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.
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Founded by members of Chelsea Arts Club, Chelsea Arts Club Trust was set up in 1990 to encourage art and design education and provide help and support for artists and designers. The Trust has established a range of bursaries and awards for practicing artists and designers, as well as emerging art and design graduates. The aim is to recognise and enable talent, create opportunities, support research, and set artists on the path to long term professional careers.
‘A Town Can Always Handle Another Good Optometrist’ Performance at CONCH, South London Gallery, July 2026. Image: Leila Arenou
'How Sweet is the Shade?' Performance documentation. Two street lamps rewired and programmed to respond to the amplitude and frequency of sound.