Meanwhile, 10 Years Back In Hackney Wick
Meanwhile… 10 Years Back
ARCHIVE — OPEN CALL CLOSED. The submission deadline was 21 June 2026. This page preserves the original announcement for Meanwhile… 10 Years Back, an exhibition in honour of the Napier Project and Save Yourselves exhibition of 2016.
ORIGINAL OPEN CALL — CLOSED
This years Wicked Changes VI partners with artist Aida Wilde to present Meanwhile… 10 Years Back, an exhibition looking back 10 years to the iconic Napier project and the Save Yourselves exhibition of 2016. The exhibition will be spread over 2 sites in Hackney Wick from July through to September.
July 2016 saw the decent of the “Lunatics” in a 48-hour takeover of the iconic Lord Napier derelict pub situated on the corner of White Post Lane in Hackney Wick. The brainchild of local artist/social commentator Aida Wilde, who curated the project and organised over 29 multi-disciplinary artists, all of whom had either lived, worked, or contributed to the ever-changing landscape of the artistic/street art scene of the “wastelands & warehouses” over the years.
To mark the 10-year anniversary of the “Lunatics Takeover” of the Lord Napier, and to commemorate this iconic and influential project that took place on a landmark building that was the beating heart of Hackney Wick, we would like to invite artists and creators to an OPEN CALL. The exhibition will be part archival and part curation, showcasing both those who have captured or documented this monumental building between the dates of 2016-2020, as well as those responding to the ever-changing environment of Hackney Wick since.
GUIDELINES | We are interested in submissions of both archival material and artworks;
- Archival material of the Lord Napier pub between 2016 and 2020, the Napier Project of 2016, and the Save Yourselves Exhibition of 2016.
- Archival material of both the Lord Napier and the squat party culture of Hackney Wick in the early 2000’s.
- Any artworks responding to Hackney Wick and East London, dated from the early 2000’s through to the present day.
We will consider all mediums, with particular focus on the following:
- Painting/Illustration
- Photography
- Collage
- Textiles
- Video/Digital
- 3D
- Documents/Objects/Ephemera
We can consider artworks and objects that are both for sale and not for sale. Open call entry is free.
DEADLINE | Sunday 21st June 2026.
ORIGINAL OPEN CALL — CLOSED
For any questions and queries on the Lord Napier project/brief specifically, please contact Aida Wilde at [email protected]. General enquiries about the exhibition or the open call can be directed to Felstead Art at [email protected].
