Nothing Is Set In Stone is a monolithic installation by artist Mira Calix, incorporating an interactive sound system enabling visitors to experience the work through both touch and sound. Set in the tranquil surroundings of Fairlop Waters, a stunning country park and nature reserve in the London Borough of Redbridge, the work will appear organically rooted in its landscape.
Mira Calix is an award-winning composer, singer and performance artist known for her absorbing and experimental music and performance works. She has set the words of William Shakespeare to music, composed for the London Sinfonietta, worked with indie innovator Malcolm Middleton and supported Radiohead. She is the winner of a British Composer Award and has performed at Glastonbury, All Tomorrow's Parties, Sonar, the Barbican in London and the Sage Gateshead.
Nothing Is Set In Stone is part of Secrets: Hidden London, a series of cross-cultural events taking place in little-known spaces across London, which will encourage visitors to explore new parts of the capital. World-class dance, opera, sculpture and other performances will be held across canals, lidos, parks and more in a series of events created specifically for London’s lesser-known landscapes.
Nothing Is Set In Stone is a partnership between the Mayor of London and Oxford Contemporary Music, Natural History Museum, Exhibition Road Cultural Group, Fairlop Waters Country Park, Vision Redbridge Culture and Leisure, Overcraft and artist Mira Calix.
Developed in partnership with Bill Gee.