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MOCA London, 113 Bellenden Road, London (2026)

31/05/2026

Opening today from 2pm!

Silvia Ziranek BY A THREAD
incorporating UNSUNG SONGS 1 May - 5 July 2026
Opening Event: Sunday 31 May 2pm - 4pm
Readings at 2.30pm and 3.40pm

MOCA London is pleased to present new work by Silvia Ziranek, a well-established multi-media artist with a strong performance art focus. She has performed across the UK, Europe, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, including at the Venice Biennale; Tates Modern and Britain; Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris; Modern Art Oxford and Plug-In, Winnipeg.

Ziranek’s project at MOCA London comprises BY A THREAD incorporating UNSUNG SONGS, a multi-media exhibition combining beautifully and economically made sculpture and the written word. BY A THREAD is a new, large scale (over 10 foot) mobile that will dominate the gallery space, making ingenious use of everyday materials, combining text with textiles (carpet tiles, wallpaper, picture frames). Through poetry, text-in-textiles, and installation Ziranek addresses violent, abusive behaviour towards women and girls and focuses on offering strength through solidarity and acknowledging others’ experiences by finding words and ways of opposing emotional and physical abuse.

B.A.T. is a monumental mobile suspended from the gallery ceiling. It displays textile panels containing single words and phrases from UNSUNG SONGS; a wall text ‘THE MY SCAR’; and an audio recording of the 15 SONGS. Derived from personal experience Ziranek’s poems, always spoken (never sung) address vulnerability, aggressive male hierarchy and emotional un/intelligence. Ziranek hopes to empower women and girls by creating a provocative arena for contemplation.

Drinks sponsored by Whitebox Cocktails |

Featured works: By A Thread, 2026, wood frame, carpet

The exhibition will travel to The House of Smalls Art Gallery -

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22/05/2026

*Upcoming Exhibition*

Silvia Ziranek
BY A THREAD incorporating UNSUNG SONGS
31 May - 5 July

Opening event Sunday 31 May 2026 2 - 4 pm, Performance reading 2.30 pm and 3.40pm
Closing event Sunday 5 July 2026 2 - 4 pm, Performance reading 3.15 pm

MOCA London is pleased to present new work by Silvia Ziranek, a well-established multi-media artist with a strong performance art focus. She has performed across the UK, Europe, the Americas, Australia and New Zealand, including at the Venice Biennale; Tates Modern and Britain; Georges Pompidou Centre, Paris; Modern Art Oxford and Plug-In, Winnipeg.

Trigger Warning: BY A THREAD and UNSUNG SONGS contain allusions to physical and emotional abuse.

Ziranek’s project at MOCA London comprises BY A THREAD incorporating UNSUNG SONGS, a multi-media exhibition combining beautifully and economically made sculpture and the written word. BY A THREAD is a new, large scale (over 10 foot) mobile that will dominate the gallery space, making ingenious use of everyday materials, combining text with textiles (carpet tiles, wallpaper, picture frames). Through poetry, text-in-textiles, and installation Ziranek addresses violent, abusive behaviour towards women and girls and focuses on offering strength through solidarity and acknowledging others’ experiences by finding words and ways of opposing emotional and physical abuse.

Featured works:

BY A THREAD, 2026, wood frame, carpet

HOPES DESPITE, 2026, wood frame, carpet (UNCHAINED)

SHE GETS WHATS COMING, 2026, wood frame, carpet (GET ME)

07/05/2026

Next week we’re delighted to be hosting the book launch of 12 Untitled, by Marisa Culatto at MOCA London. This will coincide with Photo London.

Marisa Culatto
1 2 U N T I T L E D
With 12 Haiku by Yuzo Ono
Tuesday 12 May 2026
6 pm - 7.30pm

Marisa Culatto and Yuzo Ono first met a few years ago through a collaboration on a visual art and haiku exhibition organized by a London gallery. Their initial conversations developed into a dialogue, during which Ono expressed a particular interest in Culatto’s 12 Untitled works. From this exchange, the idea for this book was born: Ono would compose twelve haiku, each responding to one of Culatto’s twelve Untitled pieces. These works were originally commissioned by MOCA London as part of their 2020 WE (Web Exhibitions) program.

