Events
Within Katla: Artist talk by Camille Dunlop | 26 Sep 2026
Artist Camille Dunlop discussed her immersive performance Within Katla, exploring the relationship between body and landscape, myth and data, through technology, folklore and the shifting Icelandic environment.
Afrah wa Atrah: Sonic Practices of Displacement | 25 Sep 2026
An immersive choral performance exploring sound as a means of spatial presence, bringing together fragments of Palestinian wedding and funeral traditions through voice and collective memory.
CONCRETE ACTION I, Performance by Martin Tomlinson |
24 Sep 2026
Artist and choreographer Martin Tomlinson presented a live performative enquiry into concrete, its role in modern development and the environmental consequences of its production.
Artist Talk and Screening by Kate Davies / Unknown Fields
Saturday |12 Sep 2026
An artist talk and film screening with Kate Davies, exploring contemporary landscapes through expedition, land-based research and the work of Unknown Fields.
Rice At Home — Screening and Q&A | 2 Jul 2026
A documentary screening exploring culture, heritage and ancestry, followed by a Q&A with director Louise Ndibwirende.
A Zodiac Experience — Short Film Screening by Caxxianne | 27 Jun 2026
A short film by Caxxianne blending alternative hip-hop and contemporary film to explore rebirth, self-discovery and the elements through Caribbean and Namibian landscapes.
Voices for Antartica | 22 Jun 2026
The first public engagement on the Draft Antarctica Declaration, bringing together voices from across the Antarctic community to review and strengthen the Declaration.
KEYSTONE SPECIES — Collective Research and Zine-Making Workshops |13 & 26 Jun 2026
Join Dr Jennifer Crouch for a two-part research and experimental zine-making workshop exploring KEYSTONE SPECIES and ecology.
Critical Climate Computing: Salon #1 | 18 Jun 2026
An evening of talks, films, art and performances exploring computational art in the age of technological and climate crises, hosted by UAL’s Critical Climate Computing group.
The Day in the Life of a Beaver | 5, 6, 19, 20 Jun 2026
A live performance blending drawing, comedy, natural history and reflection, following a day in the life of a beaver and exploring how we might learn to become keystone creatures ourselves.
Proposition’s Biodiversity Fingerprint Residency artist talk and workshop | 4 Jun 2026
Attuning to Ecologies of Time convened artists, researchers and audiences to explore diverse experiences of time, ecology and place through talks, discussion and embodied listening practices.
Proposition Bethnal Green Spring Open Studios, 2026 | 25 Apr 2026
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the differenceMeet our studio artists, explore their work and discover their creative processes at our free Spring Open Studios in Bethnal Green.
Proposition artist talk at Matrixlaw | 22 Apr 2026
For Earth Day, Proposition partnered with Matrix Chambers to bring artists, environmental thinkers and legal experts into conversation. Drawing on ideas from the Keystone Species exhibition, the discussion explored how art, ecology and environmental law can offer different perspectives on the urgent challenges facing our environment.
Night of Breath Work with Rai Tateishi and Kenichi Iwasa | 02 Feb 2026
A rare collaboration with flautist Rai Tateishi, alongside multi-instrumentalist and visual artist Kenichi Iwasa.
OFFERING with Tej Adeleye, tyroneisaacstuart and Masumi Saito | 17 Jan 2026
Proposition welcomed guests to OFFERING – an afternoon of poetry, music and dance.
Chila Nathi presents Joy Guidry: A Listening Party + Improvisatory | 21 Nov 2025
An intimate listening party and Q&A with Joy Guidry, hosted by Tej Adeleye, followed by live music with special guests SHABAKA, Kwake Bass, and Dwayne Kilvington (Wonki Logic).
Bo Ningen x Jawara Alleyne | 12 Nov 25
A celebration of Jawara Alleyne × Bo Ningen, supported by Another Man Magazine, for Another Man Volume II, Issue IV.
Or Something Worse — London Book Launch | 23 Sep 2025
A London launch of Nicholas Beuret’s Or Something Worse, featuring a conversation with speakers from climate organising, environmental campaigning and economics, followed by a Q&A and drinks reception.
Beyond Words: The Experience of Hypnosis with Michele Occelli | 10 Sep 2025
This lecture combined talk and experiential exercises to explore trance and hypnosis across cultures and history, offering participants a direct, embodied experience of altered states of awareness through guided hypnotic practice.
Huni Kuin and Yawanawa Forest Guardians | 30 Aug 2025
An evening of Amazonian ancestral music and sacred song from the Huni Kuin and Yawanawa peoples. Featuring Dua Ninawa of the Huni Kuin and Wanu of the Yawanawá.
Poetic of Imagination | 23-24 Aug 2025
A taster course in collaboration with Proposition Bethnal Green, exploring the poetic imagination as a pathway to understanding our deep creative connections with the more-than-human world.
SERAFINE1369: CHORUS I - II | 24 Jul & 9 Aug 2025
We welcomed Serafine1369, who activated the stage in Gallery I for the group exhibition LOCUS OF VOICES with a new performance, Chorus (working title).
Bethnal Green Summer Open Studios | 12 Jul 2025
Proposition’s first Summer Open Studios at Bethnal Green invited visitors to meet its artists, explore the building and discover creative practices across disciplines.
Earth Rising: Launch Event
A special live event celebrating Earth Rising: Messages from the Pale Blue Dot, Volume I, bringing together artists for live performances of their newly commissioned audio works at Proposition Studios, Bethnal Green.
Naima Nefertari & COVCO: ACT I-III | 22 Jun, 6 Jul & 2 Aug 2025
Throughout the exhibition, LOCUS OF VOICES, our Skylight Gallery held a collective space for music and gatherings.
Bones Tan Jones: Oi Gong & Sound Journey | 11 May 2025
In this gathering, Bones Tan Jones explores themes, elements and concepts of the ancient Chinese energy movement practice, Qi Gong.
Zoe Bedeaux: The Kiss of Venus | 26 Apr 2025
The Kiss of Venus - A Holey Sacrement channeled by Zoe Bedeaux invokes the divine energy of the Sibyls, the black doves of antiquity, inviting participants into a communal rite of love and transformation.
Biodiversity Fingerprint Commission Unveiling | 19 Jun 2024
The unveiling of new commissioned artworks by Katie Bret-Day and William Joshua Templeton, exploring the concept of the Biodiversity Fingerprint.
Camden Summer Open Studios 2024 | 15 Jun 2024
A free open studio at Proposition Camden bringing together local artists, creative studios, a curated photography exhibition and live comedy.
Camden Spring Open Studios 2024 | 23 Mar 2024
Proposition’s first Open Studios of 2024 brought together local artists, a curated exhibition, live music and performances by Peng Femme Jam.
Songs of Love, Death & Desire | 15 - 24 Mar 2024
A group exhibition exploring the extremes of human emotion through works by established and emerging artists.
Fortune Teller |19 Jan 2024
Fortune Teller was a performance exploring themes of ecology and environmentalism through the engaging of the senses.
Camden Summer Open Studios 2023 | 22 Jul 2023
Proposition opened its Camden studios to the public for an afternoon of local art, live music, creative workshops, film screenings and more.