Rewild: Navigating Space
Opening on the 29th of May at Rabbet in Peckham’s Copeland Park, Rewild: Navigating Space brings together four photographers in a collaborative exploration of the relationship between the self and the environment. To rewild is to return something to its natural state, allowing organic processes to take over and reinitiate a sense of the fundamental. In this exhibition, navigation becomes the avenue through which these artists explore that return, using the camera not only as a tool for documentation but also as a meditative and therapeutic practice. By placing their works in a shared space, the artists enter into a dialogue with one another, creating a collective reflection on how we inhabit and make sense of the worlds we occupy.
The exhibition moves between the interior and the exterior, comparing the psychological landscape of the mind with the physical structures of the world. Ciaran Inns' ongoing project revisits nature through the lens of childhood memory and adult reflection, reconstructing moments of discovery through staged portraits and ritual objects that blur the line between play and adulthood. In contrast, Eia Hopkinson’s How to Sit Like a Girl studies the urban and social architecture of space, foregrounding the tension felt by female bodies in environments designed around a default that is not their own. Where Hopkinson explores the body’s forced adaptation to the exterior, Léa Chen’s Gone in the Wind looks inward to capture the feeling of dissociation. Her figures exist in a dreamlike, suspended stillness, capturing the moment where the physical and mental worlds drift apart. Expanding this idea into the overlooked, Tanja Krebs's Rooting Within uses ultramacro photography to reveal minerals and organic forms as intricate, hidden landscapes. These records of quiet beauty draw attention to a world just beyond ordinary sight, reminding the viewer of the life that exists in the smallest structures of our environment.
By positioning photography as an attentive and reflective process, Rewild: Navigating Space seeks to bridge the gap between the natural and the constructed. The common thread in these photos is how we react to our surroundings and look inward to understand ourselves. Themes of gender, urbanisation and memory meet to show that navigating space is never a neutral act but a deeply personal one. Through this collaborative showing, the artists invite the audience to witness a shared vulnerability, offering photography as a means of reconnection and a way to become more organic in an increasingly rigid world.
Exhibition Information:
Rewild: Navigating Space will be on view at Rabbet, Copeland Park, 133 Copeland Rd, London SE15 3SN, from 29 May to 31 May 2026 [12:00PM-5:00PM]. The public is invited to attend the Private View on the evening of 28 May from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. For further information, high-resolution images, or to arrange an interview with the artists, please contact curator Imogen Levin at imogenlevinpractice@gmail.com