Marisa Culatto:
Yuzo Ono: .ono.rca
Book designer, Rachel Pfleger:

24/04/2026

We’re open for the penultimate day of Rafael Escardó’s exhibition “Scaffolder” until 5pm today! And for our finissage tomorrow, we’re open 12pm - 4pm with an artist and curator discussion at 2:30pm.

*Installation only, performances were only for the opening event*

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Rafael Escardó
Scaffolder
29 March - 25 April 2026

Rafael Escardó’s exhibition Scaffolder at MOCA London is a material exploration in which the body becomes a vessel for constructed identity.

Dancers:
Richard Pye -
Fadi Giha

Featured works:

Pectoral, Stack of 3, Concrete, Aluminium Scaffolding, Eva Foam, Cable Ties 183cm x 95cm x 70cm

Scaffolder performance, approx. 8 minutes, 2026

Shoulder Bridges, 2026, concrete, 65cm x 28cm x 15 cm (each)

Ma**ca Formal 3rd Edition, 2026, Pima Cotton Socks

29/03/2026

*Opening Today!*

Rafael Escardó
Scaffolder
29 March - 25 April 2026
Opening Event: 29 March 2pm - 4pm
Performances: 2:30pm & 3:30pm

Rafael Escardó’s exhibition Scaffolder at MOCA London is a material exploration in which the body becomes a vessel for constructed identity.

During the opening event, Escardó and two dancers will perform on the stairs of MOCA London. Through repetition, bodily adjustments, and choreographed performative gestures, their actions draw attention to subtle, mundane movements. They embody passersby or workers navigating their bodies between concrete structures and human connections. Escardó observes these forms and materials while always positioning them in relation to points of the body and the constructions that surround us. Through this approach, he creates a dialogue between subjective, moving human experience and the objective, functional built environment.

At the centre of MOCA London is Pectoral, Stack of 3 stands, a scaffold construction with stacked sculptures whose shapes reminisce about shields or biomorphic forms, as if grown out of scientific research. Suspended and secured by the scaffolding, the repetition of the three sculptures suggests the beginning of a continuous vertical stacking.

Escardó establishes playful, yet critical connections between material and the human body. In Scaffolder, a performative dialogue unfolds between the stacked sculptures—functioning as vertebrae of the rising structure—and the interlinked performers, whose bodies morph into steps and bridges. Human forms become constructed building blocks, while architectural materials take on bodily presence.

Featured works:

Pectoral, Stack of 3, Concrete, Aluminium Scaffolding, Eva Foam, Cable Ties 183cm x 95cm x 70cm

25/03/2026

*Opens This Sunday*

Rafael Escardó
Scaffolder
29 March - 25 April 2026
Opening Event: 29 March 2pm - 4pm
Performances: 2:30pm & 3:30pm

Rafael Escardó’s exhibition Scaffolder at MOCA London is a material exploration in which the body becomes a vessel for constructed identity.

During the opening event, Escardó and two dancers will perform on the stairs of MOCA London. Through repetition, bodily adjustments, and choreographed performative gestures, their actions draw attention to subtle, mundane movements. They embody passersby or workers navigating their bodies between concrete structures and human connections. Escardó observes these forms and materials while always positioning them in relation to points of the body and the constructions that surround us. Through this approach, he creates a dialogue between subjective, moving human experience and the objective, functional built environment.

At the centre of MOCA London is Pectoral, Stack of 3 stands, a scaffold construction with stacked sculptures whose shapes reminisce about shields or biomorphic forms, as if grown out of scientific research. Suspended and secured by the scaffolding, the repetition of the three sculptures suggests the beginning of a continuous vertical stacking.

