhibition as a collaborative duo: Into the Atom. The exhibition explores the stories of RAF nuclear cloud samplers on the Christmas Islands between 1952–1958. It opens to the public from 1st May 2026 at the Wings Aviation Museum. @wingsaviationmuseum

Loose ends 22nd - 24th of January @filet_space

Snippets from a recent interview with @insightsofanecoartist Tidal Collaborations: The Site-Responsive Practice of XinYue Ma & Alexander Collinson The London-based collaborative duo looks to England’s shores, drawing on improvisation and connections between material and place to grapple with our deeply ingrained connection to the sea and nature. Interview by: Joana Alarcão @joana_alarcao_art