Nothing ‘is’ Immediate Blog

After a six month postponement due to Covid-19, the first of three exhibitions from the project Nothing ‘is’ Immediate opened at Artspace Portsmouth. The two person show, a collaboration between myself and Kate Street explores the relationship between the elements of Fire and Water. Our response is a synergetic installation grounded … Continue Reading…

The sculptures omit sounds, rich in harmonics and musical intervals. Listening to the sounds produces a response in the brain’s neuro oscillation. The sounds slow the rhythmic activity down from gamma to alpha, benefiting you by relaxing the nervous system. A further reaction is then produced as the body’s circulation … Continue Reading…

3rd October Neurodivergent art exhibition coming to Chapel Arts Studios By James Ashworth @JamesAshworth98 Reporter An art exhibition designed for neurodivergent people is coming to Andover’s Chapel Arts Studios in November. Neurodivergence is a term used to describe the variation in how the human brain functions, and is often associated … Continue Reading…

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Maija Liepins with component parts of Tony Spencer’s Octahedron sculpture   On 2 August 2020, Tony Spencer gathered three of his collaborators to examine and respond to his work-in-progress Octahedron, part of a five part geometric sculpture series. On the tips of four pyramids he placed a single octahedron into … Continue Reading…

_____ As each artist responds to Tony’s artworks, they will collectively journey through the elements which correspond with the five platonic solids. You can follow our process on this blog throughout 2020. Maija Liepins Instagram: @maijaliepins Website: www.thedreamforest.maija.co.uk Christine Dodd Instagram: @christinedoddartist Website: www.chapelartsstudios.co.uk/artists/christine-dodd Kate Street Instagram: @kate_street_studio Tony Spencer Instagram: @tonyspencerarts

  Christine Dodd is a contributing artist in Nothing ‘Is’ Immediate, responding to the geometric sculpture Icosahedron, which corresponds with the element ‘Water’. As each artist responds to Tony’s artworks, they will collectively journey through the elements which correspond with the five platonic solids.

Christine Dodd is a contributing artist in Nothing ‘Is’ Immediate, she writes…   Through the process of connecting with #nothingisimmediate and the icosahedron, one of the starting points in February was ‘Sacralina.’ I needed to ‘see’ something that depicted elements of the subject from my perspective: water, flow, sacral chakra, … Continue Reading…

    Geometric shape number two, the Icosahedron, made it’s first appearance at National Trust property Sandham Memorial Chapel this March, in, a group exhibition of contemporary art by CAS Artists called Saturated Space. Tony Spencer says, “the sacred geometry of the Icosahedron represents water, and it is visiting Sandham … Continue Reading…

Tonight, Christine Dodd and I are at Sandham Memorial Chapel responding with embodied sound and movement to Tony’s Icosahedron. This will be part of a public sound performance with Tony Spencer and Samantha Britton at the preview of Saturated Space, an exhibition which is on show 11 – 29 March. … Continue Reading…

I’m extremely excited to share the news! I’ve been awarded an Arts Council England Project Grant to present: No Thing is Immediate Geometric Sculptural Installations. I will build a set of geometric sculptures based on the 5 platonic solids to inspire participatory live-art events during this project and future ones. … Continue Reading…

I am interested in the notion of Nothing, and what nothing is? I imagine that when I look into darkness or pure black, the absence of light is the boundary of the universe, creating a memory of what it was like before Being. In his book Science of Logic, the philosopher … Continue Reading…