Escardó establishes playful, yet critical connections between material and the human body. In Scaffolder, a performative dialogue unfolds between the stacked sculptures—functioning as vertebrae of the rising structure—and the interlinked performers, whose bodies morph into steps and bridges. Human forms become constructed building blocks, while architectural materials take on bodily presence.

Featured works:

Pectoral, Stack of 3, Concrete, Aluminium Scaffolding, Eva Foam, Cable Ties 183cm x 95cm x 70cm

19/03/2026

*JUST ANNOUNCED*

Rafael Escardó
Scaffolder
29 March - 25 April 2026
Opening Event: 29 March 2pm - 4pm

Rafael Escardó’s exhibition Scaffolder at MOCA London is a material exploration in which the body becomes a vessel for constructed identity.

During the opening event, Escardó and two dancers will perform on the stairs of MOCA London. Through repetition, bodily adjustments, and choreographed performative gestures, their actions draw attention to subtle, mundane movements. They embody passersby or workers navigating their bodies between concrete structures and human connections.

The role of the scaffolder is to erect, modify, and dismantle temporary structures that provide safe access for workers. Here, the sculptures and scaffolding appear suspended in time, where mass production is momentarily on hold. The steel structure of the scaffolding safely carries the sculptures like a temporary support system. Escardó merges the aesthetics of rough concrete with the curving silhouettes of the sculptures. Like stacked bodies, an erotic tension emerges between the contrasting materials.

Featured works:

Scaffolder performance, approx. 8 minutes

Shoulder Bridges, concrete, 65cm x 28cm x 15cm (each)

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12/02/2026

Massive thank you to everyone who came down to the opening of the first inaugural MOCA Movements!

We’re now open by appointment for indoor screenings. Although, additional outdoor screenings are every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm.

And thanks again to all the amazing artists participating:

Adelard Mugabe:
Benedikte Esperi:
Bronja Novak Lindblad:
Does Frankel:
Gun Lund:
Monika Oechsler:
Olof Persson:
Roberto Ekholm & Cécile Emmanuelle Borra:
Zena el Khalil:

05/02/2026

***Inside Screening 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Followed by outdoor screenings from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.

Additional outdoor screenings will take place every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm until 28 February.***

MOCA Movements 2026 marks the inaugural edition of MOCA London’s dance and movement screening and exhibition programme. This initiative presents a curated selection of films centred on dance and movement by a diverse range of artists and choreographers. The works will be projected onto the front windows of MOCA London and will also be made available for viewing on the website.

The choreographic video works featured in the programme extends movement and dance beyond the traditional theatre context. Created specifically for the screen, they offer viewers an intimate encounter with the dancing body in dialogue with architectural and spatial environments. The moving body both articulates and disrupts space, drawing attention to surrounding details. The pieces are addressing themes about the environment, the political body, healing, and the lived experience of dance and movement.

Featured Artists:

Adelard Mugabe
Benedikte Esperi
Bronja Novak Lindblad
Does Frankel
Gun Lund
Monika Oechsler
Olof Persson
Roberto Ekholm & Cécile Emmanuelle Borra
Zena el Khalil

Image credit: Tread Lightly on the Planet by Dora Frankel

30/01/2026

MOCA London is excited to announce that we’re starting our 2026 program with the first inaugural MOCA Movements. This programme will feature films centred on dance and movement by a diverse range of artists, projected onto the front windows of MOCA London.

At the opening event, the films will be screened inside MOCA London from 4:00pm to 6:00pm, followed by outdoor screenings from 6:00pm to 7:30pm.
Additional outdoor screenings will take place every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday from 5:30pm to 7:30pm until 28 February.

Featured Artists:
Benedikte Esperi:
Bronja Novak Lindblad:
Does Frankel:
Gun Lund:
Monika Oechsler:
Olof Persson:
Roberto Ekholm:
Zena el Khalil:

Image credit: Oxygen° by Olof Persson, Video, 4.20 min 2003

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