Simeon Nelson

In the inescapable flux, there is something that abides;
in the overwhelming permanence, there is an element that escapes into flux.
A N Whitehead, Process and Reality

This is an exhibition of new laser cut sculpture alongside compositions made from vinyl text and free-standing video works inspired by my ongoing interest in process philosophy. In the process view things are events in a world of constant change; the connected and evolving forms in this show explore this idea of continual movement and ever changing relations.

Building on my research over many years into quantum science, chaos and complex systems theory, these works envision a world of interrelated events and ceaseless flux that nevertheless gives rise to enduring things.

Text Works
The four text circles are distillations of dialectic questioning on the interplay of matter and pattern - the odd fact that a within is always the without of another within - the inseparability and boundlessness of what is called a thing. Where do things end? The font used is Filirator, based on the original by Rudolph Steiner it was part of the aesthetic schema of Anthroposophy. I use it here to problematise the idea of getting hitched to a particular belief system as an answer rather than a question.

Video Sculptures
The two video works in the show embody a notion of ceaseless flux and fragile balance of order and disorder. They are displayed as video sculptures inspired by the Constructivist multimedia agitprop kiosks of Gustav Klutsis and Valentina Kulagina.

Plenum/Anarchy/Cosmoscope Showreel documents three large scale public works dealing with order, disorder and disease on cosmic, human and quantum scales.
Link to Plenum
Link to Anarchy in the Organism
Link to Cosmoscope

Panta Rhei was shot by pointing my camera into the waters of the docks and quays of Canary Wharf. Under the right conditions of light and wind shimmering reflections of the corporate towers and defunct dockside cargo cranes appear; a fluid meditation on the passage of time and the impermanence of things.
Link to video