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SUMMARY:'The Circle of Everything: Live Painting Performance' + 'The Cosmos Within': Visual Art Exhibition by Kamila CK
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DESCRIPTION:'The Circle of Everything' – LIVE PERFORMANCE15th & 16th May at the
CockpitAddress: Gateforth St., Marylebone, London. NW8 8EHShow times:
3pm-4:15pm — including post-show Q&A with Caroline PartridgeTickets:
https://www.thecockpit.org.uk/show/the_circle_of_everything_0
'The Cosmos Within' – VISUAL ART EXHIBITION14th May – 6th June at the
Firepit Gallery - https://www.firepit.org.uk/Address: 10 Cutter Lane,
Ground Floor Retail Unit. North Greenwich, London. SE10 0XXGallery Hours
(Free Admission):Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday: 11am - 5pmThursday:
11am - 7pmPrivate View – Wednesday 13th May, 6pm-10pm
‘The Circle of Everything’ is an interdisciplinary solo performance
from Kamila CK, featuring live Enso painting, aerial dance and moving image
projection. After a critically acclaimed premiere at Camden Fringe 2024,
the performance comes back to London this May 15th and 16th at the Cockpit
Theatre in Marylebone, London, this time in dialogue with a visual
exhibition ‘The Cosmos Within’ opening on May 14th - 6th June at the
Firepit Gallery in North Greenwich, London. ‘The Circle of Everything’
is a meditative visual performance featuring Kamila CK painting Japanese
Enso live. Enso painting is a spiritual practice where the iconic Zen
symbol is painted in one masterstroke, one breath and no corrections
afterwards. The practice gives form to the flow of the energy in the
moment, making invisible synchronicities visible. Symbolically, the iconic
Zen circle represents the circle of life, unity and connection to all
existence.
Using the symbolism of the circle, the performance celebrates the
life-force energy encompassing creation, sustenance, and destruction.
Infinite, invisible energy that holds us up and gives us momentum to move,
think, live and create. It also explores the duality of human existence;
higher and lower, light and shadow, our sense of connection to oneself,
others, and the world, as well as the illusion of separation.
Kamila has been working on this project for more than 3 years, and 2026
marks an important moment as the performance is supported using public
funding by Arts Council England and programmed as part of the UK Mental
Health Awareness Week.This year’s third iteration features new original
music created with Brazilian composer for dance Divan Gattamorta and visual
images reworked in collaboration with Noel Jones, British visual artist for
dance.
Each performance will finish with a live Q&A and a discussion with the
artist led by actor Caroline Partridge. The artwork will remain on stage
afterwards for the public to have a chance to see up close and will go on
display and sale as part of the simultaneous exhibition in partnership with
Firepit Gallery.
Learn more here: https://www.emergingvisions.art/thecircleofeverything
& https://youtu.be/p1QKIpl1kGE?si=X9n_xEy0QtO-Oc_9 
‘The Cosmos Within’ exhibition will support the performance by showing
Kamila’s wider visual practice in response to Enso philosophy and the
theme of interconnectivity — exploring the idea that the universe exists
not only around us, but also within us and therefore reconnecting visitors
to themselves, others and the world. The interdisciplinary exhibition will
feature Enso-inspired abstract paintings and contemporary calligraphies,
performance video and photographs as well as the Japanese brush used during
the performances as a site installation in the gallery.  
There will be a series of workshops running at The Firepit Gallery - all
designed to help visitors connect with their inner cosmos. This will
include breathwork and creative art sessions. These will be free or
donation-based. Keep an eye on The Firepit Gallery website for more details
on how to book. 
“While The Circle of Everything unfolds through movement and visuals on
stage, The Cosmos Within extends that energy into the gallery through
painting, calligraphy, photography, film and installation.” - Kamila CK
Live Performance Reviews:
“Envelopes the spectator in the practice and is both thought provoking
and enriching”— Everything Theatre
“Mesmerising, Risky and Hypnotic”— Audience Review
About the artist:Kamila is a Polish-British interdisciplinary artist
working across performance (physical theatre, aerial dance, live art),
abstract painting and Zen calligraphy. Inspired by transformative journeys
to Japan in 2018 and 2019, Kamila studied at the Slade School of Fine Art
and developed a Zen calligraphy practice centred on the meditative Enso
circle. Alongside this, she trained in circus arts, integrating movement
and aerial performance into her visual art practice. Her intuitive and
visionary approach is influenced by Zen and Eastern philosophy. Central
themes in her work include the human experience — particularly the
duality and cyclical nature of existence — as well as interconnectedness,
time, and life-force energy. Recipient of multiple Arts Council England
grants, including a National Lottery Project Grant (2026) and Developing
Your Creative Practice (DYCP) award (2025). Her work has been exhibited and
performed in the UK featuring Riverside Studios (‘25), Camden Fringe
(‘24) with Cockpit Theatre, Affordable Art Fair (‘24), Firepit Art
Gallery (‘25), Laura I Gallery (since ‘21), Bloomsbury Theatre (’21),
Lincoln Arts Centre (‘24), and internationally in Italy, France, and the
US. Kamila’s paintings are part of private collections in the UK, US,
Canada, Mexico, France, and Poland. Kamila lives in Lincoln and continues
to work in the UK and internationally. @kamila_ck_artist
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