Gabble Magazine presents ‘The World Turned Upside Down’, an immersive contemporary art installation tracing the entanglement of community with the landscape of Burgess Park, Flora Hunt’s debut solo show.
The World Turned Upside Down takes its name from a historic and now-closed pub on the nearby Old Kent Road and from a folk song associated with the Diggers, socialists who peacefully challenged aristocratic control of land during the English Civil War.
Across video, immersive sound installation and sculpture, the show traces the overlapping histories of Burgess Park and its surrounding area and connects them to a wider set of radical and countercultural histories in London and the UK. The show stages the park as both a utopian gathering place and highly politicised battleground.
Flora Hunt works across sculpture, video and participatory events. She thinks about freedom and control in public space, layered local histories, material detritus, video archives, fantasies, and encounters with protest and community celebrations. She graduated with an MFA from the Slade in 2026.
The exhibition is curated by Gabble Magazine and generously supported by Southwark Council. It runs in parallel to a series of events hosted by the Friends of Burgess Park community group.
Gabble Magazine is excited to be able to utilise this historic space, which has unfortunately been out of use, in a way that adds community value to Burgess Park.
Chumleigh Gardens, Chumleigh Street, Burgess Park, SE5 0RJ.
Open 12-6pm, Thursday – Sunday between the 6th and 22nd of November.
Free Entry.
