WANDER / WONDER
A series of one-day experiences designed to turn waiting into wonder inside the Old Waiting Room at Peckham Rye Station, created by Shirin Majid in collaboration with various artists.
Upcoming Installations
Are You Still Here?
The third and final chapter of WANDER / WONDER will be a one-day exhibition exploring presence and stillness in the 'in between' inside the Old Waiting Room next to Peckham Rye Station.
Artists, makers, creators, photographers, designers, writers, and creative practitioners are invited to contribute a miniature still life in response to the theme.
Your piece might explore: waiting, stillness, attention, being present, or the liminal space between where you've been and where you’re going.
The work can be made from any material and should fit within a 50 cm x 50 cm space. Think of it as a miniature world, altar, arrangement, sculpture, assemblage, poem, object, or observation.
Each work will be displayed on its own sculpted plywood board. Together, these responses will form a collective landscape of stillness.
To take part, send a short expression of interest and a few examples of your work to everythingyouseehere.co@gmail.com.
Please note - there is no fee to apply or take part but you will need to deliver and pick up your piece on the day of the show at the Old Waiting Room.
Deadline: 30 June 2026
Past Installations
What Are You Waiting For?
Set inside the Old Waiting Room at Peckham Rye station, What Are You Waiting For reimagined Dr. Seuss’s Oh the Places You’ll Go as an immersive poem to explore waiting as a state of becoming.
At the centre of the experience was a collection of chair sculptures, created out of single use waste and recycled materials by Athena Paginton, that represented the complexity of waiting.
All around the Old Waiting Room, you were invited to discover and interact with the poem through a scenic installation created by Shirin Majid.
After a wander through the poem, you were invited to make mini dreamboards in response to the prompt: What are you waiting for?
Where Are You Going?
Part art installation / part sound bath / part immersive experiment, this one-day experience was designed to create a moment of transcendence and renewal in advance of the pink moon.
Participants were first invited into a ritual about release. They were asked to write a single word of something that was holding them back, rip it up and then place it in an urn. What will you let go?
After the release, sound healer and founder of House Of Butterfly Nicky Palamarczuk guided the participants through a 30-minute sound bath with the ambient accompaniment of trains and passersby.
Finally, an installation on renewal and intention with a gentle prompt to clarify a way forward: Where will you go now?