London’s experimental arts hub secures 13-month residency following displacement

IKLECTIK, the independent cultural platform renowned for championing experimental music and art has announced its new home: a 13-month residency at Peckham Levels, beginning October 2025.

After its eviction in 2024, IKLECTIK, like many grassroots initiatives, was forced into itinerant mode, producing 32 events in 13 cities across 8 countries, and supporting nearly 200 artists across the UK and internationally. This resilience was made possible by the solidarity of funders, partners, and communities who stood by IKLECTIK during its most uncertain moment.

“Your extraordinary support gave us the stability to keep going when our home was taken away. It enabled us to invest in artists and audiences who needed IKLECTIK’s presence more than ever. We carry deep gratitude for your role in keeping the work alive and moving.” - Eduard Solaz, IKLECTIK founder

Now, after an intense search and months of conversation with venues across London, IKLECTIK is entering a new chapter. With the support of The Trampery, the management team at Peckham Levels, will be transformed into a hub for counterculture, risk-taking, and radical imagination. The new venue will expand IKLECTIK’s reach, hosting audiences of up to 450 people, and bring together underground culture, emerging voices, and established artists in one dynamic space to reimagine futures collectively.

New artistic facilitation

IKLECTIK also announces Dyana Gravina as its new Co-Director & Curator, working alongside founder Eduard Solaz. Dyana is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, doula, and organiser, as well as founder of pioneering initiatives including Procreate Project and Mother House Studios. Known for creating care-centred structures where collaboration and creative risk-taking co-exist, Dyana brings a track record of forging infrastructures that challenge systemic exclusions in culture.

In their new role, Dyana will co-lead IKLECTIK’s vision: a radical, cross-disciplinary, and socially engaged  approach to culture making and gathering that places care, experimentation, and resistance at its core.

“IKLECTIK represents a home for me, a place where my own journey as an artist, and organiser met a welcoming community of radical makers and thinkers. I look forward to growing its programme into a space that fully paints a landscape of different shapes and possibilities: where underground practices meet care, where new cultural imaginaries can take root, and where counterculture continues to resist erasure and comes together in solidarity.” — Dyana Gravina, Co-Director & Curator

Opening celebration

The new chapter begins with an opening celebration on Sunday 26 October, 5–10PM at Peckham Levels: an afternoon of re-connection and re-rooting together. A full programme will be soon announced. 

• An afternoon of re-connection and re-rooting together, with offerings and performances [artists TBA]

• Address: 95a Rye Lane, Peckham, London, SE15 4ST  - 5th floor 

• Entry: Free (RSVP appreciated)

• Access: All ages welcome. The space is fully accessible via lift to the 5th floor. Programme notes will be shared in advance once the programme is confirmed. 

"Peckham Levels is a vital platform for South London's cultural infrastructure, offering a diverse programme of live music and opportunities for new artists. When the building joined The Trampery family a year ago, we started a search for a cultural partner who could build on the existing programming and push it further. I'm delighted that the journey led us to IKLECTIK, one of Europe's most pioneering platforms for new music, with 11 years experience supporting artists and challenging boundaries. It's an honour to welcome IKLECTIK to their new home in Peckham Levels, with a one-year residency." - Charles Armstrong, Founder & CEO, The Trampery