Temporary Fictions at Piccalilli / London

Artist(s): Ella Fleck, Alia Hamaoui, Emma Papworth, Anna Usadi
Art space: Piccalilli
Address: Unit 19 Penarth Centre, Ormside St, London, SE15 1TR
Duration: 13/03/2026 - 18/04/2026
Credits: Corey Bartle-Sanderson
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Maquette for an arid vision, 2026 Sesame in pine rosin and beeswax binder, carpet tile, cardboard shoe box and glass, frosted vinyl and stainless steel vitrine S.A.D lamp, tulip ply and brown tape. Light programmed to be experienced at the ratio of 2:1. Alia Hamaoui
Maquette for an arid vision, 2026 Sesame in pine rosin and beeswax binder, carpet tile, cardboard shoe box and glass, frosted vinyl and stainless steel vitrine S.A.D lamp, tulip ply and brown tape. Light programmed to be experienced at the ratio of 2:1. Alia Hamaoui
Maquette for an arid vision, 2026 Sesame in pine rosin and beeswax binder, carpet tile, cardboard shoe box and glass, frosted vinyl and stainless steel vitrine S.A.D lamp, tulip ply and brown tape. Light programmed to be experienced at the ratio of 2:1. Alia Hamaoui
Butterfly, 2025 Industrial diffuser, Hexadecanal, musks, baby powder oil. Ella Fleck
Butterfly, 2025 Industrial diffuser, Hexadecanal, musks, baby powder oil. Ella Fleck
Primary Productivity, 2026 Chlorella vulgaris phytoplankton, water, grow lamp, aerators, PLA, acrylic, automotive paint. Anna Usadi
Primary Productivity, 2026 Chlorella vulgaris phytoplankton, water, grow lamp, aerators, PLA, acrylic, automotive paint. Anna Usadi
SYNERGYTM Prototype for Atmospheric Regeneration Column, 2026 Plywood, plants, moss, gravel, aluminium, lights, vinyl, Sound by Nick Rainey. Emma Papworth
SYNERGYTM Prototype for Atmospheric Regeneration Column, 2026 Plywood, plants, moss, gravel, aluminium, lights, vinyl, Sound by Nick Rainey. Emma Papworth
SYNERGYTM Prototype for Atmospheric Regeneration Column, 2026 Plywood, plants, moss, gravel, aluminium, lights, vinyl, Sound by Nick Rainey. Emma Papworth

SYNERGYTM is a speculative eco-corporation operating at the intersection of climate technology, ecological systems, and experiential design. Drawing on the visual language of tech expos, wellness architecture, and climate-tech branding, SYNERGYTM develops environments that promise balance, optimisation, and symbiosis in an era defined by ecological instability.

Rather than imagining distant utopias, SYNERGYTM positions the future as something already under construction: marketed, aestheticised, and made desirable.

Across the exhibition, scent, sound, light, and organic growth operate as connective elements, binding the works into a responsive ecosystem. Subtle atmospheric cues circulate through the space: shifting illumination, ambient audio, evolving algae, and diffused scent. Together these elements create an environment that behaves less like a static exhibition and more like a living system.

Within this system, each structure functions as a node in a broader network of optimisation and care, inviting visitors to move through a landscape that is simultaneously corporate prototype, ecological experiment, and sensory sanctuary. The exhibition explores what it means to build futures where humans, technology and the natural world might evolve to become mutually symbiotic.