Flat Time House

210 Bellenden Road London SE15 4BW +44 20 7207 4845 [email protected] Find us

CHELSEA ARTS CLUB TRUST AWARDS SALON 2026

25 September–2 October 2026

Drinks reception: Thursday 24 September 6–9pm

Exhibition open Wednesday–Sunday 12–6pm

b.A.àbíkẹ́, Eleanor Arnold, Cash Aspeek, Henny Burnett, Tom Fairlamb, Lilymay Healy, Charlotte Henrich, Georgia Kerr, Loveday Pride, Sheila Woollam

To celebrate the practices and individuals supported by the Chelsea Arts Club Trust, Flat Time House is hosting a salon exhibition of work by this year’s awardees. Each year Chelsea Arts Club Trust recognise and enable talent by supporting emerging artists and designers with a range of bursaries and awards. These grants, the majority selected by the professors at their respective schools, create opportunities for those lacking funds, support research, and set artists and designers on the path to long term professional careers.

The exhibition coincides with a residency at Flat Time House for a selected Chelsea Arts Club Trust award recipient, Eleanor Arnold, currently studying MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths. Arnold will present new work and research undertaken while in residence at Flat Time House.

Philosophical Drawings, Artistic Thinkings An Online Conversation with Philosopher of Art Stéphane Symons

Tuesday 15 September 2026

Online Conversation: 10.30am UK time

Hosted by origin\forward/slash\

(Sacha Golob, Marie Hay, Johanna Malt, Hester Reeve, Mark Titmarsh)

An Online Conversation between /origin\forward/slash\ and philosopher of art Stéphane Symons, Professor of Philosophy at KU Leuven, Belgium. His research interests are in the domain of philosophy of culture and art, primarily nineteenth and twentieth century, and continental philosophy. His book chapter ‘This hand is the hand of all: Walter Benjamin on Drawing’ (in The Palgrave Walter Benjamin Handbook, ed. Nathan Ross, 2024) is the starting point for discussion with members of /origin\forward/slash\

Join via zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85888247145

Image: Word-drawing by Walter Benjamin, 1934

Eleanor Arnold RESIDENCY ANNOUNCEMENT

Summer 2026

Chelsea Arts Club Trust award recipient Eleanor Arnold will be in residence at Flat Time House this summer. This collaboration between Flat Time House and the Chelsea Arts Club Trust is an opportunity for a post-graduate student or recent graduate to engage with Flat Time House as a space for dialogue and experimentation.

Eleanor Arnold works across sculpture and performance. Her work explores what happens when systems begin to break down, using movement, light, sound and rhythm to push familiar structures beyond the point where they work as expected. Although these systems often appear technological, they are closely connected to the body and everyday human experience. Through sculpture, performance and installation, Arnold explores themes of control, perception and the effort involved in appearing to function smoothly. By embracing disruption, excess and instability, her work reveals the fragility and complexity that can lie beneath seemingly ordered systems. She is currently studying MFA Fine Art at Goldsmiths.

About

Flat Time House (FTHo) was the studio home of John Latham (1921-2006), recognised as one of the most significant and influential British post-war artists. In 2003, Latham declared the house a living sculpture, naming it FTHo after his theory of time, ‘Flat Time’. Until his death, Latham opened his door to anyone interested in thinking about art. It is in this spirit that Flat Time House opened in 2008 as a gallery with a programme of exhibitions and events exploring the artist's practice, his theoretical ideas and their continued relevance. It also provides a centre for alternative learning, which includes the John Latham archive, and an artist's residency space.

OPENING HOURS

Thursday–Saturday 12–6pm for temporary exhibitions

Open by appointment at other times. To view work by John Latham or to visit the John Latham Archive between exhibitions and events, please email [email protected] or call 02072074845 to arrange an appointment.

GETTING HERE

Peckham Rye – Overground Windrush Line / National Rail (Southeastern, Southern and Thameslink)

East Dulwich – National Rail (Southern)

Free parking is available in roadside bays at weekends and from 11am onwards on weekdays

FTHo